SCOTLAND could lose all three tests on their summer tour of Australasia – but Andy Robinson's job will still be safe, according to Scott Hastings.

Scotland play Australia on June 5, Fiji on June 16 and Samoa seven days later. While criticising the RBS 6 Nations whitewash, 65-times-capped Hastings believes under-fire Robinson will be given a full 12 months to turn things around.

Speaking at Scotstoun stadium as he promoted next month's HSBC Sevens World Series, Hastings said: "Sport is about confidence and the Scottish boys have lost some of that. Somehow they are going to have to find it again because they have a tough tour coming up.Scotland could be staring down the barrel of three losses. The belief has to come from the senior players to rally round and support Robinson in what he is trying to achieve. If you look at the Six Nations, Scotland showed glimpses of beating England and France, and played very well against Wales. You could see improvement, but when I was playing for Scotland the senior players led you, and I didn't see leadership from the senior players. The performances against Ireland in the second half and against Italy were unacceptable."

Despite the five defeats, which took Scotland's losing streak to seven, Robinson survived a review with SRU chief executive Mark Dodson – and Hastings believes he will survive even if the sequence is extended to 10 in the summer.

"I think the decision has been taken that there is a year for Robinson to turn it around," he said. "I believe you have to take the summer tour, then the autumn internationals, in isolation. The next Six Nations is undoubtedly going to be the yardstick. Without success for Scotland in that, we're talking about another World Cup two years down the line in 2015."

On a brighter note, Hastings has been cheered by Edinburgh reaching the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup, and enthused about the three tries scored by Stuart Hogg against Munster on Saturday night. The second-half hat-trick almost single-handedly won Glasgow a bonus point in their chase for a RaboDirect Pro12 play-off place.

"He's exciting, without a shadow of doubt," said Hastings. "There is a confidence to his play. There's debate as to whether he's going to be a better centre or a full-back. Put him at full-back and he can choose any running lines or options. But Sean Lineen, who is his coach and works with him every day, thinks he's perhaps a better centre."

The 19-year-old Hogg made his Scotland debut in the Six Nations, scoring his first international try. Hastings' introduction to test rugby came when he was two years older, and his debut try was against England in 1986 in an epic 33-6 win.

Hastings believes Scotstoun, with its extended capacity of 15,000, will have a better atmosphere than Murrayfield for the Emirates Airline world sevens event on May 5 and 6.

"I came here last Tuesday and it was an athletics venue," he said. "Now I can see the infrastructure going up and I'm getting excited it can be a 15,000 sell-out both days."