The Scotland national rugby union team represents the Scottish Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. They also participate in the Rugby World Cup , which takes place every four years. The history of the team dates from , when the Scottish rugby team played their first official test match , winning 1β0 against England at Raeburn Place.
Scotland competed in the Five Nations from the inaugural tournament in , winning it 14 times outrightβincluding the last Five Nations in βand sharing it another eight.
In , the competition accepted a sixth competitor, Italy , thus forming the Six Nations. Since this change, Scotland have yet to win the competition. The Rugby World Cup was introduced in and Scotland have competed in all ten competitions, the most recent being in , where they failed to reach the quarter-finals. Their best finish came in , where they lost to the All Blacks in the third place play-off. Scotland have beaten all major rugby union playing nations except for New Zealand, the best result being two draws.
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 In front of around 4, 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 1β0 score.
England later won the return match at the Kennington Oval , London in the following year. The members had decided to disband: the cup was crafted from melted-down silver rupees which became available when the club's funds were withdrawn from the bank. The Cup is unique in that it is competed for annually only by England and Scotland. The first Calcutta Cup match was played in and, since that time, over matches have taken place. The first visitors were Ireland, on 18 February Scotland 3β9 Ireland.
