Scotland at the Rugby World Cup

This article is about rugby union. For Scotland in the Rugby League World Cup, see Scotland national rugby league team § Rugby League World Cup.
Scotland vs Italy at St Etienne, 2007 World Cup
Map of nations best results, excluding nations which unsuccessfully participated in qualifying tournaments.

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

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, 2019 and 2023, but have not qualified for the semi-finals.

In 2015 Scotland were defeated in the quarter-final match versus Australia following a number of refereeing decisions that provoked controversy. [1] [2] [3]

In 2019, they were defeated in the pool stages by Ireland and hosts Japan, becoming the first Tier 1 team since Wales in 2007 to not qualify for the quarter-finals from a pool that only contained two Tier 1 teams.

By position

Scottish fans at the 2007 game against Romania
Rugby World Cup record Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L PF PA Squad Head coach Pos Pld W D L PF PA
New Zealand Australia 1987 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 138 99 Squad D. Grant Invited
England France Ireland Scotland Wales 1991 Fourth Place 6 4 0 2 162 64 Squad I. McGeechan Automatically qualified
South Africa 1995 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 179 75 Squad J. Telfer Automatically qualified
Wales 1999 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 173 108 Squad 1st 2 2 0 0 170 14
Australia 2003 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 118 130 Squad I. McGeechan Automatically qualified
France 2007 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 129 85 Squad F. Hadden Automatically qualified
New Zealand 2011 Pool Stage 4 2 0 2 73 59 Squad A. Robinson Automatically qualified
England 2015 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 170 128 Squad V. Cotter Automatically qualified
Japan 2019 Pool Stage 4 2 0 2 119 55 Squad G. Townsend Automatically qualified
France 2023 Pool Stage 4 2 0 2 146 71 Squad Automatically qualified
Total — 46 26 1 19 1407 874 — — — 2 2 0 0 170 14
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place Home venue

1987 New Zealand & Australia

Group matches
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD T Pts Qualification
 France 3 2 1 0 145 44 +101 25 5[a] Knockout stage
 Scotland 3 2 1 0 135 69 +66 22 5[a]
 Romania 3 1 0 2 61 130 −69 6 2
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 53 151 −98 5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b France qualify as pool winner having scored three tries to Scotland's two in their drawn match.
23 May 1987
France 20–20 Scotland
Try: Sella
Berbizier
Blanco
Con: Blanco
Pen: Blanco (2)		Try: White
Duncan
Pen: Hastings (4)
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fred Howard (England)
30 May 1987
Scotland 60–21 Zimbabwe
Try: Tait (2)
Tukalo (2)
Duncan (2)
Paxton (2)
Oliver
Hastings
Jeffrey
Con: Hastings (8)		Try: Buitendag
Con: Grobler
Pen: Grobler (5)
Athletic Park, Wellington
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: David Burnett (Ireland)
2 June 1987
Romania 28–55 Scotland
Try: Murariu (2)
Toader
Con: Alexandru
Ion
Pen: Alexandru (3)
Ion		Try: Jeffrey (3)
Tait (2)
Hastings (2)
Duncan
Tukalo
Con: Hastings (8)
Pen: Hastings
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)
Quarter final
6 June 1987
New Zealand 30–3 Scotland
Try: Whetton
Gallagher
Con: Fox (2)
Pen: Fox (6)		Pen: Hastings
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: David Burnett (Ireland)

1991 UK, Ireland & France

Group matches
5 October 1991
Scotland 47–9 Japan
Try: S. Hastings
Stanger
Chalmers
White
Penalty try
Tukalo
G. Hastings
Con: G. Hastings (5)
Pen: G. Hastings (2)
Chalmers		ReportTry: Hosokawa
Con: Hosokawa
Drop: Hosokawa
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ed Morrison (England)
9 October 1991
Scotland 51–12 Zimbabwe
Try: Tukalo (3)
Turnbull
S. Hastings
Stanger
Weir
White
Con: Dods (5)
Pen: Dods (2)
Drop: Wylie		ReportTry: Garvey (2)
Con: Currin (2)
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Don Reordan (United States)
12 October 1991
Scotland 24–15 Ireland
Try: Shiel
Armstrong
Con: G. Hastings (2)
Pen: G. Hastings (3)
Drop: Chalmers		ReportPen: Keyes (4)
Drop: Keyes
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Fred Howard (England)
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Scotland 3 3 0 0 122 36 +86 6
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 102 51 +51 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 77 87 −10 2
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 31 158 −127 0
Source: [citation needed]
Quarter final
19 October 1991
Scotland 28–6 Western Samoa
Try: Jeffrey (2)
Stanger
Con: Hastings (2)
Pen: Hastings (4)		ReportPen: Vaea
Drop: Bachop
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
Semi final
26 October 1991
Scotland 6–9 England
Pen: G. Hastings (2)ReportPen: Webb (2)
Drop: Andrew
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)
Third-place play-off
30 October 1991
New Zealand 13–6 Scotland
Try: Little
Pen: Preston (3)		ReportPen: G. Hastings (2)
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)

