Samoa V Scotland: Update

We are live Tweeting from the Samoa v Scotland match via our Twitter account @scotlandteam. The match kicks-off at 3.30am BST (Saturday 23 June).  There is a late change to the Scotland team. Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby) has withdrawn with a mild thigh strain and is replaced by Joe Ansbro (London Irish).With no UK broadcaster having acquired the rights to the fixture Scottish Rugby has worked closely with both the Samoa Broadcasting Corporation Limited and the Samoa Tourism Authority to see if any additional live pictures might be available for supporters. Go to http://www.facebook.com/SamoaTourismAuthority at 03.20 to see a live web-stream of the game.  Scottish Rugby cannot guarantee the quality or stability of the feed.  The Samoa Broadcasting Corporation Limited will have cameras at the match but there is no live coverage on their networks in Samoa.We are also working to ensure highlights footage of the game is available as soon as possible after the match via scottishrugby.org again we are reliant on the Samoan broadcasters providing the footage post match.We are grateful to the Samoan Broadcasting Corporation Limited and the Samoa Tourism Authority for their efforts to assist Scotland fans to see this important match.Thursday 21 June Scotland’s final match of their summer tour will not be broadcast live despite the best efforts to secure a broadcast partner. To the disappointment of supporters around the world, technical issues with broadcasting from the Pacific nation mean there will be no live feed as Scotland seek to make it three out of three wins in the southern hemisphere. Efforts are ongoing to ensure fans see highlights of the potentially historic match, which won’t be shown live, even in Samoa.  Scottish Rugby has been working with their counterparts at the Samoan Rugby Union to help the host nation secure an international broadcast partner. Dominic McKay, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Scottish Rugby said last night (Thursday). We’ve been working hard to try and bring broadcast partners on board but the logistics of broadcasting live from Samoa appear insurmountable.  We’re led to believe there is no permanent satellite uplink available from Apia so overcoming the technical challenges of broadcasting live sport are made that much harder. We’ll keep trying up until the last possible moment to get a live feed. We will, of course, be live tweeting the match so fans can follow @ScotlandTeam for the latest from the match.