Hadden's side play New Zealand, South Africa and Canada this autumn
Scotland head coach Frank Hadden says the temporary resolution to the dispute over the release of players for Test matches is "not ideal".
The International Rugby Board have ruled that English Premiership clubs must release Scotland players 12 days before next month's autumn Tests.
"We're going to fight very hard to make sure we get adequate preparation time for our national team," Hadden said.
"The point is we just want the players for a fortnight before the Tests."
The Scottish Rugby Union sought intervention from the IRB following a stand-off with Premier Rugby - the umbrella organisation for Guinness Premiership clubs - over access to players prior to the autumn Tests.
The compromise of 12 days is a partial success for the SRU who had been lobbying to gather their squad two weeks prior to the Tests, while Premier Rugby wanted a five-day release period.
Scotland face New Zealand at Murrayfield on 8 November and South Africa a week later with the three-match series culminating against Canada in Aberdeen the following Saturday.
"It's not ideal. The trouble in the northern hemisphere is that there's a conflict of interest between the clubs and the international game," Hadden continued.
"The season isn't as clearly structured as in the southern hemisphere and there's always going to be that conflict of interest.
"But we now have clarity on the access to our players who play with English clubs.
"The IRB Regulations Committee has ruled that players selected for the autumn Tests can join us to train on Monday 27 October.
"Now, we can crack on with our preparations for these vital matches.
"We accept the ruling and we will continue to articulate the case for a robust and workable regulation which underlines the pre-eminence of the international game, which is fundamental for the game's worldwide development."
The ruling also contains one crucial caveat, with English clubs able to recall their players from international duty with Scotland on the weekend of 1-2 November.
Hadden would be forced to release those players on 30 October, while they must be returned to his squad no later than 24 hours after their club match has finished.
Mike Blair led Scotland to victory over England in the 2008 Six Nations
Meanwhile, Edinburgh scrum-half Mike Blair will continue as Scotland captain for November's three-match series.
Blair, 27, has captained Scotland on five occasions and led his country to Calcutta Cup victory over England earlier this year.
He marked his 50th cap by leading Scotland to an historic first Test victory in Argentina in the summer.
"Experience and continuity are key factors in the international game and we believe Mike deserves the opportunity to build on his most recent contributions, both as a player and captain, to the Scotland team," Hadden said.
"The games we have coming up next month are massively important for Scottish rugby.
"We face New Zealand, South Africa and Canada over three weeks and how we go in these contests will play a major part in determining our ranking for the 2011 Rugby World Cup draw in December."
Blair, who was nominated for the IRB Player of the Year in June, said: "It's a tremendous privilege to captain your country and I know from the first time I had that honour at Murrayfield earlier this year that the crowd can inspire us.
"Against England, when we had to dig that little bit deeper, the supporters were fantastic and it would be great if we could enjoy that level of vocal encouragement against the All Blacks, Springboks and Canada next month."
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