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The history of the team dates from 1871, when the Scottish rugby team played their first official test match, winning 1–0 against England at Raeburn Place. Scotland competed in the Five Nations from the inaugural tournament in 1883, winning it 14 times outright—including the last Five Nations in 1999 —and sharing it another eight.
Scotland has played international rugby union since 1871, when they beat England in their first Test match. Scotland have competed in every Rugby World Cup. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category.
History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Scotland (7 P) Pages in category "Scotland national rugby union team matches" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Scotland: 1876–77 Home Nations rugby union matches [2] 2 17 February 1879 Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast: 0–2G Scotland: 1878–79 Home Nations rugby union matches [3] 3 14 February 1880 Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow: 3G–0 Scotland: 1879–80 Home Nations rugby union matches [4] 4 19 February 1881 Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast: 1G–0 Ireland
Scotland have played in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. Their best finish was fourth in 1991 . In their semi-final on October 26, 1991, Scotland lost 6–9 to England at Murrayfield after Gavin Hastings missed a penalty almost in front of and a short distance from the posts.
The national rugby union teams of Scotland and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1906, and as of November 2021, they have met in 28 Test matches. Their first meeting was on 17 November 1906, and was won 6-0 by Scotland and their most recent match was on 10 September 2023 at the 2023 Rugby World Cup ...
The history of rugby union matches between France and Scotland dates back to 1910 when the two teams played against each other in Edinburgh. Scotland won the match 27–0. Since then there have been a total of 103 games played, resulting in 60 wins for France, 40 wins for Scotland and 3 draws, as of February 2024.
The first two international sides to play against each other, the England–Scotland fixture is the second most-played international rugby union match as of 2025. Behind the Australia–New Zealand rivalry by some thirty-plus matches (not including XV results), it is one match ahead of the England–Ireland match-up and the Ireland–Scotland ...