Glasgow flanker Donnie Macfadyen will captain a Scotland A side featuring 11 changes for Monday's Barclays Churchill Cup clash with the England Saxons at Twickenham.

Macfadyen's international career has been blighted by a series of injuries but he is pushing for a place in Frank Hadden's World Cup squad.

He has captained the Scotland Under-21s but will be leading the A side for the first time.

Macfadyen, 27, said: ``This is a massive honour for me. Monday will be a big challenge and I'm really looking forward to it.''

Only full-back Rory Lamont, winger Simon Webster, lock Andy Hall and number eight Johnnie Beattie retain their places after Scotland's tough 13-9 win over the USA on Wednesday.

With Gordon Ross out of the tournament with a broken bone in his hand, Phil Godman starts at fly-half, with Wasps' Heineken Cup winner Mark McMillan coming in at scrum-half.

Simon Danielli replaces Thom Evans on the wing while Nick de Luca and Robbie Kydd form a new centre partnership.

Up front, Craig Smith, Fergus Thomson and Ed Kalman form a new front row, Bourgoin's Mark Rennie comes in at lock and Alasdair Strokosch joins Beattie and Macfadyen in the back row.

Head coach Frank Hadden explained: ``The changes are about giving an opportunity to another group of players to show what they can do.

``Now we've had one game under our belt and a debrief, we're looking for a more dynamic, accurate performance with a bit more rhythm against England.''

Scotland A team to play England Saxons in Barclays Churchill Cup at Twickenham on Monday:

R Lamont (Glasgow Warriors); S Danielli (Border Reivers), R Kydd (Northampton), N De Luca (Border Reivers), S Webster (Edinburgh); P Godman (Edinburgh), M McMillan (Wasps); C Smith (Edinburgh), F Thomson (Glasgow Warriors), E Kalman (Border Reivers), A Hall (Newport Gwent Dragons), M Rennie
(Bourgoin), A Strokosch (Edinburgh), D Macfadyen (Glasgow Warriors, captain), J Beattie (Glasgow Warriors).

Replacements: S Lawson (Glasgow Warriors), A Dickinson (Edinburgh), C Hamilton (Border Reivers), J Barclay (Glasgow Warriors), R Chrystie (Border Reivers), G Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), C MacRae (Border Reivers).