1995 South Africa

Group matches
26 May 1995
Ivory Coast 0–89 Scotland
Try: G. Hastings (4)
Logan (2)
Walton (2)
Wright
Chalmers
Stanger
Burnell
Shiel
Con: G. Hastings (9)
Pen: G. Hastings (2)
Olympia Park, Rustenburg
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Felise Vito (Western Samoa)
29 May 1995
Scotland 41–5 Tonga
Try: S. Hastings
Peters
G. Hastings
Con: G. Hastings
Pen: G. Hastings (8)		Try: Fenukitau
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Barry Leask (Australia)
3 June 1995
France 22–19 Scotland
Try: Ntamack
Con: Lacroix
Pen: Lacroix (5)		Try: Wainwright
Con: G. Hastings
Pen: G. Hastings (4)
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Wayne Erickson (Australia)
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 114 47 +67 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 149 27 +122 7
 Tonga 3 1 0 2 44 90 −46 5
 Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 29 172 −143 3
Source: [citation needed]
Quarter final
11 June 1995
New Zealand 48–30 Scotland
Try: Little (2)
Lomu
Mehrtens
Bunce
Fitzpatrick
Con: Mehrtens (6)
Pen: Mehrtens (2)		Try: Weir (2)
S. Hastings
Con: G. Hastings (3)
Pen: G. Hastings (3)
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

1999 Wales

Group matches
3 October 1999
17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
Scotland 29–46 South Africa
Try: M. Leslie
Tait
Con: Logan (2)
Pen: Logan (4)
Drop: Townsend		Try: Le Roux
Kayser
Van der Westhuizen
Fleck
A. Venter
B. Venter
Con: De Beer (5)
Pen: De Beer (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 57,612
Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)
8 October 1999
16:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
Scotland 43–12 Uruguay
Try: Russell
Armstrong
Metcalfe
M. Leslie
Simpson
Townsend
Con: Logan (5)
Pen: Logan		Pen: Aguirre (3)
Sciarra
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 9,463
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
16 October 1999
15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
Scotland 48–0 Spain
Try: Mather (2)
McLaren
Longstaff
Hodge
C. Murray
Penalty try
Con: Hodge (5)
Pen: Hodge
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 17,593
Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 132 35 +97 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 120 58 +62 7
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 42 97 −55 5
 Spain 3 0 0 3 18 122 −104 3
Source: [citation needed]
Quarter-final play-offs
20 October 1999
15:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
Scotland 35–20 Samoa
Try: C. Murray
M. Leslie
Penalty try
Con: Logan
Pen: Logan (5)
Drop: Townsend		ReportTry: Lima
Sititi
Con: Leaega (2)
Pen: Leaega (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
Quarter final
24 October 1999
18:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
Scotland 18–30 New Zealand
Try: C. Murray
Pountney
Con: Logan
Pen: Logan
Drop: Townsend		ReportTry: Umaga (2)
Wilson
Lomu
Con: Mehrtens (2)
Pen: Mehrtens (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 59,750
Referee: Ed Morrison (England)

2003 Australia

Group matches
12 October 2003
Scotland 32–11 Japan
Try: Paterson (2)
Grimes
Taylor
Danielli
Con: Paterson
Townsend
Pen: Paterson		Try: Onozawa
Pen: Hirose (2)
Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 19,170
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
20 October 2003
Scotland 39–15 United States
Try: Danielli (2)
Kerr
Townsend
Paterson
Con: Paterson (4)
Pen: Paterson (2)		Pen: Hercus (5)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 46,796
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
25 October 2003
France 51–9 Scotland
Try: Betsen
Harinordoquy
Michalak
Galthié
Brusque
Con: Michalak (3)
Merceron
Pen: Michalak (4)
Drop: Michalak
Brusque		Pen: Paterson (3)
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 78,974
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
1 November 2003
Scotland 22–20 Fiji
Try: Smith
Con: Paterson
Pen: Paterson (5)		Try: Caucaunibuca (2)
Con: Little (2)
Pen: Little (2)
Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 37,137
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Qualification
 France 4 4 0 0 204 70 +134 4 20 Quarter-finals
 Scotland 4 3 0 1 102 97 +5 2 14
 Fiji 4 2 0 2 98 114 −16 2 10
 United States 4 1 0 3 86 125 −39 2 6
 Japan 4 0 0 4 79 163 −84 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Quarter final
8 November 2003
Australia 33–16 Scotland
Try: Mortlock 46' c
Gregan 59' c
Lyons 64' c
Con: Flatley (3)
Pen: Flatley (4)		Try: Russell 80' c
Con: Paterson
Pen: Paterson (2)
Drop: Paterson 38'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 45,412
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

