Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rugby union is a popular team sport in Scotland. The national side today competes in the annual Six Nations Championship and the Rugby World Cup. The first ever international rugby match was played on March 27, 1871, at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh, when Scotland defeated England in front of 4,000 people. Professional clubs compete in the Magners League and the Heineken Cup, while the Scottish Hydro Electric League Championship exists for over 200 amateur and semi-professional clubs, as does a knock-out competition, the Scottish Hydro Electric Cup. Today, the governing body, the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), is one of only ten first-tier member nations of the IRB.