Tonga to get us under way...

The war dance is watched in respectful silence by the crowd. None of the singing and jeering that descended on the All Blacks at Twickenham a fortnight ago.

The end of Flower of Scotland is marked with a booming blast of a field gun on the pitch.

Now for the Tonga's Sipi Tau haka...

Nice dressing rooms at Rugby Park. Scotland are last out of their oak-panelled lair and onto the pitch.

Why is a football club's home called Rugby Park? Well, back in the day Kilmarnock's footballers were code-crossing superstars, swapping to the oval ball when they felt like it., external

Anthem time.

Chris Paterson
Former Scotland full-back on BBC One

On the artificial surface at Rugby Park: "It's a fast surface, and the rain earlier will make the ball a bit greasy.

"The game will be fast, it will be quick, the ball will move quite quickly out of the scrums and the rucks."

Scotland coach Vern Cotter: "This Tonga team will offer us different things than New Zealand and Argentina, they have a more physical, direct form of play. We have to get used to that and a new stadium and and new field.

"They may think that the field favours them, getting the big guys around the paddock. We will have to get up quickly to put pressure on. I think it favours us with our speed.

"Either way it is the same for both teams and I think that it will come down to the last few minutes."

Andy Burke
BBC Scotland at Rugby Park

"We're expecting close to a full house here at Rugby Park for this one, which is another indication of the positivity that has returned to the national team under Vern Cotter.

"There are several factors that make this an intriguing match up. Firstly is the surface. This is the first top-level international that will take place on an artificial surface, so it will be interesting to see how both teams adapt, especially given the heavy rain in Ayrshire this morning.

"Tonga won at Pittodrie in 2012 to signal the end of Andy Robinson's reign as head coach, so that is still fresh in the minds of the fans, but does it still haunt the players? We're about to find out."

BBC One

Right, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have finished their Saturday afternoon pootle around Abu Dhabi which means that BBC One is all Scotland v Tonga.

You don't even need to turn on the telly. A click on the big play button at the top of this page will bring the coverage straight to your screen.

We're asking what are the best team-talk or psyche-up line you have heard?

Niall O'Donnell:, external A mate once refused to pack down until he heard the the opposition prop speak. As a psyche up trick it backfired - we were hammered.

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A quick note about the artificial surface on which Scotland will face Tonga today. The 3G pitch at Kilmarnock's Rugby Park was installed over the summer, in order to allow the Scottish Premiership football club to make greater commercial use of the stadium.

The pitch meets the guidelines set by both football and rugby union's world governing bodies, and was installed by a United States-based company that also provided the artificial surface for Cardiff Arms Park.

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There is plenty of gas and go in that Scottish back three.

Tim Visser, who has seven tries from his previous 14 Tests, is included at the expense of Sean Maitland with Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour alongside him.

Scotland would do well to get them into the game early, rather than be drawn into a battle of the big fellas up front.

Scotland: Stuart Hogg; Tommy Seymour, Sean Lamont, Alex Dunbar (all Glasgow), Tim Visser (Edinburgh); Finn Russell (Glasgow), Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester, capt); Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Geoff Cross (London Irish); Richie Gray (Castres), Jonny Gray (Glasgow); Rob Harley (Glasgow), Blair Cowan (London Irish), Jonny Beattie (Castres).

Replacements: Fraser Brown, Gordon Reid, Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors), Kieran Low (London Irish), Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan), Chris Cusiter (Sale), Duncan Weir (Glasgow ), Duncan Taylor (Saracens).

Tonga: Vungakoto Lilo; David Halaifonua, Siale Piutau, Hemani Paea, Fetu'u Vainikolo; Latiume Fosita, Sonatane Takulua; Tevita Mailau, Aleki Lutui, Paea Fa'anunu; Tukulua Lokotui, Joe Tu'ineau; Sione Kalamafoni, Nili Latu (capt), Viliami Ma'afu.

Replacements: Elvis Taione, Sione Lea, Sila Puafisi, Lisiate Fa'aoso, Hale T Pole, Tomasi Palu, Kurt Morath, Sione Piukala

Scotland centre Sean Lamont is only too aware that the positive vibes from the free-scoring win over Argentina and battling performance against New Zealand could be wrecked with a defeat by Tonga.

"If we don't lay down a marker, what we've done for the last few weeks is just talk, so we've got to keep this momentum going," he said.

"There is a lot of positivity, and the passion is back."

For a taciturn man, head coach Vern Cotter likes rugby of the champagne vintage.

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New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter will be a spectator when his side face Wales today, having been left out of the squad - but he's still enjoying the scenery.

"Another city, another castle," he tweets., external "Cardiff threatening with some sunshine. Anyone coming to the game today?"

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Scotland legend Gregor Townsend has backed the decision to play Tonga on some of that new-fangled synthetic stuff.

"It's a great concept, we've played a couple of times on Cardiff Arms Park [which also has a 3G pitch],, external which created a really fast-paced game," he said, while wistfully imagining how much easier it would have been to step lumbering back-row forwards if he hadn't had to play most of his rugby in cabbage-patch conditions.

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Earlier this week, James Haskell found a memorable phrase to sum up England's underwhelming autumn so far.

"It is no use training like Tarzan and playing like Jane," said the Wasps flanker., external

Which got me thinking, what are the best psyche-up lines you have heard, either at the top level or for Old Rubber Duckians fifths?

Here is a link to get the grey matter working.

Ian McGeechan finds the sort of passion, external that could inspire the Dalai Lama to extreme violence on two Lions tours of South Africa.

Give us your suggestions on #bbcrugby, external or 81111 on text.

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Kilmarnock FC:, external The Scotland team have arrived for the first ever tier-one international on a synthetic surface!

Geoff Cross's beard will give the Tongans some 80's-style astro burn, even if the Rugby Park pitch doesn't.

BBC One

And the good news is that whichever match floats your boat, BBC Sport will keep you bobbing along with live coverage.

BBC One will be across Scotland v Tonga, 5 live sports extra will be getting their Ireland v Australia on, BBC Two and 5 live will be tag-teaming up to take down Wales v New Zealand before 5 live goes solo on England v Samoa.

Got all that? Don't worry there will be timely reminders all along the way.

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That is just the start of the fun with a day of rugby busier than a One Direction ticket hotline. It is so good that Mum and Dad McCaw are over for a piece of the action.

This is how it rolls:

Can Ireland beat Australia? If so, are they favourites for the Six Nations? Ireland v Australia is at 16:30 BST.

Wales's run of defeats against Australia stretched to 10 Tests a fortnight ago, can they buck an even heftier historical trend against the All Blacks? The world champions are gunning for a 26th successive win over Wales from 17:30 GMT.

Two out of three ain't bad sang Meatloaf. The portly American rocker wouldn't be drawn on what he makes of one out of three though. That is the autumn ratio England will want to improve to against Samoa at 19:00 GMT.

That was then though and this is a five-try win over Argentina, a creditable performance against the All Blacks and a brave new dawn later.

Vern Cotter's boys in blue are up in the first match of the day, taking on Tonga in Kilmarnock at 14:30 GMT.