Scottish Rugby Union

The Scottish Rugby Union plc Murrayfield Edinburgh EH12 5PJ Scotland, UK Tel: 0131 346 5000 Fax: 0131 346 5001 E-mail: feedback@sru.org.uk Note: This logo is no longer in use. ...

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Edinburgh Rugby were created to compete in the Heineken Cup as the SRU did not think that Scottish club sides could compete against the best teams from France and England. Due to the SRU's high debt, partly as a result of the redevelopment of Murrayfield Stadium, retrenchment was called for. After two seasons, Edinburgh merged with the Border Reivers to form a team to be known as Edinburgh Reivers. From the 2001-02 season, the Reivers label was dropped and the team were simply known as Edinburgh Rugby, nicknamed The Gunners. For the 2005-06 season, the team incorporated the nickname into their official ...

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Glasgow Rugby were created to compete in the Heineken Cup as the SRU did not think that Scottish club sides could compete against the best teams from France and England. Glasgow, however, did not compete in the Heineken Cup until the 1997-98 season. Due to the SRU's high debt, partly as a result of the redevelopment of Murrayfield - called for retrenchment. After two seasons, Glasgow merged with Caledonian to form a team to be known as Glasgow Caledonian. From the 2002-03 season the Caledonian label was dropped and the team were simply known as Glasgow Rugby. Starting with the 2005-06 season, the team were ...

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Glasgow Warriors, Glasgow Warriors - History, Glasgow Warriors - Famous players, Glasgow Warriors - Former players

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Scotland national rugby union team - 1871-1924. The first ever international rugby union game was played at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on March 27, 1871 between England and Scotland. It was won by Scotland, though England got revenge at the Kennington Oval, London in the following year. (See the library of the Scottish Rugby Union for details.) The Scots enjoyed periodic success in the early days vying with Wales in the first decade of the 20th century. However, their Triple Crown win in 1907 would be the last for eighteen years as the First ...

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1. In common with the rest of the UK. 2. No official anthem. God Save the Queen is traditionally the UK national anthem. See national symbols below. Scotland (Alba in Gaelic) is a nation in northwest Europe and a constituent country of the United Kingdom. The country occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the ...

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This has been selected by popular vote on the SRU's website and, subject to further voting, is as follows. Naturally it tends to exclude pre-1945 players, some of whom might make an all-time great Scottish XV but whose play would only have been seen by a few fans voting in the internet age. 15 Gavin Hastings 14 Andy Irvine 13 Alan Tait 12 Jim Renwick 11 Roger Baird 10 John Rutherford 9 Gary Armstrong 8 Simon Taylor 7 Finlay Calder 6 John Jeffrey 5 Scott Murray 4 Gordon Brown 3 Iain Milne 2 Colin Deans ...

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The culture of Scotland is the national culture of Scotland (which has a civic culture somewhat distinct from that of the rest of the British Isles). It originates from various differences, some entrenched as part of the Act of Union, others facets of nationhood not readily defined but readily identifiable. Culture of Scotland - Scots law. , see also Category:Scottish law. Scotland retains Scots Law, its own unique legal system, based on Roman law, which combines features of both civil law and ...

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Best Rugby Union World Cup placing so far: fourth in the second Rugby World Cup, RWC1991. On October 26, 1991 Scotland lost 6-9 to England in a semi-final at Murrayfield after the normally reliable Gavin Hastings missed an easy penalty almost in front of and a short distance from the posts. On October 30th Scotland lost the Third-place play-off to New Zealand in Cardiff, 13-6. Rugby Union Five Nations Championship Grand Slams (including Triple Crown): 1925, 1984, 1990. Triple Crown: seven times winners Scotland was also the last Five Nations Champion in 1 ...

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After a poor start in the Six Nations 2003-04 in which Scotland did not win a single match and so qualified for rugby's version of the wooden spoon, things were believed to be steadily improving once again under the Australian coach Matt Williams, the first foreigner to coach the national team. Despite setbacks, many new and talented young players are coming through to the top level. Yet the record for 2004 was disappointing: Played 12, Won 2, Lost 10. Williams also attempted to introduce a controversial "Fortress Scotland" policy, wh ...

