After the Fijija surpassed last weekend, Scotland returned to New Zealand to complete their Pacific Tour in Auckland in a place that haunted them for decades.

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Samoa Rugby supports the miserable period and out of the field that got out of their 2024 tours of northern hemisphere due to closer bankruptcies, while they had to move this “home game in Auckdom Park APIA earlier this year.

In the city with the estimated 135,000 Samoan Expats, they are still expected to have a crowd on their side, but have a significant disadvantage yet nor played a competitive match this year. They had a reasonably successful 2024, losing in Japan (49-27) and Fiji (42-16), but the victory of Tonga (43-13), and even Tier 1 Italy (33-25), which he saw them between Wales and Japan (13th).

Scotland The Gregor Townsend coach expects the atmosphere to be equally fierce against them and prepared for a physical meeting with little Intel outside Samoa 2024 matches and those of the Self-Pasifiers in the Super-Pasify season 2025. Years. Last week, they could not reiterate the victory of the shock over Maori all black people in the opening of their tours, falling in good for the forecasted Handicap, despite the rapid out of the gate to open early 7-0 leadership.

They descended in the eighth in the world rugby, as a result of victory in Australia via Fiji, which in the course of Townsend described as “definitely return” to the end and earn all important sowing for the World Cup 2027. Years. The victory this week is expected and can be one of unless their most important meeting with Samoa.

History Head-to-Head

Scotland holds 10-2 records over Samoe with the latest encounter to be in the 2019 World Cup. Year (Scotland 34-0). Maybe one sign for the manu of Samoa is that their last victory over Scotland came during the previous lions of Australia, when two sides met in the durb.

Hot statistics and stripes

• The first attempts were polluted 11. doubled 13 Samoa games.

• The first half was the largest scoreboard in the ten limb of the doubt of 13 games, as well as six Scottish last seven.

• This year, Scotland included the main expansion in just two of their seven games.

• Five of these seven matches completed within the parent nut in total points.

Key Players for Watching and Missing Players

Knock down Last year, he scored international international returns to Tong and Japan and was also via the line in the penultimate appearance of Moan Pasisfix at the beginning of this year. Scotland full of work Kyle Rowe He is no longer Rookie at this level and picked up three attempts over his last three matches for Scotland or Glasgow.

Scotland made five changes in their line with Tom Jordan and Jamie Ritchie, while Darcy Graham called on District Lions. Rory Sutherland and Ewan Ashman are also tied to Australia, but they start in this game to keep.

Betting analysis

There are so many unknowns with playing your first match in almost a year so we could follow a long trend instead and return first half to be the highest deadline.