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Scottish Inter-District Championship
The Scottish Inter-District Championship is a rugby union competition between regional sides in Scotland. Established in 1953, the tournament went through several formats.
The Scottish Rugby Union confirmed in January 2023 that the Scottish Inter-District Championship would return for the 2022-23 season, starting in May 2023. The Inter-District Championship will be an amateur championship with players selected outwith the professional United Rugby Championship and Super 6 leagues. Instead the players will be selected from the amateur leagues of Scotland; the Scottish Premiership and the national leagues below.
Scotland had four District Sides: Edinburgh, Glasgow, North and Midlands and the South. Edinburgh and Glasgow were formed in 1872 and played the world's first ever inter-district match in that year. The district sides capped the best amateur players from their area's club sides to play inter-district matches and matches against touring sides.
The Inter-district championship was established in the 1953–54 season. The first season saw Edinburgh, Glasgow, North and South challenge for the championship. The North of Scotland side in that first season contained many Midlands players so the Midlands District complained to the Scottish Rugby Union that they should have acknowledgement for their contribution to the North squad. The SRU agreed to this and from 1954 to 1955 season onwards the combined North of Scotland and Midlands side was known as North and Midlands.
The Edinburgh, Glasgow, North and Midlands, and South sides would play-off to see which district was best in Scotland. In later years a Scottish Exiles team was also invited into this championship.
Whether with four or five sides each team would play one another only once; either at home or away. Usually contested with only the four home-based Scottish districts, this meant that each team only played three matches. This created a situation where the tournament winners were often shared with two or three teams. It was thus a difficult tournament to win outright.
Occasionally though a deciding system was used. In 1972–73 Edinburgh and Glasgow tied for the Championship and a separate play-off was agreed; which Edinburgh won. A knock-out system was used in 1993–94. In 1997–98, the last year before the four professional sides merged into two sides, it was agreed beforehand that, should the league places be tied, the number of tries would decide the winner. The season ended with a three-way tie between Edinburgh Rugby, Glasgow Warriors and Caledonia Reds, with Edinburgh coming out on top with tries scored.
In the last Professional Inter-District Championship, the Bank of Scotland Pro Cup between Border Reivers, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors in 2002–03, the format was extended. Each team played their opponents twice at home and twice away. In addition, the bonus point system was used for tries and loses. The top two teams qualified for the next season's Heineken Cup and the other team was entered into the Challenge Cup.
Scottish Inter-District Championship
The Scottish Inter-District Championship is a rugby union competition between regional sides in Scotland. Established in 1953, the tournament went through several formats.
The Scottish Rugby Union confirmed in January 2023 that the Scottish Inter-District Championship would return for the 2022-23 season, starting in May 2023. The Inter-District Championship will be an amateur championship with players selected outwith the professional United Rugby Championship and Super 6 leagues. Instead the players will be selected from the amateur leagues of Scotland; the Scottish Premiership and the national leagues below.
Scotland had four District Sides: Edinburgh, Glasgow, North and Midlands and the South. Edinburgh and Glasgow were formed in 1872 and played the world's first ever inter-district match in that year. The district sides capped the best amateur players from their area's club sides to play inter-district matches and matches against touring sides.
The Inter-district championship was established in the 1953–54 season. The first season saw Edinburgh, Glasgow, North and South challenge for the championship. The North of Scotland side in that first season contained many Midlands players so the Midlands District complained to the Scottish Rugby Union that they should have acknowledgement for their contribution to the North squad. The SRU agreed to this and from 1954 to 1955 season onwards the combined North of Scotland and Midlands side was known as North and Midlands.
The Edinburgh, Glasgow, North and Midlands, and South sides would play-off to see which district was best in Scotland. In later years a Scottish Exiles team was also invited into this championship.
Whether with four or five sides each team would play one another only once; either at home or away. Usually contested with only the four home-based Scottish districts, this meant that each team only played three matches. This created a situation where the tournament winners were often shared with two or three teams. It was thus a difficult tournament to win outright.
Occasionally though a deciding system was used. In 1972–73 Edinburgh and Glasgow tied for the Championship and a separate play-off was agreed; which Edinburgh won. A knock-out system was used in 1993–94. In 1997–98, the last year before the four professional sides merged into two sides, it was agreed beforehand that, should the league places be tied, the number of tries would decide the winner. The season ended with a three-way tie between Edinburgh Rugby, Glasgow Warriors and Caledonia Reds, with Edinburgh coming out on top with tries scored.
In the last Professional Inter-District Championship, the Bank of Scotland Pro Cup between Border Reivers, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors in 2002–03, the format was extended. Each team played their opponents twice at home and twice away. In addition, the bonus point system was used for tries and loses. The top two teams qualified for the next season's Heineken Cup and the other team was entered into the Challenge Cup.