Adam, a product of the Hillfoots and Stirling County clubs, was preparing for club training at in Christchurch one week ago, having been domiciled for a couple of months in New Zealand’s South Island as recipient of the John Macphail Scholarship.
Scotland coach Vern Cotter has done his due diligence on Adam and has seen enough in training here this week to mean that he will be Scotland’s 1060th cap this weekend.
“He is a talented player and the reports of his form in New Zealand have been very positive,” Cotter told www.scottishrugby.org.
“He’s trained well with us and looked sharp. He is a specialist No 8 and this is a golden opportunity for him.”
Adam's Glasgow club colleague Tyrone Holmes is on the bench and could make his Scotland debut.
Scotland
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors)
14 Sean Maitland (Glasgow Warriors)
13 Nick De Luca (Biarritz)
12 Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors)
11 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors)
10 Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors)
9 Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors)
1 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby)
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby)
3 Geoff Cross (London Irish)
4 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors)
5 Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) CAPTAIN
6 Robert Harley (Glasgow Warriors)
7 Chris Fusaro (Glasgow Warriors)
8 Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors)
Substitutes
16 Kevin Bryce (Glasgow Warriors)
17 Moray Low (Exeter Chiefs)
18 Euan Murray (Glasgow Warriors)
19 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
20 Tyrone Holmes (Glasgow Warriors)
21 Grayson Hart (Edinburgh Rugby)
22 Dougie Fife (Edinburgh Rugby)
23 Peter Murchie (Glasgow Warriors)
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France) and Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)