Despite never having a professional club, Scotland has a rich Rugby League history. Its story actually begins way back in 1909 when the visiting Kangaroos played against an "England selection" at Celtic Park in Glasgow.

However, Rugby League (The Northern Union game) did not take hold in Scotland as the working class had already well-embraced soccer, while the middle classes stuck rigidly to the rugby union game.

From the sport's earliest years, there have been Scottish players in English Rugby League, including Great Britain internationals such as Dave Valentine, David Rose and the stylish fullback George Fairbairn.

In the Borders region, where most of the population were low paid agricultural workers, it meant that many men from the Hawick-Kelso region moved south in search of Rugby League earnings in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Players from Scotland became eligible for the "Other Nationalities" team that often graced the international arena.

Since 1995, Scotland has competed on the international stage, including the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

After the barriers between Union and League came down, a Scottish domestic league was launched and Challenge Cup Finals were staged at Murrayfield.

Scotland Rugby League
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Crown Gardens
Glasgow, G5 0TG
Secretary - Angus McNab

Telephone: Email: amcnab@headresourcing.com Web: http://www.scotlandrugbyleague.org.uk/

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