The autumn international window is meant to cover three weekends but this year it is being played over five as countries look to claw back losses induced by the pandemic.
Australia, who were at Murrayfield yesterday, are playing five of the Six Nations with England, their summer visitors, missing out.
As two of Australia’s games are outside the international window, Scotland and Wales, at the end of next month, they will receive a share of the gate receipts and will bank more than £1.5m which even at a time when the pound is shrinking will help a country where the game struggles to get its...