GARY Graham will be in the right changing room when old foes England and Scotland meet in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Super Saturday, insists rugby legend Gavin Hastings.

The 26-year-old Newcastle Falcons flanker, who was born in Stirling, is the son of former Scotland prop and forwards coach George Graham but qualified for England through residency.

He left Scotland in 2015 to join the Jersey Reds before moving to Falcons in 2017 and was called up by Eddie Jones for England’s Six Nations squad in 2018 - although he failed to win a cap.

Graham has since had a change of heart and will line up against the Red Rose in the Calcutta Cup this weekend - and Hastings believes the choice should have always been a simple one.

“When someone’s father has played for Scotland like Gary’s, I just find it very difficult to understand how a son would not wish to follow in his father’s footsteps,” said Hastings, speaking on behalf of Land Rover.

“Gary Graham is Scottish, that’s the bottom line. England are within their rights to do so [call him up to their 2018 squad], but when someone says he switched allegiance I don’t see that at all.

“Gary Graham is Scottish and he’s playing for the side he should be playing for, end of story. I don’t think it’s controversial or anything like that.

“It’s the way it is and if Eddie Jones thinks a player is good enough to play for England then fair enough, but the bottom line is he has chosen the right country to play for.

“There’s no doubt in my mind about that and I’m not being critical of anyone else, I think it’s not really a discussion point anymore to be honest.”

Many tipped Scotland to be outside contenders ahead of the Championship, a view that appeared to be backed up by an impressive 33-20 victory against Italy in the opening round.

But since then Gregor Townsend’s side have struggled as injuries have taken their toll, with Scotland losing their last three games in the Championship to Ireland, France and Wales.

And while Hastings does not think England will be thinking about revenge following their defeat at BT Murrayfield last year, he expects Scotland to be up against it at Twickenham.

“Revenge is a pretty strong word,” said Hastings, speaking on behalf of Land Rover. “I think clearly England were disappointed with the performance last year and they have moved on leaps and bounds since then.

“I think from Scottish perspective we just need to hope that they can come down and produce a performance that is going to make the supporters proud.

“Eddie has not lost too many times in charge of England and I would expect them to be firing on all cylinders on Saturday and it is going to make it very tough for Scotland.

“Some of the performances have not been as bad as the results have suggested, but it’s very difficult to see how we’re going to turn things around on Saturday given the woeful record Scotland have had at Twickenham over the last forty years.”

Hastings added: “I think from Scottish perspective we just need to hope that they can come down and produce a performance that is going to make the supporters proud.

“Eddie has not lost too many times in charge of England and I would expect them to be firing on all cylinders on Saturday and it is going to make it very tough for Scotland.”

Gavin Hastings is a Land Rover ambassador. Land Rover shares and understands the values of rugby. @LandRoverRugby