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{{Short description|English rugby union football club}}
{{Other uses of|London Scottish|London Scottish (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2011}}
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  | fullname    = London Scottish Football Club
  | nickname    = ''The Exiles, Scottish''
  | founded     = {{Start date and age|1878}}
  | location    = [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[London]], [[England]]
  | union      = [[Middlesex Rugby Football Union|Middlesex RFU]], [[Scotland Rugby Union|Scottish RU]]
   | ground      = [[Athletic Ground, Richmond|Richmond Athletic Ground]]
  | capacity    = 4,500 (1,000 seated)
  | president   = Paul Burnell
  | coach  = [[Joe Gray (rugby union)|Joe Gray]]
  | rugby director = [[Bryan Redpath]]
  | captain = [[Joe Rees (rugby union, born 1990)|Joe Rees]]
  | league      = [[Champ Rugby]]
  | season      = [[2024–25 RFU Championship|2024–25]]
  | position    = 9th
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'''London Scottish Football Club''' is a [[rugby union]] club in England. The club is a member of both the [[Rugby Football Union]] and the [[Scottish Rugby Union]]. The club is currently playing in the 2nd tier of the [[English rugby union system]], [[Champ Rugby]], and share the [[Athletic Ground, Richmond|Athletic Ground]] with [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]].

==History==
===Founding (1878)===
In early 1878, three Scottish members of a team called [[St. Andrew's Rovers FC]] decided to break away to form their own club for Scots.<ref name="LondonScot"/> These men, George Grant, Neil Macglashan and Robert Arnot attracted a number of responses to a circular they sent out. The [[London Scottish (regiment)|London Scottish Regiment]] in particular were very warm to the idea. Very soon after, on 10 April 1878, London Scottish FC was founded<ref name=Bath>Bath, 1997, pp86,87</ref> in The Queen's Head, in Water Lane, Blackfriars, London (universally known as MacKay's Tavern, frequently mis-recorded, as Ned Mackay the jovial Scottish landlord ran the pub),<ref>http://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/StAnnsBlackfriars/QueensHead.shtm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> initially played on Blackheath Common,<ref name="LondonScot">Dick Tyson, ''London's Oldest Rugby Clubs'', p96 (JJG Publishing), 2008</ref> and later at Richmond Athletic Ground in [[Surrey]].<ref name=Bath/>

[[File:Labeled group photo of London Scottish F.C. in 1895.png|thumb|right|200px|1895]]

They had a sizable fixture list and played some of the leading clubs of the time immediately, such as [[Ravenscourt Park Football Club]] and [[Queen's House Football Club]] (the latter being the only London team to have never lost to London Scottish).<ref name="LondonScot"/> They also played St Andrew's Rovers that season. St Andrew's, who had lost the core of their best players, lost twice to London Scottish and folded at the end of the season.<ref name="LondonScot"/> London Scottish had a very successful first season, and having played 15 matches they only lost four (against already well established sides, [[Flamingoes F.C.|Flamingoes]], [[Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club|Guy's Hospital]], [[Queen's House Football Club|Queen's House]] and [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]).<ref name="LondonScot"/>

In 1914 at the outbreak of the [[First World War]] all sixty members of the four London Scottish teams who played in their last matches in April enlisted. Fifteen survived. Only one played Rugby again. They are commemorated in [[Mick Imlah]]'s poem "London Scottish".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/london-scottish/|title=London Scottish by Mick Imlah}}</ref>

===Early history===
{{expand section|date=September 2021}}
London Scottish was the first of the "Exiles" rugby clubs to be founded, and the last of the main three – after [[London Irish]] and [[London Welsh]] – to go "open" in 1996.<ref name=Bath/>

London Scottish made the John Player Cup Final in 1974, where they lost 26–6 against defending champions Coventry.

The club regularly featured at the [[Middlesex Sevens]] tournament, winning the trophy in 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1991. They have won the [[Melrose Sevens]] three times, in 1962, 1965 and 2019.

=== Professional era (1996–2020) ===
Scottish turned professional in 1996. Tony Tiarks bought the club for £500,000 in 1996.

In the summer of 1998 Scottish, co-tenants of Richmond at the Athletic Ground, were promoted to the top division via a play-off, and Tiarks forced through an ill-fated groundshare with Harlequins and London Broncos at the [[Stoop Memorial Ground]].

