 Nhau yechikwata ichi yakatanga muna 1871 apo chikwata cheScotland cheRugby chakatamba mutambo wavo wekutanga wepamutemo, vachihwina 1-0 vachipesana neEngland paRaeburn Place. Scotland yakakwikwidza mumakwikwi eNyika Shanu kubva mumutambo wekutanga muna 1883, ichikunda ka14 nguva dzesekusanganisira yekupedzisira yeNyika Shanu muna 1999ndokugoverana navamwe 8. Muna 2000 makwikwi akagamuchira mukwikwidzi wechitanhatu, Italy, nokudaro achiumba Nyika Nhanhatu. Kubvira pakushandurwa uku, Scotland haisati yambohwina makwikwi aya. Rugby World Cup yakatangwa muna 1987 uye Scotland yakakwikwidza mumakwikwi ese mapfumbamwe, ichangoburwa iri muna 2019, apo vakatadza kusvika kumaquarter-fainari. Kupedza kwavo kwakanaka kwakauya muna 1991, apo vakarasikirwa neAll Blacks mumutambo wechitatu. 