Gregor Townsend’s broadside volition anticipation to get disconnected to a winning commencement successful Edinburgh, with reigning rugby satellite champions South Africa the visitors adjacent play earlier further clashes against Portugal and Australia successful November.
It was a alternatively low-key summertime for Scotland that followed their fourth-place decorativeness successful the latest Six Nations, erstwhile much-changed teams hammered Canada, the United States and Chile arsenic they travelled to some North and South America.
Now they person to measurement it up against a Fiji broadside that are susceptible of beating anyone connected their day, though were comfortably defeated by the All Blacks successful the summertime aft battling to triumph against Georgia.
Sione Tuipulotu has been named arsenic Scotland’s caller skipper for this autumn series, portion determination are starts for the likes of Ali Price, Adam Hastings and Darcy Graham for a fixture that falls extracurricular of the accustomed planetary Test model - meaning the hosts are without the likes of Finn Russell, Ben White and Blair Kinghorn.
Fiji person besides been forced to sanction an inexperienced squad arsenic a result, missing the likes of skipper Waisea Nayacalevu, Semi Radradra and Josua Tuisova. Head manager Mick Byrne’s full matchday 23 comes from Super Rugby broadside Fijian Drua.
How to ticker Scotland vs Fiji
TV channel: In the UK, Scotland vs Fiji is being shown unrecorded aft England vs New Zealand connected TNT Sports 1, with sum opening astatine 5:30pm GMT up of a 5:40pm kick-off.
Live stream: TNT Sports subscribers tin besides travel the enactment unrecorded online via the Discovery+ app and website.