SCOTLAND are set to play the All Blacks in New Zealand for the first time in 27 years ahead of next year’s Rugby World Cup in Australia. Gregor Townsend’s side will play their final match before the tournament in Dunedin before travelling to Australia for their World Cup Pool D opener against Uruguay on Sunday, October 3. As with the 2019 and 2023 World Cups, Scotland will also have home and away warm-up fixtures against France.
They last played in New Zealand in July 2000, a 48-14 defeat at Eden Park. They were due to play a Test in New Zealand in the summer of 2020 whi...