Scottish Cup (rugby union)

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Scottish Cup (rugby union)
Founded 1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Region Scotland
Number of teams 46 (2015–16)
Current champions Heriot's RFC
(3rd title)
Most successful club(s) Boroughmuir RFC
(4 titles)

The Scottish Cup (currently known as the BT Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the annual knock-out cup competition for domestic rugby union clubs in Scotland. The cup has been competed for since the 1995-1996 season. Despite many structural changes the competition has always culminated with the final at Murrayfield Stadium.

Format

Clubs in the three National Leagues compete in the first round, with six Premiership sides added in the second round, and the final four Premiership teams added in the third round of the competition.

Cup Finals

Season Winners Score Runners-up
1995-96 Hawick
1996-97[1] Melrose 31 – 23 Boroughmuir
1997-98 Glasgow Hawks
1998-99 Gala 8 – 3 Kelso
1999-00 Boroughmuir
2000-01 Boroughmuir
2001-02 Hawick
2002-03 Heriot's
2003-04 Glasgow Hawks
2004-05 Boroughmuir
2005-06 Watsonians
2006-07 Glasgow Hawks
2007-08 Melrose
2008-09 Heriot's 21 – 19 Melrose
2009-10 Ayr 26 – 23 Melrose
2010-11 Ayr 25 – 21 Melrose
2011-12 Gala 24 – 10 Ayr
2012-13 Ayr 28 – 25 Melrose
2013-14 Heriot's 31 – 10 Glasgow Hawks
2014-15 Boroughmuir 55 – 17 Hawick
2015-16 Heriot's 21 – 13 Melrose

2006-2007: Scottish SuperCup

In season 2006-2007 Premiership One consisted of only 10 clubs, a situation that saw a supplementary competition, the Scottish SuperCup created. The competition included the 10 clubs split into two groups of 5, with the pool winners meeting in a Final at Myreside. With Premiership One reverting to 12 clubs again for 2007-2008, it was abandoned after only one season.

References

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