2007 France

Group matches
Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD B Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 309 35 +274 4 20 Qualified for the quarter-finals
2  Scotland 4 3 0 1 116 66 +50 2 14
3  Italy 4 2 0 2 85 117 −32 1 9 Eliminated, automatic qualification for RWC 2011
4  Romania 4 1 0 3 40 161 −121 1 5
5  Portugal 4 0 0 4 38 209 −171 1 1
Source: [citation needed]
9 September 2007
18:00
Scotland 56–10 Portugal
Tries: R. Lamont (2) 12' c, 14' c
S. Lawson 23' c
Dewey 30' c
Parks 57' c
Southwell 60' c
Brown 68' c
Ford 76' c
Con: Parks (5/5)
Paterson (3/3)		ReportTry: Carvalho 28' c
Con: D. Pinto (1/1)
Pen: D. Pinto (1/1) 34'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 34,162
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
18 September 2007
21:00
Scotland 42–0 Romania
Tries: Paterson 2' c
Hogg (3) 17' c, 46' c, 53' c
R. Lamont (2) 36' c, 72' c
Con: Paterson (6/6)		Report
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 31,222
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
23 September 2007
17:00
Scotland 0–40 New Zealand
ReportTries: McCaw 5' c
Howlett (2) 15' m, 74' m
Kelleher 33' m
Williams 62' m
Carter 65' c
Con: Carter (2/6)
Pen: Carter (2/3) 26', 43'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 64,558
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
29 September 2007
21:00
Scotland 18–16 Italy
Pen: Paterson (6/6) 2', 6', 32', 35', 47', 53'ReportTry: Troncon 13' c
Con: Bortolussi (1/1)
Pen: Bortolussi (3/6) 18', 56', 62'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 34,701
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Quarter final
7 October 2007
21:00
Argentina 19–13 Scotland
Try: Longo Elía 33' c
Con: F. Contepomi (1/1)
Pen: F. Contepomi (3/4) 23', 29', 43'
Drop: Hernández (1/4) 54'		ReportTry: Cusiter 63' c
Con: Paterson (1/1)
Pen: Parks (1/2) 16'
Paterson (1/1) 38'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,866
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

2011 New Zealand

Group matches
10 September 2011
13:00
Scotland 34–24 Romania
Try: Blair 8' m
Ansbro 21' c
Danielli (2) 75' m, 78' m
Con: Paterson (1/4)
Pen: Paterson (4/5) 3', 38', 53', 71'		Report[4]Try: Lazăr 40+' m
Carpo 67' c
Con: Dimofte (1/2)
Pen: Dumbravă (2/4) 12', 23'
Dimofte (2/2) 54', 62'
Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Attendance: 12,592
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
14 September 2011
19:30
Scotland 15–6 Georgia
Pen: Parks (4/7) 24', 34', 71', 76'
Drop: Parks (1/1) 39'		Report[5]Pen: Kvirikashvili (2/2) 17', 73'
Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Attendance: 10,267
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
25 September 2011
20:30
Argentina 13–12 Scotland
Try: González Amorosino 73' c
Con: Contepomi (1/1)
Pen: Contepomi (2/5) 19', 64'		Report[6]Pen: Paterson (1/2) 35'
Jackson (1/1) 38'
Drop: Jackson (1/1) 65'
Parks (1/2) 72'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 26,937
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
1 October 2011
20:30
England 16–12 Scotland
Try: Ashton 78' c
Con: Flood (1/1)
Pen: Wilkinson (2/5) 34', 63'
Drop: Wilkinson (1/2) 57'		Report[7]Pen: Paterson (2/2) 9', 55'
Parks (1/1) 17'
Drop: Parks (1/3) 40+'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 58,213
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD T B Pts Qualification
1  England 4 4 0 0 137 34 +103 18 2 18 Advanced to the quarter-finals and
qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup
2  Argentina 4 3 0 1 90 40 +50 10 2 14
3  Scotland 4 2 0 2 73 59 +14 4 3 11 Eliminated but qualified for 2015 Rugby World Cup
4  Georgia 4 1 0 3 48 90 −42 3 0 4
5  Romania 4 0 0 4 44 169 −125 3 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

