Scottish Premiership (Rugby)

The Scottish Premiership (also known as the BT Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the highest league in rugby union for Scottish clubs below the multinational Pro14 , in which two Scottish teams participate. It was founded in 1973 and is divided into three divisions, each comprising twelve teams. The record champions are the Hawick RFC with 13 championship titles.

Teams

The following teams play in the first division of the Scottish Premiership in the 2017/18 season:

Ayr RFC Boroughmuir RFC Currie RFC Glasgow Hawks Hawick RFC

Heriot's RFC Marr RFC Melrose RFC Stirling County RFC Watsonians RFC

master

1973: Hawick 1974: Hawick 1975: Hawick 1976: Hawick 1977: Hawick 1978: Hawick 1979: Heriots 1980: Gala 1981: Gala 1982: Hawick 1983: Gala

1984: Hawick 1985: Hawick 1986: Hawick 1987: Hawick 1988: Kelso 1989: Kelso 1990: Melrose 1991: Boroughmuir 1992: Melrose 1993: Melrose 1994: Melrose

1995: Stirling County 1996: Melrose 1997: Melrose 1998: Watsonians 1999: Heriots 2000: Heriots 2001: Hawick 2002: Hawick 2003: Boroughmuir 2004: Glasgow Hawks 2005: Glasgow Hawks

2006: Glasgow Hawks 2007: Currie 2008: Boroughmuir 2009: Ayr 2010: Currie 2011: Melrose 2012: Melrose 2013: Ayr 2014: Melrose 2015: Heriots 2016: Ayr

See also

• List of major rugby union competitions
• Rugby Union in Scotland

Web links

• Official website