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There are currently three: Edinburgh Gunners, Glasgow Warriors, and Border Reivers. There has been talk of establishing a fourth team based in London, so far unrealised, and of bringing back the Caledonian region. They are of course the main feeder teams for the national team. In the amateur days London Scottish provided many Scottish internationals from the London area. Now London Scottish is clawing its way back up the English divisions to ...

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Some of the most famous former Scottish international players (The Flower of Scotland) Scotland national rugby union team - Since 1945. Jim Aitken, prop, captain of the 1984 Grand Slam side Gary Armstrong, scrum half, captain of Scotland and British Lion in 1989 Roger Baird, wing John Beattie, forward Mike Biggar Craig Douglas, of Kirkcaldy Rugby Football Club Gordon Brown ('Broon frae Troon') Peter Brown, brother of Gordon & captain ...

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Noteworthy coaches (also players): Ian McGeechan, Jim Telfer Recent national coaches have been foreigners. Frank Hadden a Scot succeeded the Australian Matt Williams who was sacked with his staff early in 2005. New Zealander and former All Black captain Todd Blackadder is still coaching the Edinburgh Gunners professional team, though he will return to New Zealand soon. Frank Hadden, the former coach of the highly successful Merchiston Castle School rugby team, and the coach of the most successful rugby team in Scotland, Edinburgh, was named interim coach for two internationals in ...

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It is believed that the first group of humans in Scotland appeared around 8,000 years ago. A group of permanent settlers began building villages on Scottish soil around 6,000 years ago. The written history of Scotland largely began with the arrival of the Roman Empire in Britain, when the Romans occupied what is now England and Wales, administering it as a Roman province called Britannia. Part of southern Scotland was briefly, indirectly controlled by Rome. To the north was territory not conquered by the Romans—Caledonia, peopled by ...

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The institution that became Heriot-Watt University began with a conversation between the Edinburgh businessmen Leonard Horner and Robert Bryson about the lack of technical education for the working classes. This led to the opening of the "School of Arts of Edinburgh for the Education of Mechanics in Such Branches of Physical Science as are of Practical Application in their several trades" in October 1821. In 1852 the name of the school was changed to the "Watt Institution and School of Arts", in memory of James Watt. In 1869 women were permitted to attend classes, making Heriot-W ...

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The Rugby World Cup Sevens originated with a proposal by the Scottish Rugby Union to the International Rugby Football Board. The inaugural tournament was held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh in April 1993. Hong Kong, which had played a major role in the international development of the Sevens game, would host the 1997 event. The final, won by Fiji over South Africa, is still considered one of the best Sevens matches of all time. The Fiji team had promised the country it would return with the title, and captain Waisal ...

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Japan national rugby union team - Japan's World Cup record. Japan has participated as Asia's representative in all five Rugby Union World Cups since the inaugural tournament held in 1987. However, the team has not yet matured sufficiently to progress beyond the pool stages to the quarter-finals, and it has recorded only one victory so far, albeit a decisive one by 52 points to 8, over Zimbabwe at Belfast i ...

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Playing football has a long tradition in England and football had probably been played at Rugby School for two hundred years before three boys published the first set of written rules in 1845. The rules had always been determined by the pupils and not the masters and they were frequently modified with each new intake. Rules changes, such as the legality of carrying or running with the ball, were often often agreed shortly before the commencement of a game. There were thus no formal rules for football during the time William Webb Ellis was at ...

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The origin of the city's name is understood to come from the Brythonic Din Eidyn (Fort of Eidyn) from the time when it was a Gododdin hillfort. After it was besieged by the Bernician Angles the name changed to Edin-burh, which some have argued derives from the Anglo-Saxon for "Edwin's fort", possibly derived from the 7th century Northumbrian king Edwin. However, since the name apparently predates King Edwin, this is highly unlikely. The burgh element means "fortress" or "group of buildings", i.e. a town or city an ...

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, see also Category:Scottish law. Scotland retains Scots Law, its own unique legal system, based on Roman law, which combines features of both civil law and common law. The terms of union with England specified the retention of separate systems. The barristers being called advocates, and the judges of the high court for civil cases are also the judges for the high court for criminal cases. Sc ...

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