Scotland v Maori All Blacks: Stafford McDowall captains side

In the forwards, Glasgow prop Fin Richardson is named in a senior Scotland side for the first time alongside his club team-mate Nathan McBeth, and Edinburgh’s Patrick Harrison is at hooker.

George Turner will make his Scotland return from the bench, having only recently come back from a spell in Japan to sign for Harlequins.

Uncapped Saracens fly-half Fergus Burke, who was born in New Zealand, is also among the replacements.

Scotland take on the Maori All Blacks on Saturday (04:35 BST), before facing Fiji in Suva the following week and finishing their tour at Eden Park in Auckland against Samoa.

Scotland XV: Smith, Paterson, Hutchinson, McDowall (c), Reed, Hastings, Horne; McBeth, Harrison, Richardson, Sykes, Henderson, Bayliss, Onyeama-Christie, Muncaster.

Replacements: Turner, Hepburn, Hurd, Williamson, Brown, Masibaka, Burke, Dobie.