Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nhoroondo yechikwata ichi inodzokera kumashure kusvika muna 1871 apo chikwata cheScotland che rugby chakatamba mutambo wavo wekutanga wepamutemo, vachikunda 1<unk>0 vachipesana neEngland paRaeburn Place. Scotland yakakwikwidza mumakwikwi eNyika Shanu kubva mumutambo wekutanga muna 1883, ichikunda ka14 nguva dzese - kusanganisira yeChishanu Nations yekupedzisira muna 1999 - uye ichigovana imwe 8. Muna 2000 makwikwi akagamuchira mukwikwidzi wechitanhatu, Italy, nokudaro achiumba Nyika Nhanhatu. Kubvira pakushandurwa uku, Scotland haisati yambohwina makwikwi aya. Rugby World Cup yakatangwa muna 1987 uye Scotland yakakwikwidza mumakwikwi ese mapfumbamwe, ichangoburwa iri muna 2019, apo vakatadza kusvika kumaquarter-fainari. Kupedza kwavo kwakanakisisa kwakauya
1991, apo vakarasikirwa neAll Blacks mumutambo wechitatu.