The Australia coach Eddie Jones has targeted Ireland's new captain Brian O'Driscoll as the man who stands between the Wallabies and victory at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

Jones chose to heap praise on the man who took Australia by storm when the Lions toured Down Under in 2001. "He is an immense talent, a guy who can run straight and at angles, a guy who can shift off both feet," he said.

As for the Irish side in general, Jones has plenty of respect for Eddie O'Sullivan's men. "Any side that can go to New Zealand and do what they did in the first Test during the summer [Ireland were narrowly beaten, 15-6, in Dunedin] must be treated seriously.

The former Harlequins prop Bruce Douglas is among three new caps in the Scotland side to face Romania at Murrayfield on Saturday along with the full-back Stuart Moffat and the wing Nikki Walker.

Scotland: Moffat (Glasgow); Walker (Borders), Craig (Orrell), Laney (Edinburgh), Paterson (Edinburgh); Ross (Leeds), Redpath (Sale, captain); Smith (Northampton), Bulloch (Glasgow), Douglas (Borders), Murray (Edinburgh), Grimes (Newcastle), Leslie (Edinburgh), Taylor (Edinburgh), Pountney (Northampton). Replacements: Scott (Borders), Stewart (Northampton), Hines (Edinburgh), Petrie (Glasgow), Beveridge (Glasgow), Townsend (Borders), Hinshelwood (Worcester).