Scotland. Scotland played Australia in the quarter-finals, and with 30 seconds remaining led 34–32. [53], Frank Hadden, the head coach of Edinburgh Gunners, was appointed interim coach for the 2005 summer internationals against the Barbarians and Romania,[54] winning both. Six Nations: How to watch this weekend's games as England take on Wales in a make-or-break clash and … [102][103] This followed with a defeat in Paris to France. In the third place play-off they were beaten by New Zealand. Scotland has competed in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. The SRU cancelled all arranged trial and international matches and encouraged the member clubs to carry on as best they could. Scotland lost to New Zealand in the quarter-final. [118] In May 2007, after seventeen years, The Famous Grouse ended its shirt sponsorship with the team. The game versus Japan was played at the home of St Johnstone F.C., McDiarmid Park, Perth. [68] They then toured Argentina in the summer to play two tests against Argentina. [23] Fewer players were being selected from English clubs to represent Scotland as the domestic game was producing an adequate number of players of genuine international class for the first time since the First World War. The Triple Crown is awarded to the Scotland, England, Ireland or Wales national side if they can beat the other three 'Home Nation' sides in the Six Nations tournament of that year. Gregor Townsend took over as head coach in June 2017. Gregor Townsend’s team will be looking to continue that progress in the Autumn Nations Cup, which runs from 13 November to 6 December, but they will have to do so without their … Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend has named a 35-man squad for the 2021 Guinness Six Nations, which begins with the Calcutta Cup clash vs England on Saturday 6 February.. [10][11] Scotland resumed full international matches in February 1947, losing 22–8 to Wales at Murrayfield. Scotland star Redpath reflects on dream debut. Representing Scotland at international level. Rugby is a full contact sport…its hugely taxing on the body to play with short duration recovery times. In 1951, the touring Springboks massacred Scotland 44–0 scoring nine tries, a then record defeat. [41] This run of wins included a 23–21 win away against France, courtesy of a last minute try and conversion by Gavin Hastings. BT became the primary shirt sponsor as part of the £20 million deal signed in 2014.[121]. 70,000 spectators saw the lead change hands three times before Scotland secured a 14–11 victory which gave them their first-ever Five Nations Grand Slam. SCOTLAND SQUAD FOR 2021 GUINNESS SIX NATIONS. Sign-up for our newsletter today to receive the latest updates, content and releases from Scottish Rugby. In 1971, the SRU appointed the first coach as "adviser to the captain". [47] However his tenure was both controversial and unsuccessful, marred by a string of poor results and fall-outs with coaches and players. He was Bill Dickinson, a lecturer at Jordanhill College, and his contribution to Scottish rugby in the 1970s was immense. FORWARDS (20) Ewan Ashman (Sale Sharks) – Uncapped Simon Berghan (Edinburgh) – 28 caps [95] Scotland played well at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England; qualifying from their group by beating Japan, USA and Samoa, although they lost to South Africa. This was Scotland's first win in Australia since 1982 and the first time in 30 years that Scotland defeated Australia more than once in a row. [6][9], The outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 brought rugby union in Scotland to a halt. Andy Robinson announced Scotland's 36-man squad for the Six Nations on 5 January. 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[26][27] After this, the 1983 season was a disappointment; losing their first three Five Nations matches. In the 17 backs selected there are returns for Harlequins centre James Lang, who last featured in the national side during the summer of 2018, as well as Glasgow Warriors centre Nick Grigg and Edinburgh winger Damien Hoyland, alongside squad debutants van der Merwe and scrum-half Steele. [66] They then defeated England in the Calcutta Cup with a 15–9 victory[67] before succumbing to Italy, avoiding the wooden spoon only on scoring difference. They lost to England in the semi-final held at Murrayfield to a Rob Andrew drop goal. [22] Nevertheless, rugby in Scotland was clearly developing. Scotland's last match was a 31-16 defeat by Ireland in Dublin in the Autumn Nations Cup on 5 December. In their first 6Ns game, Scotland went in with confidence to win their first opening match for eleven years against Ireland in a close match at Murrayfield Stadium. 