Scotland confirm 2022 Autumn Nations Series opponents

Scotland will host Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina in the 2022 Autumn Nations Series on consecutive weekends from Saturday 29 October later this year.

The four matches will take place at BT Murrayfield following on from last year’s Autumn Nations Series which saw supporters return to the stadium with three sell-out crowds in attendance.

Australia will be first up, led by head coach Dave Rennie, who was formerly in charge at Glasgow Warriors, and assisted by former Scotland defence coach Matt Taylor. The Wallabies are currently sitting sixth in the world rankings, one place ahead of Scotland, but the hosts will be aiming to defeat their Aussie counterparts for a fourth consecutive time, having edged a close encounter 15-13 when the sides last met last year.

Fiji will follow on Saturday 5 November and mark the first time the two sides have met since 2018 when Tommy Seymour scored a hat-trick among eight home tries in an entertaining 54-17 win for the hosts.

The All Blacks will then make their long-awaited return to BT Murrayfield having last visited Edinburgh in 2017. Set against the backdrop of a full stadium under lights, Scotland almost stole the show during that game when Stuart Hogg made an electric late break only to be denied by a superb Beauden Barrett cover tackle.

Scotland’s final test will be against Argentina who Scotland will be familiar with after playing them in a three-Test summer tour this July. The sides last met in Edinburgh 2018, with Sean Maitland’s try and nine points from the boot of Greig Laidlaw helping the hosts to a 14-9 victory at BT Murrayfield.

Autumn Nations Series Fixtures 2022

Scotland v Australia | Saturday 29 October, kick-off 5.30pm

Scotland v Fiji | Saturday 5 November, kick-off 1pm

Scotland v New Zealand | Sunday 13 November, kick-off 2.15pm

Scotland v Argentina | Saturday 19 November, kick-off 3.15pm

All matches will be broadcast on Amazon Prime.