2015 England

Group matches
23 September 2015
14:30
Scotland 45–10 Japan
Try: Hardie 48' m
Bennett (2) 56' c, 69 c
Seymour 64' c
Russell 74' c
Con: Laidlaw (4/5) 57', 65', 70', 75'
Pen: Laidlaw (4/5) 3', 12', 18', 20'		ReportTry: Mafi 15' c
Con: Goromaru (1/1) 16'
Pen: Goromaru (1/3) 46'
Kingsholm, Gloucester
Attendance: 14,354
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
27 September 2015
14:30
Scotland 39–16 United States
Try: Visser 42' m
Maitland 47' c
Nel 54' c
Scott 65' c
Weir 79' c
Con: Russell (1/2) 48'
Laidlaw (3/3) 55', 66', 80'
Pen: Hogg (1/2) 7'
Russell (1/2) 16'		ReportTry: Lamositele 21' c
Con: MacGinty (1/1) 22'
Pen: MacGinty (3/3) 3', 40', 51'
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 33,521
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
3 October 2015
16:45
South Africa 34–16 Scotland
Try: Burger 13' c
Pietersen 38' c
Habana 73' m
Con: Pollard (2/3) 13', 40'
Pen: Pollard (4/4) 17', 27', 62', 68'
Drop: Pollard 51'		ReportTry: Seymour 49' c
Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 50'
Pen: Laidlaw (2/3) 30', 45'
Weir (1/1) 60'
St. James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 50,900
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
10 October 2015
14:30
Samoa 33–36 Scotland
Try: T. Pisi 11' c
Leiataua 14' m
Lee-Lo 21' m
Matu'u 78' c
Con: T. Pisi (1/3) 11'
Fa'apale (1/1) 78'
Pen: T. Pisi (3/3) 5', 29', 38'		ReportTry: Seymour 12' c
Hardie 32' c
Laidlaw 74' c
Con: Laidlaw (3/3) 13', 33', 75'
Pen: Laidlaw (5/7) 9', 20', 25', 51', 53'
St. James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 51,982
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD T B Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 4 3 0 1 176 56 +120 23 4 16 Advanced to the quarter-finals and
qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2  Scotland 4 3 0 1 136 93 +43 14 2 14
3  Japan 4 3 0 1 98 100 −2 9 0 12 Eliminated but qualified for 2019 Rugby World Cup
4  Samoa 4 1 0 3 69 124 −55 7 2 6
5  United States 4 0 0 4 50 156 −106 5 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Quarter final
18 October 2015
16:00 BST (UTC+01)
Australia 35–34 Scotland
Try: Ashley-Cooper 9' m
Mitchell (2) 30' m, 43' c
Hooper 40' m
Kuridrani 64' c
Con: Foley (2/5) 44', 65'
Pen: Foley (2/2) 54', 80'		Report[8]Try: Horne 18' c
Seymour 59' m
Bennett 74' c
Con: Laidlaw (2/3) 19', 75'
Pen: Laidlaw (5/5) 14', 21', 34', 47', 69'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,110
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

2019 Japan

Main article: 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD T B Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 115 62 +53 13 3 19 Advanced to the quarter-finals and
qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup
2  Ireland 4 3 0 1 121 27 +94 18 4 16
3  Scotland 4 2 0 2 119 55 +64 16 3 11 Eliminated but qualified for 2023 Rugby World Cup
4  Samoa 4 1 0 3 58 128 −70 8 1 5
5  Russia 4 0 0 4 19 160 −141 1 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Group matches
22 September 2019
16:45 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Ireland 27–3 Scotland
Try: Ja. Ryan 6' c
Best 14' m
Furlong 25' c
Conway 56' m
Con: Sexton (1/2) 8'
Murray (1/2) 27'
Pen: Carty (1/1) 68'		ReportPen: Laidlaw (1/1) 21'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 63,731
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
30 September 2019
19:15 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Scotland 34–0 Samoa
Try: Maitland 29' c
Laidlaw 33' c
Penalty try (2) 56', 74'
Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 30', 35'
Pen: Laidlaw (1/1) 8'
Drop: Hogg (1/1) 37'		Report
Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 27,586
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
9 October 2019
16:15 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Scotland 61–0 Russia
Try: Hastings (2) 14' c, 18' c
G. Horne (3) 22' c, 45' c, 59' m
Turner 51' c
Seymour 56' c
Barclay 75' c
McInally 78' c
Con: Hastings (8/9) 15', 20', 24', 46', 53', 57', 76', 80'		Report
Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi
Attendance: 44,123
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
13 October 2019
19:45 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Japan 28–21 Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Matsushima 18' c
Inagaki 26' c
Fukuoka (2) 40' c, 43' c
Con: Tamura (4/4) 20', 27', 40+2', 44'		ReportTry: Russell 7' c
Nel 50' c
Fagerson 55' c
Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 8', 51'
Russell (1/1) 56'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 67,666
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

