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Rugby union in Scotland
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Rugby union in Scotland
Rugby union
is a popular
team sport
in
Scotland
. The 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
Pro12
,
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 only ten first-tier member nations of the
IRB
.
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