Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has resisted the temptation to use the last match of his Lloyds TSB Six Nations campaign to make sweeping changes to his success-starved squad.

Naming an unchanged 22-man party, McGeechan explained: "The Six Nations is not the place or time for experiments. The opportunity for that will come in the summer when we go on tour to Canada and the USA.

"Over there, we will have a mixed squad of experienced players and others who have potential."

On the challenge of facing Wales, he added: "They will be a big danger on their own turf.

"Ireland came back strongly at us after they had been heavily beaten by England - and the Welsh have the ability to do exactly the same.

"You only have to think back a short time and look at how close they ran France at home, and to a lesser extent their performance against Italy.

"They possess a great deal of pace in their back line, are powerful up front and have the capability to threaten from a lot of areas."

McGeechan is not tempted to dismiss Wales on the back of their Twickenham mauling by England last weekend.

He suspects they are capable of much better and said: "They will be just as stern a test for us as any of the other teams in the competition.

"You don't have to get much right or much wrong for the flow of a game to change radically."

McGeechan did issue a hint that despite his "same-again squad" there is plenty of scope for movement within the existing group - particularly in the back line.

Despite another mixed display at the weekend, Gregor Townsend looks certain to make his 66th appearance in a Scottish jersey - breaking his country's record for the highest number of caps, held by Scott Hastings.

Squad:

Backs: G Beveridge, D Hodge, B Laney, J Leslie, K Logan, J McLaren, G Metcalfe, C Paterson, B Redpath (capt), G Townsend.

Forwards: G Bulloch, G Graham, S Grimes, M Leslie, S Murray, J Petrie, B Pountney, R Russell, T Smith, M Stewart, S Taylor, J White.