Scotland

A national squad rather than a club, Scotland's rugby union side draws its players from across the country and represents a nation of the United Kingdom in the international game. Formed in 1871, it plays the Six Nations Championship, the tournament that anchors its calendar. That competition supplies the fixtures by which the year is measured, and it is the one that gives the side its rhythm.

The Scotland national rugby union team has won the Six Nations Championship twenty-two times, the most recent of those titles coming in 1999, and Gregor Townsend is the head coach who leads the side now. A 2026/27 season lies ahead, with the same competition at its centre. The record in that championship and the coach in charge are what the side carries into its next campaign.