Gregor Townsend’s side will be hoping to get off to a winning start in Edinburgh, where they host rugby world champions South Africa next weekend, before new encounters with Portugal and Australia in November.

It has been a fairly low-key summer for Scotland, who sit fourth in the last Six Nations; The much-varying teams traveled to both North and South America, defeating Canada, the United States and Chile.

They now need to step up their game against a Fiji team who are capable of beating anyone on their day but were comfortably beaten by the All Blacks after challenging for victory against Georgia in the summer.

Sione Tuipulotu has been named as Scotland’s new captain for this autumn series, while the likes of Ali Price, Adam Hastings and Darcy Graham make starts for a fixture outside the usual international Test window; This means the home team lacks likes. From Finn Russell, Ben White and Blair Kinghorn.

Fiji also had to name an inexperienced squad with the likes of captain Waisea Nayacalevu, Semi Radradra and Josua Tuisova. Head coach Mick Byrne’s full matchday 23 comes from Super Rugby outfit Fijian Drua.

television channel: In the UK, Scotland v Fiji is shown live on TNT Sports 1 after England v New Zealand, with coverage starting at 17:30 GMT ahead of kick-off at 17:40.

Live broadcast: TNT Sports subscribers will also be able to follow the match live online via the Discovery+ app and website.