In the 1998–99 season, Scottish made their only appearance in the English Premiership. Under coach John Steele, and despite limited resources, the team finished 12th out of 14 teams, which would have saved them from relegation had they not fallen into administration at the season's end. Notable wins that season included: versus [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (13–11), [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (24–7) and [[Newcastle Falcons]] (27–17). That season's squad included Scottish international stars [[Ronnie Eriksson]], [[Simon Holmes (rugby union)|Simon Holmes]] and [[Derrick Lee (rugby union)|Derrick Lee]], Australians Seán Childs, [[Simon Fenn]] and [[Eddie Jones (rugby union)|Eddie Jones]], and the South African [[Jannie de Beer]].

Midway through the 1998–1999 season, Tiarks became disillusioned and discussed selling Scottish's place in the Premiership to second-division Bristol. He bailed out in the summer of 1999. The professional club London Scottish Rugby was placed into administration in 1999 and nominally merged into [[London Irish]] (who moved their games to the Stoop) along with [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]], who were also placed into administration.

The original amateur club rejoined the RFU leagues at the bottom of the pyramid after effectively having been relegated nine divisions by the [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]]. The club progressed back up through seven divisions in 10 seasons to [[RFU Championship]] for the 2011–12 season.

The club was promoted to the English National leagues (National Division Three South) for the 2007–08 season after an eight-year absence. The club was unbeaten in the 2008–09 season, earning promotion to the revamped RFU National 1 Division for the 2009–10 season. In 2009–10, the club finished second in their first season in RFU National 1 Division.

The club secured promotion to the RFU Championship for the 2011–12 season. During the 2012–13 season, the club made the switch to a full-time professional set-up, with many of the club's part-time professional players leaving and new coaches brought on board, this included former [[Leicester Tigers]] hooker [[James Buckland]] and France and London Wasps legend [[Serge Betsen]]. The fully professional set-up was credited for an impressive performance away to Championship leaders [[Newcastle Falcons]], where three penalties brought them to the brink of a shock win, but they lost 12–9. There followed significant wins in the second half of the season, including a 26–23 victory over [[Bedford Blues]], a 25–13 win over [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham]] and a 20–17 win away at [[Cornish Pirates]]. Scottish were still challenging for a place in the top four of the Championship until as late as March, when they were beaten by [[Leeds Tykes|Leeds Carnegie]], and they ended the season in mid-table.

The Scottish again finished mid-table in the Championship in the 2013–14 season. The team had four players named in the Championship Best XV – American international [[Eric Fry]], [[Tomas Francis]], Mark Bright and Championship top try-scorer [[Miles Mantella]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/may/news-articles/260514_champ_dreamxv |title=Greene King IPA Championship Dream XV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090220/http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/may/news-articles/260514_champ_dreamxv |archive-date=31 May 2014 |website=RFU.com |date=26 May 2014 |access-date=12 September 2014 |author1=Sitecore\Mcclen }}</ref>

Following a mediocre 2016–17 campaign, the club appointed Loughborough Students director of rugby Dave Morris as director of rugby and the club saw a change at the top, with Malcom Offord becoming chairman of the club and Carson Russell as CEO.

===Semi-professional club (2021–)===
Following a reduction in funding from the RFU, Scottish adopted a semi-professional model from the [[2020–21 RFU Championship|2020–21 season]], with players and coaches being employed part-time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-28|title=RFU funding cut update|url=https://londonscottish.com/rfu-funding-cut-update/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=London Scottish Rugby}}</ref> Following this, in February 2021 it was confirmed that due to funding cuts and the costs associated with the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] Scottish would not take part in the upcoming season.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-02-02|title=London Scottish decline DCMS loans to play 1st XV|url=https://londonscottish.com/london-scottish-decline-dcms-loans-to-play-1st-xv/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=London Scottish Rugby|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Scottish were to leave the Athletic Ground after 127 years, with the first team temporarily relocating to [[Esher RFC|Esher's]] rugby ground in [[Hersham]] and the rest of the club also seeking relocation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-02|title=London Scottish to leave Richmond Athletic Ground after 127 years|url=https://londonscottish.com/london-scottish-to-leave-richmond-athletic-ground-after-127-years/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=London Scottish Rugby|language=en-GB}}</ref> However it was later confirmed they would remain at the Athletic Ground for their return to the Championship in the [[2021–22 RFU Championship|2021–22 season]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-12|title=London Scottish to remain at the RAG|url=https://londonscottish.com/london-scottish-to-remain-at-the-rag/|access-date=2021-05-16|website=London Scottish Rugby|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Sevens===
London Scottish have been great exponents of [[rugby sevens]], winning the [[Melrose Sevens]] three times, [[Middlesex Sevens]] seven times and the [[Rosslyn Park London Floodlit Sevens]] seven times.

