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regions. The West region is based on the old
Strathclyde council region, from the South-West English border, through Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Glasgow and suburbs North to Stirlingshire. The Caledonia Region covers the whole North of Scotland from Fife and Stirling, all the way to Orkney and Eilean Siar. It is sub-divided (in leagues 2 and 3) into Midlands, North and North-West.
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Up to season 1972–73, Scotland's rugby union clubs participated in what was known as an 'unofficial championship'. It provided very unbalanced competition: some clubs played more fixtures than others and some fixture lists provided stiffer opposition than others. The resulting league table at the end
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The champion from each league would be promoted to replace the bottom team of the corresponding division. Also two-legged play-offs were introduced at the end of each season for the 2nd placed team and 2nd bottom team of the higher league. The winner over two legs would play in the higher league the
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The current
Regional Leagues are based more on political than physical geography. The Caledonia region covers a much larger area and more clubs but a smaller population. The East region is made up of the City of Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Borders, traditionally the strongest rugby playing
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The
Caledonia Leagues were then broken down again into Midlands, North-East and North-West for travel cost reasons. For season 2014–15, Championship divisions A & B were scrapped and two additional National League divisions were re-introduced under National League Division 1.
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From season 2012–13 the whole League was revamped into a pyramid structure. The 6 National
Divisions were scrapped because of travel costs and lack of movement between leagues. The new leagues were:
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organised the full member clubs into six leagues. Though the SRU's administrators were often seen as backward looking, Scotland had a national league before
England,
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the teams remained the same as the 2019-20 season, due to the covid 19 pandemic. In League Three, the Isle of Mull RFC moved to non-league status.
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and its member clubs have re-organised the competition several times, usually to change the number of teams.
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198:. Since the advent of the leagues, the
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28:Scottish Regional League (rugby union)
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217:In League One, with the exception of
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1486:Scotland 'B' international players
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186:Starting in season 1973–74, the
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1587:Rugby union leagues in Scotland
951:Edinburgh University Medics RFC
1481:Scotland international players
777:Aberdeen University Medics RFC
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490:2nd and 3rd XVs not included.
158:2 semi-national (West/East) –
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1:
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393:Glasgow University Medics RFC
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211:Tennents West Regional League
105:are the lowest levels of the
1398:Scottish Women's Rugby Union
1273:Scottish League Championship
1252:European Rugby Challenge Cup
1247:European Rugby Champions Cup
576:Dundee University Medics RFC
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1388:Championship League A and B
1362:Scottish Rugby Schools' Cup
1337:Scottish Womens Premiership
1327:Inter-District Championship
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107:Scottish rugby union system
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103:Scottish Regional Leagues
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18:Scottish Regional Leagues
1383:Highland Alliance League
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981:Trinity Academicals RFC
699:Aberdeen University RFC
473:Police Scotland Glasgow
148:2 national divisions –
1556:Scottish Rugby Academy
1501:Borders Sevens Circuit
1206:Rugby World Cup Sevens
956:Edinburgh Northern RFC
581:Harris Academicals RFC
504:Aberdeen Wanderers RFC
345:Waysiders Drumpellier
119:East Regional Leagues
114:West Regional Leagues
1531:Auld Alliance Trophy
1516:London Scottish F.C.
1358:Borders Competitions
1075:Scottish Rugby Union
823:East Regional League
735:Caledonia Midlands 4
651:Caledonia Midlands 3
560:Caledonia Midlands 2
442:Campbeltown Kintryre
200:Scottish Rugby Union
188:Scottish Rugby Union
1551:Douglas Horn Trophy
1491:Murrayfield Stadium
1211:Sevens World Series
714:RAF Lossiemouth RFC
641:Ross Sutherland RFC
139:League Championship
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626:Mackie Academy RFC
84:Greenock Wanderers
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682:Waid Academy F.P.
616:Aberdeenshire RFC
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539:Grangemouth Stags
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137:and parts of the
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16:(Redirected from
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1546:Hopetoun Cup
1541:Cuttitta Cup
1521:Calcutta Cup
1418:Professional
1346:Junior rugby
1332:Scottish Cup
1301:
1300:
1284:
1277:
1266:Amateur Club
1182:Competitions
997:Eyemouth RFC
971:Liberton RFC
946:Earlston RFC
929:Penicuik RFC
897:Dalkeith RFC
865:Langholm RFC
746:Arbroath RFC
719:Shetland RFC
600:
591:Madras Rugby
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469:Millbrae RFC
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408:Lochaber RFC
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368:Birkmyre RFC
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51:No. of teams
1511:Melrose Cup
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976:Lismore RFC
807:Turriff RFC
782:Deeside RFC
751:Bo'ness RFC
709:Kinloss RFC
586:Kinross RFC
529:Garioch RFC
498:Caledonia 1
329:Paisley RFC
314:Dalziel RFC
309:Cumnock RFC
260:Garnock RFC
150:Premiership
131:Premiership
129:Unlike the
87:Caledonia:
79:champion(s)
77:Most recent
37:Rugby union
1576:Categories
1295:Division 3
1291:Division 2
1287:Division 1
1024:References
940:East Three
907:Dunbar RFC
875:Royal HSFP
704:Huntly RFC
549:Orkney RFC
434:Non-League
418:Moffat RFC
403:Lanark RFC
362:West Three
275:Lenzie RFC
265:Irvine RFC
89:Strathmore
1425:Edinburgh
1306:Caledonia
1196:World Cup
855:Leith RFC
825:, 2023–24
631:Moray RFC
621:Banff RFC
566:Alloa RFC
524:Ellon RFC
514:Caithness
486:, 2021–22
454:Islay RFC
378:Cowal RFC
240:Annan RFC
213:2021-2022
1464:See also
1257:1872 Cup
1004:RDVC RFC
902:Duns RFC
886:East Two
834:East One
787:Dyce RFC
439:Bute RFC
298:West Two
229:West One
71:Scotland
1471:History
1439:Defunct
1371:Defunct
1237:Super 6
1164:Women's
1157:Women's
987:
935:
881:
813:
730:
688:
605:
596:Panmure
555:
429:
357:
293:
250:Carrick
219:Carrick
196:Ireland
178:History
94:Berwick
59:Country
43:Founded
92:East:
82:West:
68:
1411:Teams
1098:Men's
1091:Men's
192:Wales
33:Sport
1314:West
1310:East
1143:U-16
1138:U-17
1133:U-18
1128:U-19
1123:U-20
1118:U-21
152:and
101:The
46:2012
1354:U20
194:or
54:115
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1360:,
1356:,
1312:,
1308:,
1304:-
1293:,
1289:,
1169:7s
1148:7s
133:,
1108:B
1103:A
1051:e
1044:t
1037:v
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