Gregor Townsend’s side will be hoping to get off to a winning start in Edinburgh, with reigning rugby world champions South Africa away next weekend before facing Portugal and Australia in November.

It was a fairly low-key summer for Scotland after their fourth-place finish in the last Six Nations, when much-changed teams defeated Canada, the United States and Chile on their trip to North and South America.

Now they have to step up against a Fiji team who are capable of beating anyone on their day, although they were comfortably beaten by the All Blacks in the summer after struggling to victory against Georgia.

Sione Tuipulotu has been named Scotland’s new captain for this autumn series, while there are departures for the likes of Ali Price, Adam Hastings and Darcy Graham for a fixture that falls outside the usual international Test window, meaning the hosts They don’t have players like them. by Finn Russell, Ben White and Blair Kinghorn.

As a result, Fiji has also been forced to name an inexperienced team, missing players such as captain Waisea Nayacalevu, Semi Radradra and Josua Tuisova. All of head coach Mick Byrne’s matchday 23 comes from the Fijian Drua Super Rugby team.

TV channel: In the UK, Scotland vs Fiji airs live after England vs New Zealand on TNT Sports 1, with coverage starting at 5:30pm GMT before kick-off at 5:40pm.

Live broadcast: TNT Sports subscribers can also follow the action live online via the Discovery+ app and website.