The selection of Dave Cherry, uncapped since September 2023, for Scotland's Six Nations opener against Italy is a gobsmacking move from Gregor Townsend.
Bordeaux lock Gray, 30, has not featured for the national team since the last time the Azzurri visited Murrayfield on Six Nations duty in 2023.
Riyad Mahrez was part of arguably football’s biggest underdog story when he won the Premier League with Leicester in 2016.