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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.
The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. In 2023, the Scottish Rugby Union made the decision to award caps to 56 players who only took part in 23 games which had not been considered full tests (during or just after the Second World War , and against emerging nations in the late 20th century). [ 1 ]
Scottish players for other countries are included, e.g. Dugald MacDonald who played for South Africa, while his brother Donald played for Scotland, uncapped Scottish players e.g. Hefin O'Hare and Scotland caps who are notable for reasons other than being on the national rugby union team, e.g. Bill Gammell is better known as a businessman, and ...
Scotland's first national team, 1871, for the 1st international, vs. England in Edinburgh. In December 1870 a group of Scots players issued a letter of challenge in The Scotsman and in Bell's Life in London, to play an England XX at rugby rules.
More than 50 players who represented Scotland in matches that at the time did not have Test status are to be awarded international caps.
He retired from international rugby after Scotland’s 18–30 defeat by New Zealand in the 1999 Rugby World Cup quarter-final. He played 51 times for Scotland. [11] In a 2015 series of articles in The Herald titled "The 50 Greatest Scottish Rugby Players", Armstrong was ranked as Scotland's greatest. [2]
Scotland (667) British and Irish Lions (69) 1986–1995 68 18 87 161 0 10.82 [19] 23 20 714 Greig Laidlaw: Scrum-half Scotland: 2010–2019 76 5 106 159 0 9.39 25 21 698 Matt Giteau: Centre Australia: 2002–2016 103 30 106 108 4 6.78 [20] 26 22 673 Bernard Foley: Fly-half Australia: 2013–2022 76 16 133 107 1 8.82 28 23 656 Dan Biggar: Fly-half
Blair was Edinburgh Player of the year in 2006 and 2008, Scotland Pro Team Player of the Year in 2008, and Scotland Player of the Year in 2008. He was nominated for the IRB Player of the Year in 2008, the first Scot to be nominated for this award. That year he featured in a list of the 50 best rugby players in the world by The Independent ...