Agencies/GlasgowScotland are to play their autumn Test against Tonga on Kilmarnock Football Club’s new artificial pitch.The Scottish Rugby Union announced that Rugby Park will host the November 22 clash, which follows Murrayfield contests against Argentina and New Zealand.Kilmarnock installed the new surface this summer and it will stage its first competitive game when Aberdeen visit on Scottish Premiership duty on Wednesday night.An SRU tweet read: “The international at Rugby Park will be a world-first! The first time a Tier 1 union has played an international on an artificial pitch!”The pitch has passed International rugby Board safety and compliance tests.Scotland head coach Vern Cotter said: “The Rugby Park surface is immaculate and it’s always good to take the game to parts of the country where supporters haven’t always had the chance to see an international match on their own doorstep.”IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset added: “This is an exciting development for rugby at the elite level as it is the first time a Tier One team has played a full international on artificial turf.“In recent years, the quality of turf has come a long way. The IRB and its member unions, such as the SRU, have been at the forefront of that progress.“The great advantage of artificial turf is that it can provide a consistent and low-maintenance alternative to natural pitches.“This is especially useful in parts of the world where growing and maintaining a high-quality grass surface is not straightforward. I would like to congratulate the SRU for this initiative and I wish this fixture every success.”Queensland Reds scout Fiji talent The Queensland Reds have launched a recruitment drive in Fiji as they look to rebound from a disappointing Super 15 season. Operations manager and former Wallaby scrum-half Sam Cordingley, was scouting for talent on Saturday at the local league semi-final between Nadroga and Suva and said the Fijian’s natural attacking flair was a good fit for the Queenslanders. The Reds suffered a disastrous 2014 season in which they crashed to 13th in the Southern Hemisphere championship, just three years after being crowned champions. Cordingley said he was working on returning the Reds to the top and Fiji was a good place to start. “We have a number of foreign positions within our senior squad which open up opportunities for Fijian players and we are also open to developing players within our academy,” Cordingley told AFP. Two Fijians, Chris Kuridrani and Samu Kerevi, were in the Reds squad this year but had limited game time. “There is also a large Fijian community within Brisbane and with the short distance between Queensland and Fiji it obviously makes the transition for players easier,” Cordingley said. Meanwhile, as the Reds looked to recruit senior players from Fiji, New Zealand was targeting schoolboys, the Fiji Times reported. Hamilton Boys High School, the leading rugby school in the catchment area of two-time Super champions Waikato Chiefs, was looking for suitable players to be offered scholarships for next year.