Scottish Cup (rugby union)

Scottish Cup

Organising body	SRU
Founded	1995 (1995)
Region	Scotland
Number of teams	46 (2016–17)
Current champions	Hawick (3rd. title)
Most successful club(s)	Ayr Boroughmuir Heriot's Melrose (4 titles each)

The Scottish Cup is the annual knock-out cup competition for domestic rugby union clubs in Scotland. The cup has been competed for since the 1995–96 season. The competition was in abeyance between 2019 and 2022, initially due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and made its return in the 2022–23 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.

As part of the Scottish Cup Finals day, the finals of the Shield and Bowl competitions are also held. Clubs outside the National League compete in one of four regional tournaments (Borders, Caledonia, Edinburgh, and West) during the season, with the winners of each playing in a semi-final against another region. The winners progress to the final at Murrayfield.

Cup Finals

A total of 12 clubs have appeared in the final, of whom 8 have won the competition.

Ed.	Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1	1995–96	Hawick (1)	17–15	Watsonians
2	1996–97	Melrose (1)*	31–23	Boroughmuir
3	1997–98	Glasgow Hawks (1)	36–14	Kelso
4	1998–99	Gala (1)	8–3	Kelso
5	1999–00	Boroughmuir (1)	35–10	Glasgow Hawks
6	2000–01	Boroughmuir (2)	39–15	Melrose
7	2001–02	Hawick (2)*	20–17 (a.e.t.)	Glasgow Hawks
8	2002–03	Heriot's (1)	25–13	Watsonians
9	2003–04	Glasgow Hawks (2)*	29–17	Dundee HSFP
10	2004–05	Boroughmuir (3)	39–25	Dundee HSFP
11	2005–06	Watsonians (1)	31–15	Currie
12	2006–07	Glasgow Hawks (3)	24–13	Edinburgh Academicals
13	2007–08	Melrose (2)	31–24	Heriot's
14	2008–09	Heriot's (2)	21–19	Melrose
15	2009–10	Ayr (1)	26–23	Melrose
16	2010–11	Ayr (2)	25–21	Melrose
17	2011–12	Gala (2)	24–10	Ayr
18	2012–13	Ayr (3)*	28–25 (a.e.t.)	Melrose
19	2013–14	Heriot's (3)	31–10	Glasgow Hawks
20	2014–15	Boroughmuir (4)	55–17	Hawick
21	2015–16	Heriot's (4)*	21–13	Melrose
22	2016–17	Melrose (3)	23–18	Ayr
23	2017–18	Melrose (4)*	45–12	Stirling County
24	2018–19	Ayr (4)*	27–25	Heriot's FP
–	2019–22	(no competition held)
25	2022–23	Hawick (3)*	31–13	Marr

Notes

• a.e.t. – after extra time
• * – winning team were also Scottish Premiership champions

Scottish Cup Wins by Club

• Boroughmuir: 4
• Heriot's: 4
• Melrose: 4
• Ayr: 4
• Glasgow Hawks: 3
• Hawick: 3
• Gala: 2
• Watsonians: 1

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.