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The first meeting of the sides was nearly 120 years ago to the day as New Zealand won 7-12 at Inverleith.

There have been 31 further matches in the intervening period - Scotland have lost 29 of them.

A 0-0 draw at Murrayfield in January 1964 and a 25-25 draw at Murrayfield in November 1983 are the closest Scotland have come to beating New Zealand.

In both 2017 and 2022, Scotland came close before ultimately falling short.

One of sport's longest unbeaten runs.

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; De Groot, Taylor, Newell, Lord, Holland, Sititi, Savea (capt), Lakai.

Replacements: Taukei'aho,  Williams, Tosi,  Darry, Kirifi, Ratima, Proctor, McKenzie.

Hex. Hoodoo. Curse.

There have been plenty of words used this week to describe Scotland's record against New Zealand.

Is today the day the Scots end their long, long wait for a win over the All Blacks?

Kick-off is just under an hour away...

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