Scotland national rugby league team

There are two Scottish teams selected: Scotland and Scotland A run under the joint auspices of the Rugby Football League and Scotland Rugby League. The Scotland team is predominently second-generation professional players, born and bred in England, whereas the Scotland A team (nicknamed "the Bravehearts") is selected from the Scottish domestic competition comprising of six teams.

History

The history of rugby league in Scotland goes back to 1909 when the touring Australian team played a match against England at Celtic Park, Glasgow. As football and to lesser extent rugby union were already well established in Scotland, rugby league did not make much of an impact, and until recently all Scottish rugby league players were converts from union. Only fourteen Scottish players made this switch prior to the ending of discrimination against playing rugby league, the most famous of whom was Dave Valentine, who captained Great Britain to World Cup victory in 1954.

In 1995, the full Scottish national team made its debut, losing narrowly to Ireland and later playing in the Emerging Nations section of the 1995 World Cup. Captained by Alan Tait they beat Russia and the U.S.A., before going down to eventual winners, the Cook Islands.

They were given full international status in 1996, which meant they were allowed to select as many professionals as they wished using the grandparent ruling, and subsequently took part in two very closely contested European Nations’ tournaments with France and Ireland.

Since 2002, Scotland A has participated in the Amateur Four Nations competition and toured Italy, the Netherlands and Serbia. Scotland has participated in the 2000 World Cup and the European Nations Cup (since 2003) competitions. Scotland's next scheduled match is against Wales on October 16, 2005.

World Cup 2008

See also 2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying

Scotland will face Wales and Georgia in Europe Pool One with the winner of the pool qualifying for the World Cup and the Runner Up entering the Repecharge round.

Results

Scotland

Wales def. Scotland 22-14 (16 October 2005)
Ireland def. Scotland 43-10 (29 October 2004)
Scotland def. Wales 30-22 (24 October 2004)
Scotland def. France 8-6 (9 November 2003)
Ireland def. Scotland 24-22 (26 October 2003)
Scotland def. France 42-20 (3 July 2001)
Samoa def. Scotland 20-12 (5 November 2000)
Ireland def. Scotland 18-6 (1 November 2000)
New Zealand Maoris def. Scotland 17-16 (29 October 2000)
Ireland def. Scotland 31-10 (31 October 1999)
Scotland def. Wales 36-16 (22 October 1999)
Ireland def. Scotland 17-10 (18 November 1998)
France def. Scotland 26-22 (18 November 1998)
France def. Scotland 22-20 (9 July 1997)
Scotland def. Ireland 26-6 (6 August 1996)

Scotland A

Scotland A def. Ireland A 42-16 (14 August 2005)
Scotland A def. England "Lionhearts" 17-16 (24 June 2005)
Wales A def. Scotland A 70-8 (13 June 2005)
Scotland A def. Ireland A 24-16 (22 August 2004)
Wales A def. Scotland A 34-26 (3 July 2004)
England "Lionhearts" def. Scotland A 28-26 (13 June 2004)
Scotland A def. Ireland A 48-20 (9 August 2003)
Wales A def. Scotland A 42-22 (27 July 2003)
Scotland A def. Serbia 42-22 (13 July 2003)
Scotland A def. Italy 30-10 (11 July 2003)
Scotland A def. Netherlands 22-18 (9 July 2003)
England "Lionhearts" def. Scotland A 28-20 (21 June 2003)
Ireland A def. Scotland A 70-10 (18 August 2002)
England "Lionhearts" def. Scotland A 58-8 (20 July 2002)
Wales A def. Scotland A 40-22 (15 June 2002)
Wales A def. Scotland A 36-6 (16 September 2001)
Ireland A def. Scotland A 28-10 (11 September 2001)
Scotland A drew with Wales A 20-20 (19 September 1999)
Scotland A def. Wales A 28-18 (3 October 1998)
Ireland A def. Scotland A 21-16 (30 May 1998)
Ireland A def. Scotland A 25-18 (25 October 1997)

Super League World Nines Results

Scotland def. USA 12-6 (2006)

External links

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