==Captains and league position (since 1999–2000)==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season       !! Division         !! Captain              !! Position
|-
|1999–00 || Non League (London Senior Clubs) || Ewan Kearney || Winners of Merit table
|-
|2000–01 || Herts/Middlesex 1 || Damian Lilley || Runner-up 
|-
|2001–02|| London 4 NW ||Steven Wichary || Champions 
|-
|2002–03 ||London 3 NW|| Magnus Macdonald || Champions 
|-
|2003–04 ||London 2 North||David Watt|| Champions
|-
|2004–05 ||London 1||Karl Hensley|| 4th 
|-
|2005–06 ||London 1||Karl Hensley || 3rd 
|-
|2006–07 ||London 1||Alex Alesbrook || Champions   
|-
|2007–08 ||[[National Division Three South]]||Alex Alesbrook || 4th National 
|-
|2008–09  ||[[National Division Three South]]||Gary Trueman|| Champions 
|-
|2009–10  ||[[RFU Championship|National League One]]||Gary Trueman || 2nd 
|-
|2010–11  ||[[RFU Championship|National League One]]||[[Ian McInroy]] || Champions 
|-
|2011–12  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]||Lewis Calder || 9th 
|-
|2012–13  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| [[Mark Bright (rugby union)|Mark Bright]] || 8th 
|-
|2013–14  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Mark Bright || 5th 
|-
|2014–15  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Mark Bright  || 3rd 
|-
|2015–16  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Mark Bright || 8th 
|-
|2016–17  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Rory Bartle|| 7th 
|-
|2017–18  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]||  Lewis Wynne|| 11th 
|-
|2018–19  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Mark Bright|| 9th 
|-
|2019–20  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Chris Dean|| 11th 
|-
|2020–21  ||Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic|| -  ||  -
|-
|2021–22  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Brian Tuilagi || 11th 
|-
|2022–23  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| Joe Rees || 11th 
|-
|2023–24  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]|| || -
|-
|}

==Head coach and management (since 1999–2000)==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season   !! Division !! Head coach   !! Manager      
|-
|1999–00 || Non League || Iain Morrison || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2000–01 || Herts/Middlesex 1 || Brett Cookson || Colin McIntyre
|-
|2001–02|| London 4 NW || Kevin Powderly || Colin Mcintyre 
|-
|2002–03 || London 3 NW|| Kevin Powderly || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2003–04 || London 2 North || Rick Scott || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2004–05 || London 1 || Rowly Williams || Colin McIntyre
|-
|2005–06 || London 1 || Rowly Williams || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2006–07 || London 1 || Terry O'Connor || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2007–08 ||[[National Division Three South]]|| Terry O'Connor || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2008–09 ||[[National Division Three South]]|| Brett Taylor || Colin McIntyre
|-
|2009–10  ||[[RFU Championship|National League One]]||Brett Taylor || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2010–11  ||[[RFU Championship|National League One]]|| Simon Amor || Colin McIntyre 
|-
|2011–12  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]||Simon Amor || Ross Macgregor 
|-
|2012–13  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]||Simon Amor || Ross Macgregor 
|-
|2013–14  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]||Simon Amor || Laurence Bruggemann 
|}

