Saints centre Hutchinson starts as Scotland target their first win against the All Blacks

Rory Hutchinson will line up at centre for Scotland against the mighty All Blacks at a sold-out Murrayfield on Saturday (ko 3.10pm).

And he is joined in the match day squad to take on New Zealand by Saints club-mate Elliot Millar-Mills, who is named on the replacements bench.

Rory Hutchinson starts for Scotland against the All Blacks on Saturdayplaceholder image
Rory Hutchinson starts for Scotland against the All Blacks on Saturday

Hutchinson will win a 10th cap for his country in what will be his sixth start, while Millar Mills will also play for Scotland for the 10th time when he comes off the bench, having won six previous caps from the bench.

Scotland are targeting a first win over the All Blacks, who have triumphed in 30 of the 32 meetings between the countries over the past 120 years, with two draws.

Neither Hutchinson or Millar-Mills were involved as Scotland warmed up for the big All Blacks clash with an 85-0 trouncing of USA last weekend, while New Zealand were beating Ireland 26-13 in Dublin.

Teams

Scotland: Kinghorn; Graham, Hutchinson, Tuipulotu (capt) Steyn; Russell, White; Schoeman, Ashman, Rae, Gilchrist, Cummings, Brown, M Fagerson, Dempsey. Replacements: Turner, Sutherland, Millar-Mills, Sykes, Darge, Bayliss, Dobie, Jordan

New Zealand: Jordan; Carter, Fainga'anuku, Tupaea, Clarke; B Barrett, Roigard; Groot, Taylor, Newell, Lord, Holland, Sititi, Savea (capt), Lakai. Replacements: Taukei'aho,  Williams, Tosi,  Darry, Kirifi, Ratima, Proctor, McKenzie

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