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The Scottish Rugby Union is the premier governing body of the rugby union sport in Scotland.

The Scottish Rugby Union was established in 1873. Originally it was called the Scottish Football Union, although this was changed in 1924, to better reflect the then modern nature of the sport. In 1886 the Scottish Rugby Union (then known as the football union) was one of the founding members of the International Rugby Board, the others were Wales and Ireland, to this day this day the Scottish Rugby Union is still a member of this world rugby union governing body.

Currently, the Scottish Rugby Union owns the Murrayfield Stadium, which is the home-stadium of the Scottish national team. Although in the earliest days of Scottish Rugby Union, rugby games were played where ever space was available for them, primarily this was tended to be on cricket fields. To combat this inconvenience, the still used Murrayfield stadium was purchased in 1922, slightly before the name change from Scottish Football Union to the Scottish Rugby Union.

The grounds of the Scottish Rugby Union are primarily used for home games and practices of the three main Scottish rugby representative teams. Edinburgh Rugby, a district team, which was also one of the first teams in the world to play in inter-district competitions. The other representative team is the Glasgow Warriors, which was created for play in the Heineken Cup. The Scottish Rugby Union team is the Border Reivers.

The Scottish Rugby Union also oversees the national Scottish rugby league games, these consist of three leagues, the Premier league consisting of 36 teams, the National League also consisting of 36 teams and lastly the Regional League which consists of 85 teams.