Referee Nic Berry peeps his whistle and we are off...

Scotland stare down the haka and we're just about ready to go on a lovely clear day in Edinburgh.

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Huw Jones
Scotland and Lions centre

I think we definitely can win. Set-piece will be massive. We need go-forward from the forwards to unleash our backs. If we do that, we won't have any trouble scoring tries.

Anthems done.

It's haka time.

An Australian-born centre captaining Scotland against New Zealand?

Likely to be pumped.

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Huw Jones
Scotland and Lions centre

Because he is Mr Consistent you forget how good Kyle Steyn is. He is just as quick and just as strong as Duhan [van der Merwe].

He has solidity in defence and attack as well as being under the high ball one of the best in the world. So I can see why he gets the nod.

The players emerge in the Scottish capital.

New Zealand are in their change strip - white tops and black shorts.

Scotland are in their traditional blue tops and white shorts.

Doddie Weir's widow Kathy and two of his sons, Angus and Hamish, are at Murrayfield to cheer on Scotland this afternoon.

It was in 2017 against the All Blacks that the former Scotland lock memorably presented the match ball and put his MND diagnosis in the spotlight.

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Murrayfield is filling up nicely with kick-off fast approaching.

Unsurprisingly, it's a sell out.

Big day for this man.

D’Arcy Rae replaces Zander Fagerson and has a monumental task against Ethan de Groot.

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How long do you think it takes this guy to get ready on the morning of a Test match?

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Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on Sportsound

They can be got at. They've had a record defeat against South Africa in the Rugby Championship.

There are a lot of guys in that All Blacks team trying to establish themselves. Scotland have got a settled team and a great chance.

Scotland warmed up for this huge match with a comprehensive 85-0 win over a poor USA side, while New Zealand beat Ireland 26-13 in Chicago.

Scotland fly-half Finn Russell was coached by New Zealand head coach Scott Robertson during a spell training with Canterbury in 2013.

A quick catch-up before kick-off.

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Andy Burke and Tom English are joined by former Scotland prop Peter Wright and Scotland and Lions centre Huw Jones.

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Andy Burke
BBC Sport Scotland

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New Zealand back row Wallace Sititi needs little education on Scotland. After all, he is named after one of the country's great historical figures, William Wallace.

The idea came from his father, the former Samoa international Lemalu 'Semo' Sititi, who was playing in Scotland for the Border Reivers when his son was born in 2002.

Wallace, one of Scotland's best-known historical figures, led the Scots to victory against an English army of King Edward I at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297, as part of a struggle for independence.

"At the time when I was supposed to be born, we were based here in Scotland," explained Sititi Jnr, who will start against Scotland in Saturday's Autumn Nations Series meeting on the blindside flank.

"A few weeks before that, my mum's dad fell sick, so she flew back to Samoa to look after him and ended up having me there, while my dad was stuck here.

"He named me after William Wallace because he loved the movie Braveheart. My parents thought William was a bit too common as a first name, so ended up with Wallace."

Ardie Savea captains New Zealand, who make three starting changes from their 26-13 win over Ireland in Chicago.

Lock Josh Lord and outside centre Leicester Fainga'anuku take over from injured duo Scott Barrett and Jordie Barrett, with flanker Wallace Sititi coming in for Simon Parker.

Andy Burke
BBC Sport Scotland

Dropping Duhan van der Merwe - Scotland's joint-record try-scorer - for Kyle Steyn is a huge call from Townsend, but an understandable one.

Nobody offers what Van der Merwe does in attack, but defensively and under the high-ball he can be suspect.

Steyn is the more rounded player, and while he does not produce the fireworks of Van der Merwe, he will bring aerial ability and defensive nous, and his own try return at Test level is very good.

The glaring area of concern is at tighthead. The failure of Zander Fagerson to recover from injury is a grievous blow. D'Arcy Rae is simply not at Fagerson's level and has little experience in the Test arena, certainly in games of this magnitude.

The Edinburgh prop will need to find a level he has never found before, much like when Darryl Marfo emerged from nowhere amidst a front-row injury crisis to face the All Blacks in 2017 and let nobody down.

Rae's one and only job will be to keep up his side of the scrum. Easier said than done against the power of Ethan de Groot.

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Kyle Steyn starting in place of Duhan van der Merwe was the big takeaway from Scotland's team for today's game.

Van der Merwe won his 50th cap in last weekend's 85-0 demolition of the United States and the powerful British and Irish Lions winger scored twice to take his international tries tally to 34.

Scotland are without Zander Fagerson, who had been tipped to feature despite not playing since April with a series of injuries.

D'Arcy Rae continues at tight-head in the continued absence of the experienced prop.

The record victory against the USA came outside the international window, with the squad made up entirely from Glasgow and Edinburgh players.

Established stars Finn Russell and Blair Kinghorn return to face the All Blacks, along with Ben White and Rory Hutchinson.

Captain Sione Tuipulotu is among the home-based players restored, with only Rae, Darcy Graham, Scott Cummings and Jack Dempsey retaining their places.

Gregor Brown is preferred to former skipper Jamie Ritchie in the number six shirt.