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The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) is the Governing Body of Rugby Union in Scotland . HISTORY The Scottish Football Union (SFU) was founded in 1873 and was a founding member of the International Rugby Board in 1886 with Ireland and Wales . England joined in 1890 . In 1924 the SFU changed its name to become the Scottish Rugby Union. International games were played at Inverleith from 1899 to 1925 when Murrayfield was opened. The SRU owns Murrayfield Stadium , which is the main home ground of the Scottish National Team , though in 2004 international rugby games were played at Hampden Park in Glasgow and McDiarmid Park in Perth , as part of the SRU's campaign to reach out to new audiences outside the traditional rugby areas. When the Heineken Cup was suggested SRU officials were concerned that Scottish club sides could not compete against the best teams from France and England and that centrally funded so-called 'super-district' teams might do better. The four traditional districts—the South (renamed Border Reivers), Edinburgh, Glasgow and the North & Midlands (rebranded as Caledonia Reds)—were given the go-ahead to take part in Europe. For the first two seasons, players were still released to play for their clubs in domestic competition, but eventually the districts became full-time operations. Then financial difficulties—the SRU's high debt, partly as a result of the redevelopment of Murrayfield —called for retrenchment. After two seasons, financial difficulties forced the SRU to merge the four teams into two. Edinburgh merged with the Border Reivers to form a team to be known as Edinburgh Reivers. Glasgow merged with Caledonian to form a team to be known as Glasgow Caledonian. The Borders was resurrected in 2002 and joined the second season of the Celtic League . As a consequence Edinburgh Reivers became simply Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow became Glasgow Rugby. In 2005, all three teams adopted new names. The Borders readopted the name Border Reivers, Edinburgh became Edinburgh Gunners , and Glasgow became Glasgow Warriors . Caledonia will be re-established when the SRU believe financial circumstances permit. PERSONNEL Phil Anderton was the Chief Executive Officer (resigned January 2005), and on July 14th 2005 a new Scottish Rugby Board was created. Allan Munro is the new chairman, with Fred McLeod (deputy), Tom Inglis and Brian Kennedy alongside as Non-executive Director s. The President since 2005 is now Andy Irvine , the former great player. The head coach of the Scotland National Rugby Union Team is currently Frank Hadden , who was appointed following the departure of Matt Williams after the 2004/2005 season. CONTACT DETAILS The Scottish Rugby Union plc Murrayfield Edinburgh EH12 5PJ Scotland, UK Tel: 0131 346 5000 Fax: 0131 346 5001 E-mail: feedback@sru.org.uk Note: This logo is no longer used commercially, but still appears on the playing jerseys. SEE ALSO
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