Scotland will begin their tour with a clash against Australia at the Ausgrid Stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales on June 5 before going on to face Fiji in Lautoka on June 16 and Samoa in Apia seven days later.

A Scotland XV will also go up against New South Wales Waratahs at the Sydney Football Stadium on June 10.

Head coach Andy Robinson, who will name a 32-man squad in May, hopes his side will be able to end their dismal run - which currently stands at seven straight Test defeats - during the tour.

"This will be a tough, full-on tour and I've been pleased with the form of many of the contenders for places within both the Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors teams over the last few weeks," he said.

"We have seen a fantastic victory by Edinburgh over Toulouse in the Heineken Cup quarter-final and Glasgow remain on course for the play-offs in the RaboDirect PRO12, having displayed ruthlessness in their win against Cardiff Blues."

The game against Australia will be shown on Sky Sports.