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. [98] The Scots finally ended their losing run with a 36–20 win over Italy in Rome; John Barclay, John Hardie and Tommy Seymour all scoring tries. "Flower of Scotland" has been used since 1990 as Scotland's unofficial national anthem. [109], In the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Scotland took an early exit with losses to both Ireland and the hosts. The Doddie Weir Cup is awarded to the winner of the Scotland - Wales match in the Six Nations tournament. Caps: 17. Our aim is to keep this momentum going as we take on Georgia and Wales before competing in the Autumn Nations Cup in November. The squad features three uncapped players in Glasgow Warriors prop Oli Kebble, Edinburgh winger Duhan van der Merwe and Harlequins scrum-half, Scott Steele. Find information on the latest squad announcements for the Scotland men's senior football team. Both sides had won all their Five Nations fixtures, and England were overwhelming favourites despite being the away side. SCOTLAND RUGBY UNION TEAM: NEWS, FIXTURES AND RESULTS. The Calcutta Cup is awarded to the winner of the Scotland - England match in the Six Nations tournament. ", "Rugby fans' anger over Scotland's red and yellow kit", "Cap that for a benefit after new sponsorship package", "All Blacks wrap up sale of the century. [5], In 1882 the Home Nations Championship, the fore-runner of the modern Six Nations Championship was founded with Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland taking part. He was succeeded by his assistant, the former Hawick fly-half, Colin Telfer (not a relative). [34], Scotland went to the first World Cup, played in New Zealand and Australia in the summer of 1987. In front of around 4000 spectators, the Scots won the encounter by a try (made by Angus Buchanan) and a goal (made by William Cross) to a solitary try scored by England (a points scoring system had not then been devised so only the goal counted towards the 1–0 score). [61], In 2007, Scotland became the first Six Nations team to lose at home to Italy, 17–37. [6], In 1897 land was purchased, by the SFU, at Inverleith, Edinburgh. The FFR said the whole squad is now isolating. [43] However, in the 1999 World Cup they suffered a quarter-final defeat to New Zealand. [55] On 15 September 2005, he was appointed national coach of the Scotland team. [37] The match against England in 1990 was also only the second time that Flower of Scotland was played at Murrayfield, having become Scotland's pre-match national anthem that year. In September 1993, a sponsorship deal was announced with The Famous Grouse, resulting in a sponsors' name being added to Scottish international players' kit for the first time in addition to the jersey manufacturers' emblem. Against Ireland, in the final rugby match at Croke Park, Scotland gained their only win of the tournament 23–20 with a last-minute penalty by Dan Parks, denying the Irish the Triple Crown and assuring they themselves would avoid the wooden spoon. [6] The Six Nations started out as the Home Nations Championship in 1883, with Scotland sharing the championship with England in 1886 before winning the title outright for the first time a year later. This was a significant departure from the traditional colours of blue and white, although purple is inspired from the thistle flower. [126], On the 21 January, Townsend named a 35-man squad for the 2021 Six Nations Championship. [13], The teams from 1955–63 were an improvement. Les Bleus have been forced to quarantine after a Covid-19 outbreak in the squad Scotland’s Rory Sutherland looks ahead to their Six Nations campaign. Gregor Townsend names Scotland team to face England in Six Nations opener Scotland have named their team to face England in Saturday's Six Nations clash at Twickenham. [62] This was Italy's biggest ever victory over Scotland, home or away. Position: Utility. [21], In 1977 Nairn McEwan succeeded Bill Dickinson as national coach. It was Scotland's first victory over France since 2006, and also ended a 10 match losing streak against Les Bleus. Beating all the sides in the Six Nations is called a Grand Slam but this has no trophy. [88] On 27 May 2013, it was announced that Vern Cotter would become head coach of Scotland, but the SRU had to wait until 2014 as club Clermont failed to reach an agreement with the SRU to release Cotter a year early from his contract. [110], On 6 February 2021, Scotland won their first game of that year's Six Nations tournament, defeating England 6 - 11 at Twickenham for the first time since 1983 and securing the Calcutta Cup. Scotland begin their autumn test matches at BT Murrayfield against Georgia on Friday 23 October before facing Wales in Llanelli on 31 October in the rescheduled 2020 Guinness Six Nations fixture. Also during this sponsorship deal, purple was introduced to the traditional blue jersey. The first Calcutta Cup match was played in 1879 and, since that time, over 100 matches have taken place. It will be great to see some familiar faces, welcome a few back into our squad and also introduce some new players to Test match rugby.". [71] Scotland's form picked up with a 23–10 victory over Fiji[72] and a memorable 9–8 win against Australia (the first win over the Wallabies for 27 years) at Murrayfield. [24] The team benefited from consistent selection - 12 players took part in all four Five Nations matches,[23] and of the 20 players used in total throughout only two played for clubs outwith Scotland. [70] On 4 June 2009, ex-England, Edinburgh and Bath coach Andy Robinson was named head coach in time for the 2009 Autumn Internationals. [7] However, Scotland's triumph in 1907 would be the last for eighteen years as the First World War (1914–1918) and England's dominance afterwards would deny them glory. The potential debutants are Edinburgh Rugby trio Blair Kinghorn (full-back), scrum-half Nathan Fowles and prop Murray McCallum, plus Glasgow Warriors prop D’arcy Rae. [80] Needing a win going into their final match against England in Auckland, they led 12–3 with a quarter of the game to go, only to lose out