Scotland Six Nations Rugby History
Scotland were one of the founding members of the home nation’s tournament but for long periods have really struggled to hold their own with their success rate no where near as positive as the other main teams in the home nations.
We can establish that Scottish rugby got off the ground with a victory over England in 1871 and then two years later the Scottish Union got off the ground and is a founding member of the Five/Six nations and it has won it or shared it over 20 times with the latest victory in 2000.
Having participated in the Six Nations since its inception Scotland has only achieved the ultimate of the Grand Slam a total of three times in 1925, 1984 and 1990.
Murrayfield is the home of Scottish Rugby with a capacity of just under 70,000 but they have managed to get over 100,000 people into the ground in the early days.
Top Scottish players include, Gavin Hastings, Gregor Townsend and Chris Patterson.
Scotland 2008 Six Nations Match Fixtures
Scotland have a tough opening match in the 2008 6Nations Championship by playing host to the current champions France.
Sunday, 3rd February 2008
Scotland v France (3:00pm)
Saturday, 9th February 2008
Wales v Scotland (2:00pm)
Saturday, 23rd February 2008
Ireland v Scotland (5:00pm)
Saturday, 8th March 2008
Scotland v England (3:15pm)
Saturday, 15th March 2008
Italy v Scotland (1:00pm)
Six Nations Rugby Union Championship 2008
These days the Six Nations is run for TV like all sports and you can see every game live on TV over the Saturday and Sunday of the five weekends of the tournament with week one commencing on the 2nd of February with the highlight on this day the England Wales match at Twickenham. France will be looking to build on their great recent form in the Six Nations having won it four times in the last six years.
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Six Nations Fixtures
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