1998–99 Scottish Inter-District Championship
# 1998–99 Scottish Inter-District Championship

The 1998–99 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's professional district teams. With the merging of the 4 districts into 2; now only Glasgow and Edinburgh were involved in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. Glasgow Caledonians and Edinburgh Reivers then fought it out in a renamed Tri-Series sponsored by Tennents Velvet.

Three matches were played between the clubs. Edinburgh won the series, beating Glasgow 2-1. A league table is shown for completeness. Both teams entered the next year's Heineken Cup.

## 1998-99 League Table

| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edinburgh Reivers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 32 | +65 | 4 |
| Glasgow Caledonians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 97 | -65 | 2 |

## Results

### Round 1

* 13 September 1998

| Edinburgh Reivers | 17 – 19 | Glasgow Caledonians |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Hugh Gilmour Iain Fairley Con: Duncan Hodge x 2 Pen: Duncan Hodge | Report | Try: Rowen Shepherd Con: Tommy Hayes Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4 |

* Easter Road Referee: A Watson (Ireland)

### Round 2

* 25 October 1998

| Glasgow Caledonians | 10 – 47 | Edinburgh Reivers |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Tommy Hayes Con: Tommy Hayes Pen: Tommy Hayes | Report | Try: Alan Tait x2 Tony Stanger x2 Cameron Murray Duncan Hodge Martin Leslie Con: Craig Chalmers x 2 Duncan Hodge Pen: Craig Chalmers x 2 |

* Rubislaw Playing Fields Attendance: 2000 Referee: D Mene (France)

### Round 3

* 3 January 1999

| Edinburgh Reivers | 33 – 3 | Glasgow Caledonians |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Cameron Mather Duncan Hodge John Kerr Con: Duncan Hodge x 3 Pen: Duncan Hodge x 4 | Report | Pen: Luke Smith |

* Netherdale Referee: C Thomas (Wales)
