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BT Scotland Premiership Division Two, is Scotland's second national rugby union league. Image from a test-match between Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks. ...
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 of each season gave a very unbalanced and difficult-to-comprehend set of results.
Starting in season 1973-74, the Scottish Rugby Union organised the full member clubs into six leagues, allowing for fairer competion. Registered logo of Scottish Rugby Union - used with permission The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. ...
The league's title sponsor is the BT Group plc. BT Group plc (formerly known as British Telecommunications) which trades as BT (and previously as British Telecom) is the privatised former UK state telecommunications operator . ...
Past winners
1974 Kelso
1975 Langholm
1976 Selkirk
1977 Melrose
1978 Kelso
1979 Melrose
1980 Gordonians
1981 Selkirk
1982 Kilmarnock
1983 Ayr
1984 Glasgow Acads
1985 Kilmarnock
1986 Glasgow Acads
1987 Kilmarnock
1988 Jed-Forest
1989 Stirling County
1990 Edinburgh Wands
1991 Watsonians
1992 Kelso
1993 West Of Scotland
1994 Glasgow Hawks
1995 Kelso
1996 Currie
1997 Edinburgh Acads
1998 Glasgow Hawks
1999 Gala
2000 Boroughmuir
2001 Stirling County
2002 Peebles
2003 Watsonians
2004 Gala
2005 Stirling County
See also
The Celtic League is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales, seen by many as the third major league in Europe, after the English Guinness Premiership and the French TOP 14. ...
Registered logo of Scottish Rugby Union - used with permission The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. ...
BT Premier League Div 1 is Scotlands national rugby union league. ...
BT Scotland Premiership Division Three is Scotlands third national rugby union league. ...
| Scottish Premier 2 rugby union clubs: | | Celtic League Border Reivers | Edinburgh Gunners | Glasgow Warriors Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
Image from a test-match between Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks. ...
Borders Rugby has many long and proud traditions, the Borders league was the first rugby union league to be set up. ...
The Edinburgh Gunners are one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, the Border Reivers and Glasgow Warriors being the other two. ...
The Glasgow Warriors, formerly Glasgow Rugby, are one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, the Edinburgh Gunners and Border Reivers being the other two. ...
| | BT Premier League Div 2 | Berwick RFC | Cartha Queens Park RFC | Dundee HSFP | Edinburgh Academicals RFC | Gala RFC | Glasgow Hutchesons RFC | Haddington RFC | Hillhead Jordanhill RFC | Jed-Forest RFC | Kelso RFC | Murrayfield Wanderers RFC | Selkirk RFC Selkirk Rugby Football Club are a Rugby Union side based in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. ...
| | SRU | National team Registered logo of Scottish Rugby Union - used with permission The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. ...
Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union, a founder member of the International Rugby Board in 1886 with fellow Celtic nations Ireland and Wales. ...
| | Celtic League | Heineken Cup | European Challenge Cup | European Shield The Celtic League is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales, seen by many as the third major league in Europe, after the English Guinness Premiership and the French TOP 14. ...
The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Italy. ...
The European Challenge Cup in rugby union, known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003, is the sister competition to the Heineken Cup. ...
In 2004/5 the twelve teams who failed to progress from the qualifying round of the European Challenge Cup were joined in the draw for the European Shield by Bucuresti (Romania), UCM Madrid (Spain), Bera Bera (Spain) and Lisboa Rugby Club (Portugal). ...
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