Scottish League Championship

The Scottish League Championship (currently the Tennents League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic rugby union league system within Scotland. Operated by the Scottish Rugby Union, the championship was founded in 1973 as the first formalised national league system within any home nations country.[1]

For the earlier rugby union League Championship from 1865 - 1973, see Scottish Unofficial Championship.
For the second-tier football league, see Scottish Championship.
For the champions of the Scottish top football tiers, see List of Scottish football champions.
Scottish League Championship
SportRugby union
Founded1973
Country Scotland
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Cup
Official websitehttp://www.scottishrugby.org/

The new six division championship replaced the haphazard Scottish Unofficial Championship that had been in operation until that time. The new top division is the Scottish Premiership.

Traditionally the championship has been dominated by teams from the Borders region, the sport's hotbed of popularity in Scotland. This is illustrated by the most successful clubs in the championships history, with Hawick RFC possessing 13 titles and Melrose RFC currently holding eight titles.

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