==Overall league statistics==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season !! Division !! Played!! Won !!Draw !! Lost !! Points <br /> For !! Points <br /> Against !! Points <br /> Diff !! Points!! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}}
|-
| [[1987–88 Courage League National Division Two|1987–88]] || National League 2 || 11 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 141 || 158 || –17 || 9 || 7th
|-
| [[1988–89 Courage League National Division Two|1988–89]] || National League 2 || 11 || 3 || 1 || 7 || 146 || 160 || –16 || 7 || 11th
|-
| [[1989–90 Courage League National Division Three|1989–90]] || National League 3 || 11 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 258 || 92 || 166 || 22 || 1st
|-
| [[1990–91 Courage League National Division Two|1990–91]] || National League 2 || 12 || 7 || 0 || 5 || 240 || 178 || 62 || 14 || 5th
|-
| [[1991–92 Courage League National Division Two|1991–92]] || National League 2 || 12 || 11 || 0 || 1|| 304 || 130 || 174 || 22 || 1st
|-
| [[1992–93 English Premiership (rugby union)|1992–93]] || Premiership || 12 || 3 || 1 || 8 || 192 || 248 || –56 || 7 || 10th
|-
| [[1993–94 Courage League National Division Two|1993–94]] || National League 2 || 18 || 6 || 0 || 12 || 232 || 325 || –93 || 12 || 8th
|-
|1999–00 || Non-league ||  26 || 19 || 1 || 6  || 775 || 341 || 434 ||  || 1st
|-
|2000–01 || Herts/Middlesex 1 || 18  || 17 || 0 || 1 || 554 || 118 || 436 || 34 || 2nd
|-
|2001–02|| London 4 NW || 18  || 14  || 0  || 4  || 533  || 214  ||  319  || 28 || 1st
|-
|2002–03 ||London 3 NW||18 ||16 ||0  || 2  || 560  || 199  ||  361  || 32 || 1st
|-
|2003–04 ||London 2 North||22 ||20 ||1  || 1  || 752  || 277  || 475  || 41 || 1st
|-
|2004–05 ||London 1||22 ||15 ||0  || 7  || 676  || 343  || 333  || 30 || 4th
|-
|2005–06  ||London 1||22 ||16 ||1  || 5  || 840  || 324  || 516  || 33 || 3rd
|-
|2006–07 ||London 1||22 ||20 ||0  || 2  || 997  || 235  || 762  || 40 || 1st
|-
|2007–08 ||[[National Division Three South]]||26 ||17 ||0  || 9  || 633  || 410  || 223  || 83 || 4th
|-
|2008–09  ||National Division Three South||26 ||25 ||1  || 0  || 1092  || 328  || 764  || 120 || 1st
|-
|2009–10  ||[[RFU Championship|National League One]]||30 ||22 ||1  || 7  || 938  || 569  || 369  || 108 || 2nd
|-
|2010–11  ||[[RFU Championship|National League One]]||30 ||27 ||0  || 3  || 958  || 516  || 442  || 132 || 1st
|-
|2011–12  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]||22 || 6|| 0|| 16  ||422   || 543  ||−121   ||34  || 9th
|-
|2012–13  ||[[RFU Championship|The Championship]]||22 || 10|| 0|| 12  ||456   || 610  ||−154   ||45  || 8th
|}

==Honours==
'''London Scottish'''
*[[Melrose Sevens]] champions: 1962, 1965, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/melrose-sevens/|title=Melrose Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[Hawick Sevens]] champions: 1965<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/hawick-sevens/|title=Hawick Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[Kelso Sevens]] champions: 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/kelso-sevens/|title=Kelso Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
* Ross Sutherland Sevens champions: 1990<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/ross-sutherland-sevens/|title=Ross Sutherland Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
* Glasgow Academicals Sevens champions: 1979, 1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/glasgow-academicals-sevens/|title=Glasgow Academicals Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
* Haig Trophy Sevens champions: 1980<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/edinburgh-wanderers-sevens/|title=Edinburgh Wanderers / Haig Trophy Sevens|date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
* Stirling Sevens champions: 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/stirling-sevens/|title=Stirling Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[Middlesex Sevens]] champions: 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1991
*[[National League 1|Courage League Division 3]] champions: [[1989–90 Courage League National Division Three|1989–90]]
*[[RFU Championship|Courage League National Division 2]] champions: [[1991–92 Courage League National Division Two|1991–92]] 
*[[London 3 North West|London Division 4 North West]] champions: 2001–02
*[[London 2 North West|London Division 3 North West]] champions: 2002–03
*[[London 1 North|London Division 2 North]] champions: 2003–04
*[[National League 3 London & SE|London Division 1]] champions: 2006–07<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=393&Itemid=199|title=How to find us|website=www.hampshirerugby.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[National League 2 South|National League 3 South]] champions: [[2008–09 National Division Three South|2008–09]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/national-3-south-0809-mainmenu-341.html?task=view |title=National 3 South 08/09 |access-date=2014-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521233709/http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/national-3-south-0809-mainmenu-341.html?task=view |archive-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
*[[National League 1]] champions: [[2010–11 National League 1|2010–11]]

