Scotland vs Tonga LIVE score as Gregor Townsend explains his team selection that has everyone guessing

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Even by this game’s ability to drag things out, this tour of duty has become a stamina-sapping war of attrition for a press pack following Scotland’s fortunes in Nice, Marseille and Paris.It would be easy to forget Gregor Townsend and his squad are still in the World Cup mix.

What seems like an eternity ago is actually only two weeks but an 18-3 defeat to South Africa also appeared like an end rather the start of a tournament.In the moments after the loss, there was an undeniable feeling a chance had gone in the key encounter in the group of death.

Now come Tonga and there’s trouble on a teamsheet packed with quality – even if they struggled against the Irish.They have targeted Scotland as their World Cup final given a third-place finish in this pool would grant them automatic qualification come 2027.And our boys need a win in the wake of Ireland's victory over South Africa – you won't miss moment of the action LIVE with us.Like Scotland, Tonga are going into their second World Cup match looking to get up and running after losing 59-16 to Ireland last weekend.Assistant coach Zane Hilton expects a positive response from the Pacific islanders.“We hadn’t played a game for a month before the Ireland game,” he said. “We certainly believe that we’ll be far better prepared this week because of the game we had against Ireland.“The Ireland game hurt, there’s no doubt about that.

We were extremely disappointed with how we played. We just didn’t meet the mark.“But that game is gone now. We need to make sure we execute the areas of our game that we need to be successful and put Scotland under pressure.”New Tonga recruit Adam Coleman is relishing the prospect of making his debut against Scotland’s Jack Dempsey – four years after they