Sure to be a big ask for a group of Scotland players in decidedly mixed form at club level.
You can read Rory’s thoughts on the match over on the .
Scotland team to face New Zealand at Murrayfield on Sunday 11 November, kick-off 2.30pm:
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors), 14 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby), 12 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby), 11 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby), 10 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby), 9 Mike Blair (Brive); 1 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors), 2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby), 3 Geoff Cross (Edinburgh Rugby), 4 Richie Gray (Sale Sharks), 5 Jim Hamilton (Gloucester), 6 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan), 7 Ross Rennie (Edinburgh Rugby), 8 Kelly Brown (Saracens) CAPTAIN
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson (London Irish), 17 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh Rugby), 18 Kyle Traynor (Bristol Rugby), 19 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), 20 David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby), 21 Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors), 22 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors), 23 Max Evans (Castres)
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Assistant referees: Pascal Gauzere (France) and Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)