Live: Samoa 6 - 7 Scotland
4.06am: Samoa’s Otto off injured. He’s replaced by Lui.
4.02am: Samoa bomb Hogg and the Scot doesn’t event get close.
4.01am: Pisi kicks Samoa back into the attack.
3.57am: Penalty to Samoa. Pisi lines it up and its 7 - 6 Scotland.
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Hide Ad3.52am: Try for Scotland after a Matt Scott break. Laidlaw gets conversion. 7 - 3 Scotland.
3.50am: 20 minutes in and its a drop goal to Samoa. Pisi the scorer. Scotland trail 3 - 0.
3.45am: Viss drops perfect pass.
3.44am: Another scrum. Another penalty to Scotland. Into the Samoa half!
3.41am: Scotland stuck in their own half so far. Dangerous.
3.40am: Scots win penalty at scrum. Laidlaw clears.
3.38am: First scrum. Samoa put it in. Samoa cross cross kick nearly works for 15 !
3.36am: Scots fail to gather kick off and Samoa are on the early attack. Good tackle by Ritchie Gray
3.34am: Samoa do the traditional haka and we kick off
3.32am: Scots playing in blue. Samoa in white...lucky devils. The background to this match is stunning.
3.30am: Late change. Joe Ansbro on for Nick De Luca who is suffering from a thigh strain. Scots are playing from left to right in the first 40.
Temperature is 30 degrees plus with a breeze in Scotland’s favour during the first half.
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Hide AdAndy Robinson’s side will face likely 30-degree temperatures in the tropical sun, meaning the game will be a test of their stamina in the heat as much as their rugby prowess.
Samoa: F Autagavaia; P Perez, F Otto, P Williams, D Lemi (captain); T Pisi, K Fotualii; S Taulafo, T Paulo, C Johnston, F Lemalu, D Crichton, B Masoe, M Faasavalu, K Thompson.
Replacements: O Avei, L Mulipola, I Tekori, A Aiono, J Sua , K Anufe, L Lui.
Scotland: Scotland: S Hogg (Glasgow); S Lamont (Glasgow), N De Luca, M Scott, T Visser (all Edinburgh); G Laidlaw (Edinburgh), C Cusiter (Glasgow); R Grant (Glasgow), R Ford (captain) (Edinburgh), E Murray (Newcastle), A Kellock (Glasgow), R Gray (Sale), A Strokosch (Perpignan), R Rennie (Edinburgh), R Vernon (Sale).
Replacements: S Lawson (London Irish), G Cross (Edinburgh), T Ryder, R Harley (both Glasgow), M Blair (Brive), D Weir (Glasgow), M Evans (Castres).
Referee: J Peyper (South Africa)