to a Chris Ashton try, going down 16–12. On 3 September 2007 it was announced that the then Rangers chairman Sir David Murray's company would become the new shirt sponsor, in a deal worth £2.7 million over three years. [105] This was a record defeat against the English, and a result which ended their hopes of winning the Six Nations. [92][93] The test against Tonga took place at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, and was the first Rugby Union international to be played on an artificial surface. The Cup is unique in that it is competed for annually only by England and Scotland. We also need to rotate in order to develop players so that they can step in for injuries and our performance level doesn’t drop. [69], In a dismal 2009 Six Nations campaign, Scotland won just one match for a second consecutive year (against Italy) and thus, on 2 April 2009 Frank Hadden resigned as head coach of the national side. List of Scottish national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Scotland national rugby union team.The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.. Representing Glasgow and the West of Scotland, Glasgow Warriors compete in the Guinness PRO14 and Heineken Champions Cup. International rugby was played at Inverleith until 1925. [57] Scotland also beat England 18–12 at home at Murrayfield to reclaim the Calcutta Cup. Steven Head Coach Gregor Townsend has named the Scotland Six Nations 2018 squad for the l atest edition of the annual tournament next month. On Wednesday, Six Nations chiefs had said the game could go ahead after two days of no more cases for the French. Their best finish came in 1991, where they lost to the All Blacks in the third place play-off. [citation needed] However the advent of professionalism saw Scotland's District championship abandoned and two 'Super Districts' formed, which have resulted in the top players generally being unavailable for their clubs. Admittedly, the 24-year-old has not played much rugby of late, and even less in his best position at 13, owing first to injury and then to the Covid-19 outbreak in the Northampton squad. [119] The Famous Grouse did maintain a low profile link to the Scottish Rugby Union by becoming the main spirit sponsor. Visit the Scottish FA for all your Scottish football news. However, referee Craig Joubert then awarded the Wallabies a highly controversial penalty, later judged by the game's ruling body to be incorrect, which Bernard Foley scored to give Australia victory. [7], Internationals resumed in the 1946–47 season, although these were not formally recognised and no caps were awarded to participating players. This is a list of the complete squads for the 2010 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.Each country was entitled to name a squad of 39 players to contest the championship. the Firth of Forth) in the Caledonian region. But he offers a precious line-breaking incision that deserted Scotland for chunks of their autumn programme. [40] This was Scotland's first win in Paris since 1969. [citation needed] These teams play in international club competitions such as the Heineken Cup and the Pro14. Born: 15/01/91 in Pontefract. [47] Following a review by the SRU and public criticism from several of his players,[49] Williams was finally sacked on 25 April 2005. [2][3][4], The Calcutta Cup was donated to the Rugby Football Union in 1878 by the members of the short-lived Calcutta Rugby Club. "He's already an excellent player," the Scotland coach said. [42], Scotland won the last-ever Five Nations Championship in 1999 with a last minute win by Wales over England. 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 8. [41], The third World Cup, held in South Africa, came in 1995. The recommendation will be considered by the Rugby World Cup Board and World Rugby Executive Committee on 8 and 9 March respectively.In a statement… Read more [73], In the 2010 Six Nations Scotland lost against France, Wales and Italy before drawing with England. [7] In January 1946, Scotland played and defeated a strong New Zealand Armed Forces team by 11–6. In the same game Chris Paterson moved ahead of Andy Irvine in the list of Scotland's all-time points scorers. Between the 2007 Rugby World Cup warm up games and the 2013 South African quadrangular tournament, the fonts used for their number kit on the back of their kits were Crillee Extra Bold Italic. [6] The Scots enjoyed occasional success in the early years, winning their first Triple Crown in 1891 and repeating the feat again in 1895,[6][7] and vying with Wales for dominance in the first decade of the 20th century. Scott Johnson became interim head coach for the team in December 2012. Le meilleur résultat européen des Glasgow Warriors est un barrage de qualification pour les quarts de finale en 1997-1998 qu'ils perdent 19-90 contre les Leicester Tigers. The victory was made more notable by the list of absentees, such as Stuart Hogg and Grieg Laidlaw, who were in New Zealand on Lions' duty. [39] Since then they have qualified for the quarter-finals in all but two occasions, in 2011 and 2019. Scotland Women. © Copyright Scottish Rugby Union Limited 2021. