The Scotland rugby team holds the 7 th position in the International Rugby Board world ranking. The 1991 Rugby World Cup semifinalists and the 1987, 1995, 1995 and 2003 Rugby World Cup quarterfinalists has won 14 matches out of the 24 rugby matches played.
The Scottish rugby participated in the first international rugby union that has a history dating back to 1871. Head Coach Frank Hadden leads the Scotland rugby team. Scotland was also the Five Nations Champion in 1998-99 before the tournament changed its name to Six Nations Champion when Italy joined the tournament. It has also won the Six Nations Championship thrice.
The team wears navy jersey, white shorts and navy socks with the emblem of The thistle. In the1987 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, the Scottish team was thrashed by New Zealand. In the second Rugby World Cup that held in1991, the Scotland team which one the rugby pool matches lost to England in the semifinals. The 1995 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal also saw their defeat to New Zealand.
Scotland rugby team consists of well-known international players 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 which are very popular even for those who come for the Scotland tour.
Placed in Rugby World Cup Pool C along with New Zealand, Italy and Romania, the Scotland team is getting ready to grab the trophy in their sixth world cup, the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
