The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked seventh in the IRB World Rankings as at 21/06/10. They annually take part in the Six Nations and participate in the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years.Scottish rugby dates back to 1871, where they beat England in the first international rugby union match at Raeburn Place. Scotland competed in the Five Nations from the inaugural tournament in 1883, winning it 14 times outright—including the last ever Five Nations in 1999—and sharing it another 8. In 2000 the competition accepted a sixth competitor, Italy, thus forming the Six Nations. Since this change, Scotland have yet to win the competition. The Rugby World Cup was introduced in 1987 and Scotland have competed in all five competitions, the last being in 2007. Scotland's best finish came in 1991, where they lost to the All Blacks in the third place play-off.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying process will end with a playoff to decide the 20th and final qualifier. Four teams, the best non-qualifier from each region, except Oceania, will compete for the last place at the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals in New Zealand. The winner of this playoff will compete in Pool B, along with Argentina, England, Scotland and Georgia.
The playoff will be contested on a knockout basis, with a semi-final and a two-legged home and away final. One semifinal featured Romania, the winner of the European Nations Cup Champions Playoff Series, and Tunisia, the loser of the African final. The other was between Kazakhstan and Uruguay, the second place finisher at the 2010 Asian Five Nations and the loser of Round Four of the Americas qualification, respectively.
The playoff will be contested on a knockout basis, with a semi-final and a two-legged home and away final. One semifinal featured Romania, the winner of the European Nations Cup Champions Playoff Series, and Tunisia, the loser of the African final. The other was between Kazakhstan and Uruguay, the second place finisher at the 2010 Asian Five Nations and the loser of Round Four of the Americas qualification, respectively.
Play Off Qualification Final will be played between;
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
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| 6 Nov 2010 | Uruguay  | – |  Romania |
| 13 Nov 2010 | Romania | – | Uruguay |
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