Arthur Robert Smith was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Wing.
Roy James Laidlaw is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Alexander Bennett Carmichael MBE was a Scotland international rugby union player.
John McLauchlan,known as Ian McLauchlan,is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Nicknamed Mighty Mouse,he represented Scotland at loosehead prop from 1969 to 1979.
Jim Renwick is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Centre.
Rugby union in Scotland is a popular team sport. Scotland's national side today competes in the annual Six Nations Championship and the Rugby World Cup. The first ever international rugby match was played on 27 March 1871,at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh,when Scotland defeated England in front of 4,000 people. Professional clubs compete in the United Rugby Championship,European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup,while the Scottish League Championship exists for over 200 amateur and semi-professional clubs,as does a knock-out competition,the Scottish Cup. The governing body,the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU),is one of the ten first-tier member nations of World Rugby.
The 1884 Home Nations Championship was the second series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 12 April 1884. It was contested by England,Ireland,Scotland,and Wales.
Rugby union in Scotland in its modern form has existed since the mid-19th century. Scotland has one of the oldest rugby union traditions and has introduced various innovations including rugby sevens.
The rugby union match played between Scotland and England on 27 March 1871 was the world's first international rugby match. It is also officially the first international football match in any football code. The match was played at Raeburn Place,Edinburgh in front of 4,000 spectators. Scotland won the match,scoring two tries and a goal to England's single try.
David Leslie is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He usually played at number eight,but occasionally at flanker. He played for Scotland 32 times between 1975 and 1985.
Kenneth James Forbes Scotland was a Scotland international rugby union player and a Scotland international cricket player. He played at full-back in rugby union.
John Dewar Dallas was a Scottish international rugby union player. Dallas played international rugby for Scotland but is more notable as a rugby referee,and his officiating of the "Match of the Century",the famous encounter between Wales and New Zealand in 1905,a match seen as one of the greatest games in the history of the rugby union. He became the 39th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Angus Buchanan was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player. One of the earliest Scottish players,he was capped for Scotland in 1871.
Alexander William Angus was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.
John Imrie Gillespie,known as Jimmy Gillespie,was a Scottish international rugby union player,who played for Scotland and the Lions.
James Norman Grieve Davidson is a former Scottish sportsman who represented Scotland in both cricket and rugby union. Davidson played first-class cricket for the Scotland national cricket team in 1951,and represented the Scotland national rugby union team from 1952 to 1954.
George Ritchie was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Forward.
Edinburgh District is a Scottish amateur rugby union team which plays in the amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship. Its draws its players mainly from the Edinburgh area,as well as others from the rest of east central Scotland;roughly corresponding to the old Lothian regional council area. Historically the Edinburgh District team played matches against touring teams visiting Scotland from abroad,and also competed in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.
The 1872-73 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.
