Rugby World Cup Teams - Pool C consists of New Zealand, Scotland, Italy and Romania . In the international arena the Scotland national rugby union team is the representative. The Scotland Rugby union ranked 9th in world is governed by the Scottish Rugby Union.
The history of Scottish rugby dates way back to 1871, and their first win was against England at the rugby union match at Raeburn Place. Scotland has completed in the Rugby World Cup since it first started in 1987 for five times and their last participation was in Rugby World Cup 2003 in Australia .
The English National Team is their strong contender and both these teams engage in annual tussle for the Calcutta Cup. The Scottish team uniform consists of navy jersey, white shorts and navy socks with the emblem of The Thistle embossed.
Record of Scotland in Rugby World Cup 2007
1987 Rugby World Cup Quarter Finals, the Scottish team was defeated by New Zealand.
The 2nd Rugby World Cup in1991 saw the Scotland team losing to England in the Semi Finals.
In the 1995 Rugby World Cup Quarter Final New Zealand defeated Scotland
Scotland Rugby Team:
Several international players are there in the Scotland rugby team like Jim Aitken, Gary Armstrong, Roger Baird, John Beattie, Mike Biggar, Craig Douglas, Gordon Brown, Peter Brown, Paul Burnell, Finlay Calder, Jim Calder, Mike Campbell, Sandy Carmichael, Craig Chalmers, Damian Cronin, Colin Deans, Lewis Dick, Peter Dods, Matt Duncan, Douglas Elliott, Bill Gammell, Chris Gray and Gavin Hastings
Test Match Record of Scotland :
This record is updated up till 13 March 2006
Against |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drawn |
England |
123 |
41 |
65 |
17 |
Ireland |
119 |
61 |
52 |
5 |
Wales |
111 |
47 |
61 |
3 |
France |
79 |
34 |
42 |
3 |
New Zealand |
24 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
Australia |
21 |
6 |
15 |
0 |
South Africa |
15 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
Italy |
10 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
Romania |
9 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
Argentina |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
Samoa |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Fiji |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Tonga |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Canada |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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