2023 France

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA B Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 4 4 0 0 190 46 +144 27 5 3 19 Advance to knockout stage, and
qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
2  South Africa 4 3 0 1 151 34 +117 22 4 3 15
3  Scotland 4 2 0 2 146 71 +75 21 10 2 10 Qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
4  Tonga 4 1 0 3 96 177 −81 13 25 1 5
5  Romania 4 0 0 4 32 287 −255 4 43 0 0
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers
10 September 2023
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)
South Africa 18–3 Scotland
Try: Du Toit 47' m
Arendse 50' c
Con: De Klerk (1/1) 51'
Pen: Libbok (2/4) 13', 25'		ReportPen: Russell (1/1) 40+1'
Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Attendance: 63,586
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)[citation needed]
24 September 2023
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)
(1 BP) Scotland 45–17 Tonga
Try: Turner 5' c
Van der Merwe 27' m
Steyn 30' m
Darge 40+2' c
Horne 54' c
Kinghorn 68' c
Graham 80+2' c
Con: Russell (5/7) 6', 40+3', 55', 70', 80+3'		ReportTry: Kata 20' c
Tameifuna 44' c
Con: Havili (2/2) 21', 45'
Pen: Havili (1/1) 10'
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 33,189
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)[citation needed]
30 September 2023
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
(1 BP) Scotland 84–0 Romania
Try: Watson 9' c
Price 17' c
Graham (4) 21' c, 34' c, 40' c, 77' c
Fagerson 38' c
Harris 45' c
Smith 53' c
Healy 58' c
Matthews 71' c
Darge 73' c
Con: Healy (11/11) 10', 18', 22', 35', 39', 40', 47', 55', 59', 72', 77'
Horne (1/1) 73'		Report
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Attendance: 46,516
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)[citation needed]
7 October 2023
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
(1 BP) Ireland 36–14 Scotland
Try: Lowe 2' m
Keenan (2) 26' c, 39' c
Henderson 32' c
Sheehan 44' m
Ringrose 58' m
Con: Sexton (3/5) 27', 33', 40'		ReportTry: Ashman 64' c
Price 66' c
Con: Russell (2/2) 65', 66'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,459[9]
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)[citation needed]

Individual Records

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

Points

Most overall points in final stages
Points Name Country[10] App. Tries Con. Pen. Drop. Tournament
227 Gavin Hastings (second position)  Scotland 13 9 39 36 – 1987, 1991, 1995
Key: App = Appearances. Con = conversions. Pen = penalties. Drop = drop goals.

Conversions

Most overall conversions in final stages

Penalty goals

Most penalties in a match

Overall record

Against Played Win Draw Lost Win %
 Argentina 2 0 0 2 0%
 Australia 2 0 0 2 0%
 England 2 0 0 2 0%
 Fiji 1 1 0 0 100%
 France 3 0 1 2 0%
 Georgia 1 1 0 0 100%
 Ireland 2 1 0 1 50%
 Italy 1 1 0 0 100%
 Ivory Coast 1 1 0 0 100%
 Japan 4 3 0 1 75%
 New Zealand 5 0 0 5 0%
 Portugal 1 1 0 0 100%
 Romania 3 3 0 0 100%
 Russia 1 1 0 0 100%
 Samoa 4 4 0 0 100%
 South Africa 3 0 0 3 0%
 Spain 1 1 0 0 100%
 Tonga 2 2 0 0 100%
 United States 2 2 0 0 100%
 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 100%
 Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0 100%
Overall 44 25 1 18 57%

RWC qualifying countries which Scotland has not played at the tournament include Canada, Wales and Namibia.

Miscellaneous

Draws

Nil points

Hosting

See also: Rugby World Cup hosts

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.

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.[11]

See also

References

  • Davies, Gerald (2004) The History of the Rugby World Cup (Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, (ISBN 1860746020)
  • Farr-Jones, Nick, (2003). Story of the Rugby World Cup, Australian Post Corporation, (ISBN 0-642-36811-2)
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