The Scotland Rugby League is the

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for

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football in

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. It administers the

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s. The Scotland Division of the

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serves as the domestic competition. It was founded with five teams in 1997 and was administered by Scotland Rugby League. It has been administered by the

since 2006 and became full members of the Conference in 2007.

Competitions

Scottish National Team

The Scotland national rugby league team represent

in international

football tournaments. and are nicknamed ''The Bravehearts''.2008 World Cup – Scotland
Retrieved on 23 July 2008. Following the break-up of the

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team in 2008, Scottish players play solely for Scotland, apart from occasional Southern Hemisphere tours, for which the Great Britain team is expected to be revived. The team formally began in 1995, making them the newest international rugby league team in

. In their first match they played

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, losing narrowly. Since then, Ireland has become the team's main rival, the two teams having played each other many times in their short histories. Scotland have also played the

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amongst others. In 2000 they qualified for their first ever World Cup, but failed to make an impact, losing all three of their group matches; however, their biggest losing margin was just 12 points. In 2008 they beat

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over two matches to qualify for the 2008 World Cup. In 2016, Scotland competed at their first every Rugby League Four Nations. They competed against Australia, New Zealand and traditional rivals England. Scotland became the first nation outside of the three traditionally strongest Rugby League nations to take a competition point with their 18-18 draw against New Zealand in Workington. Becoming the first nation to take a competition point off a top 3 nation in a major tournament since 1975. Scotlands other results were a 12-54 loss to Australia and a galant 12-38 loss to England.

Honours

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: 2014 Winners

The Board

The SRL board consists of the following: *Chairman: Keith Hogg *Operations Director: Ollie Cruikshank *Finance Director: Allan Cameron *Governance Director: Hilary Smith-Milne *Commercial Director: Rob Moffat *Non-Exec Director: Bob Baxendale *Head of Development: Vacant *Head of Player Pathways: Vacant *Head of Wheelchair Rugby League: Vacant *Club Representative: Vacant

References

External links

* {{Scottish Sport

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...