Major honours
Scotland won the sport's very first international, beating England at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh in March 1871, and the Scottish Football Union formed in 1873. Its finest day came in March 1990 at Murrayfield, when it beat England 13-7 in a title decider to complete its third and most recent Grand Slam, and in 1999 it went on to become the last-ever Five Nations champion. At the World Cup, a 1991 semifinal remains its only appearance in the final four, and it has often stalled at the quarterfinal since. From the late 2010s, Finn Russell's creative attacking play and a backline built around Stuart Hogg restored its competitiveness, producing a run of consecutive Six Nations wins over England. Hooker Ross Ford's 110 caps is the team's appearance record, and the 67,000-seat Murrayfield is famous for crowds singing Flower of Scotland. With only two professional teams, Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors, the thinness of the playing pool remains a constant limitation.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
The Calcutta Cup against England, contested since 1879, is the oldest trophy in the sport and, for Scotland, the single match that defines a season.