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Scotland at the Rugby World Cup

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Scotland at the Rugby World Cup

Scotland have played in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987.

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Their best finish was fourth in 1991. In their semi-final on October 26, 1991, Scotland lost 6–9 to England at Murrayfield after Gavin Hastings missed a penalty almost in front of and a short distance from the posts. On October 30 Scotland lost the third-place play-off to New Zealand in Cardiff 13–6.

Since then they have qualified for the quarter-finals in every tournament except in 2011, but have not qualified for the semi-finals.

Comprehensive team results

Legend
  • W - Champions
  • F - Runners Up
  • SF - Third place
  • SF - Fourth place
  • QF - Quarterfinals
  • R2 - Second Round
  • R1 - First Round
  • q - Qualified for forthcoming tournament

    • For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of qualified teams in each tournament (in parentheses) are shown.

    Individual

    Gavin Hastings is by far the most successful Scottish world cup player, and has gained a number of records.

    Points

    Key: App = Appearances. Con = conversions. Pen = penalties. Drop = drop goals.

    Conversions

    Most overall conversions in final stages

  • Gavin Hastings 39 (1987–1995)

    • Penalty goals

    Most penalties in a match

  • Gavin Hastings 8 (v Tonga, 1995)

    • Draws

  •  France 20–20  Scotland (1987)

    • Nil points

  •  Scotland 89–0  Ivory Coast (1995)
  •  Scotland 48–0  Spain (1999)
  •  Scotland 42–0  Romania (2007)
  •  Scotland 0–40  New Zealand (2007)

    • Hosting

    Scotland has never been the main host of the World Cup, but a number of Rugby World Cup games have been played in Scotland over the years. When World Cups have been in the Northern Hemisphere, Scotland has hosted games. All northern hemisphere tournaments have been in Europe so far.

    1991 World Cup: Britain/Ireland/France

    The 1991 Rugby World Cup final was played in England, pool and finals games were played all over the main five European nations. Pool B games, which involved European nations, Scotland and Ireland, had all their games in either Dublin or Edinburgh with one game being played in Ulster.

    1999 World Cup: Wales

    The 1999 World Cup was hosted by Wales with some games spread across Scotland, England, Ireland and France. All Pool A games were held in Scotland. Second round play-offs and the quarter-finals were held at a variety of European venues.

    2007 World Cup: France

    The 2007 competition was held in France, with some games played in Wales and Scotland. Two Pool C matches were held at Edinburgh's Murrayfield.

    2015 World Cup: England

    The host for the 2015 tournament was England, with no games played in Scotland.

    References

    Scotland at the Rugby World Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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