Welcome to Murrayfield for what could be a day of surprises if the unseasonably mild forecast for today’s game is anything to go by.

Scotland disembark their bus in the midst of an odd run of Autumn matches. Handy wins vs teams they should win handily against and a fitfully sparky but ultimately losing performance in the face of the Springboks could have made it tricky to determine where they are as a team. But this is Gregor Townsend's Scotland so it’s really more of the same for the team he’s built – they are a squad that plays occasional great games, rather than great players of the game.

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