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend said: “We welcome Josh into our squad as we look to build on our opening two games of the Championship. [7], In 1925 Scotland already had victories over France at Inverleith (25–4), Wales in Swansea (24–14) and Ireland in Dublin (14–8). [86] The English could hardly ignore such a challenge and this led to the first-ever rugby international match being played at Academical Cricket Club's ground at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, on Monday 27 March 1871. The Scottish rugby team dates back to 1871, when they beat England in the first international rugby union match at Raeburn Place. Scotland team to play Wales – Saturday 13 February. Stuart Hogg; Darcy Graham, Chris Harris, James Lang, Duhan van der Merwe; Finn Russell, Ali Price; Rory Sutherland, George Turner, Zander Fagerson, Scott Cummings, Jonny Gray, Blade Thomson, Hamish Watson, Matt Fagerson. [74] That summer, Scotland toured Argentina and recorded their first ever away series victory, beating the Pumas in both tests, 24–16 and 13–9. The team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship and participates in the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years. Robinson took the reins in 2009 after Frank Hadden stepped down. He broke down after less than a quarter of an hour of the first World Cup match against France and never played for Scotland again. Josh Bayliss has been handed his first Scotland call-up Bath back-row Josh Bayliss has been called up to the Scotland squad for the first time for Sunday's Six Nations match against France. Pool play saw a narrow defeat by France, thanks to an injury-time try, and Scotland finished second in the pool. [96][97], Scotland lost their first two games in the 2016 Six Nations Championship, extending their losing streak in the Six Nations to nine matches, their worst run in the championship since the 1950s. France head coach Fabien Galthie has named a 31-man squad for their next Six Nations clash against Scotland. Premiership Rugby is prepared to relax its rules to allow Scotland players to feature in a rearranged Six Nations match against France. [citation needed] This was introduced in 1973 and still flourishes today with several of the country's original clubs still very much in evidence, such as Heriots, West of Scotland, Watsonians and the famous 'border' clubs such as Gala, Hawick, Jed-Forest, Kelso and Melrose. [91] The three autumn tests held at Murrayfield during November yielded wins over Argentina and Tonga, and a narrow defeat against New Zealand. At 30 years old, he made the Six Nations squad in 2019 amidst a similar injury spate, but is now in pole position to be named on the bench behind George Turner at Twickenham. Squad rotation is essential when playing in compressed tournaments. Scott Cummings and Jonny Gray continue their second row partnership. [38], The second World Cup took place in 1991 with matches shared between the Five Nations. Steven Shingler, initially chosen for the squad, was confirmed to be ineligible for Scotland by the International Rugby Board due to his caps for Wales U20. A week later Scotland defeated Australia 24–19 in Sydney, the second time in a row Scotland had won on Australian soil. Before 1971, there was no appointed coach of the Scotland team, the role being assumed by the captain. [19][20] That win was part of a run of nine successive wins at Murrayfield during the 1970s for the national side, but they were unable to transfer that form outwith Scotland, only managing two away wins during the decade. 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Ashman is a particularly stimulating inclusion. Scotland call up two SA-born players for year-end Tests SA-born Duhan van der Merwe is one of three uncapped players in Gregor Townsend's Scotland squad for … [23][29] He lasted just over a year, enduring a whitewash in the 1985 Five Nations, before resigning to concentrate on his business. It was the first time that Scotland had ever played "North of the Forth" (i.e. Four former Scotland players have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame: Eight former Scotland players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame:[133], Twenty-three former Scotland players have been inducted into the Scottish Rugby Hall of Fame:[134]. [citation needed], On 1 March 1975, around 104,000 spectators watched Scotland defeat Wales 12–10 in a Five Nations match at Murrayfield. This deal is thought to be worth a tenth of the original cost and forbids the Scottish Rugby Union from affiliating itself from any other whisky manufacturer. The SFU bought some land and built the first Murrayfield Stadium which was opened on 21 March 1925. [25] Scotland toured Australia in July 1982 and won the first test, Scotland's first away victory against any of the big three Southern Hemisphere sides. [60] In the final match against Australia, Scotland failed to impress, with Australia winning 44–15. [6] Scotland have won the title outright 15 times and shared the championship a further nine times. [23] The establishment of the national leagues in 1973–74 was beginning to bear fruit; the standard of club and district rugby was higher than ever and players were more accustomed to experiencing pressure in matches where the result really mattered. [81], Scotland were terrible during the 2012 Six Nations, picking up the wooden spoon and being whitewashed, despite promising moments,[82] and falling to 12th, Scotland's lowest ever in the IRB rankings. On 27 June 1988, Ian McGeechan was appointed as head coach to succeed Derrick Grant who had retired after the end of the 1988 Five Nations series.