History of rugby union in Scotland unique in that it is competed for annually only by England and Scotland. The first Calcutta Cup match was played in 1879 and, since that time, over 100 matches have taken place. Scotland have won the Calcutta Cup 39 times. They compete in Six Nations Championship and have never won it, however they did win the last 5 nations championship in 1999 only narrowly missing out on a grand slam. Scotland have participated in every Rugby World Cup tournament. The SFU was a founder member of the International Rugby Board in 1886, along with Ireland and Wales. Left: The minutes
2009 Grand Slam of Darts 2009 at the Magnum Centre in Irvine, Scotland. Any darts player was able to enter and the winner received an invitation to the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts. Steve Maish was the winner of the event, defeating Arron Monk in the final to secure the final place in the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts. The 32 qualified players were: "all matches first-to-5/best of 9.<br> NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier<br> NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record,