England A v Scotland A: Match to be shown live on terrestrial television

Scotland’s A international against England will be broadcast on terrestrial TV.

Damien Hoyland and Adam Hastings at a Scotland training session at Oriam ahead of the A international against England. Picture: Paul Devlin/SNS

Channel 4 will show live coverage of the match at Leicester’s Welford Road on Sunday, June 27.

Scotland have named a 37-man squad for their summer schedule which also includes Test matches against Romania and Georgia.

The squad, which will be led by interim head coach Mike Blair, contains 18 uncapped players.

Mike Blair, Scotland's interim head coach for the summer programme against England A, Romania and Georgia. Picture: Paul Devlin/SNS

Channel 4 has already struck a deal to screen the British and Irish Lions Test match against Japan at BT Murrayfield the day before and will show highlights of the tour of South Africa.

There will be more rugby available on a free-to-air basis over the summer with Channel 4 also showing live coverage of England’s match up against the USA at Twickenham on July 4 as well as their game against Canada on July 10.

No TV details have been revealed as yet for Scotland’s matches in Romania and Georgia.

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