'''London Scottish Lions (amateur side)'''
*[[Herts/Middlesex 2]] champions: 2018–19

==Current standings==
{{#section:2025–26 Champ Rugby|Table}}

==Current squad==
{{For|player movements before or during the [[2024–25 RFU Championship|2024–25 season]]|List of 2024–25 RFU Championship transfers#London Scottish}}

The London Scottish squad as announced for the [[2023–24 RFU Championship|2023–24 season]] was:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.londonscottish.com/pro/squad/|publisher=London Scottish|title=Squad|access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>

{{rugby squad start}}
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{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=HK | name=[[Austin Wallis]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[George Cave (rugby union)|George Cave]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[Ashley Challenger]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=PR | name=[[Ntinga Mpiko]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[Will Prior]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=Netherlands | pos=LK | name='''[[Marijn Huis]]'''}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=SCO | pos=LK | name=[[Jake Spurway]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[Alex Wardell]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[Matt Wilkinson (rugby union)|Matt Wilkinson]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Lewis Barrett]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Jack Ingall]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=SCO | pos=BR | name=[[Tom Marshall (rugby union, born 1999)|Tom Marshall]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Bailey Ransom]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=WAL | pos=BR | name=[[Ioan Rhys-Davies]]}}
{{rugby squad mid}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=SH | name=[[Stephen Kerins]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=SH | name=[[Jonny Law]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=SCO | pos=SH | name=[[Dan Nutton]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FH | name=[[Alec Lloyd-Seed]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FH | name=[[Harry Sheppard (rugby union)|Harry Sheppard]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FH | name=[[Tom Wilstead]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=SCO | pos=CE | name=[[Robbie McCallum (rugby union)|Robbie McCallum]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=SCO | pos=CE | name=[[George Morison (rugby union)|George Morison]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=CE | name=[[Will Simonds]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=WG | name=[[Will Brown (rugby union)|Will Brown]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=WG | name=[[Noah Ferdinand]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=WAL | pos=FB | name='''[[Jonah Holmes]]'''}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=WAL | pos=FB | name=[[Will Talbot-Davies]]}}
{{rugby squad end}}

{{notelist}}

==Current staff==
'''First team'''
*Director of Rugby – [[Bryan Redpath]]
*Head coach – [[Joe Gray (rugby union)|Joe Gray]]
*Backs Coach – 
*Head of Strength and Conditioning - [[Boris Pineles]]
'''Commercial'''
*Chief Operating Officer – Louise Newton

==Notable former players==

===Scotland internationalists===

The following former London Scottish players have represented [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] at full international level. London Scottish have produced more than 220 [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scottish international players]], more than any other club.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://londonscottish.com/club/info/index.php | title=A Brief History | publisher=London Scottish FC | access-date=17 April 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012622/http://londonscottish.com/club/info/index.php | archive-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* {{flagicon|SCO}} {{flagicon|RSA}} [[John Allan (rugby union, born 1963)|John Allan]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Anderson (rugby union)|John Anderson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Bedell-Sivright]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Bell (rugby union, born 1879)|John Bell]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[William Berkley (rugby union)|William Berkley]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alastair Biggar]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Mike Biggar]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Norman Bruce]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Paul Burnell]], their most-capped player, who played 52 matches for Scotland (3 World Cups – 1991, 1995, 1999)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[George Campbell (rugby union)|George Campbell]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Mike Campbell-Lamerton]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Damian Cronin]] (2 World Cups – 1991, 1995)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Dykes (rugby union)|John Dykes]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ronnie Eriksson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Max Evans (rugby union)|Max Evans]] (1 World Cup – 2011)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Frank Fasson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Pringle Fisher]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Charles Fleming (rugby union)|Charles Fleming]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Iain Fullarton]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Gilbert-Smith]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Colin Gilray]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Phil Godman]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Fraser Gore]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[James Gowans (rugby union)|James Gowans]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Donald Grant (rugby union)|Donald Grant]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hart (rugby union, born 1928)|John Hart]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gavin Hastings]] (3 World Cups – 1987, 1991, 1995)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Hinshelwood]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Simon Holmes (rugby union)|Simon Holmes]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[William Holms (rugby union)|William Holms]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hunter (rugby union)|John Hunter]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Doug Keller]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian Kilgour]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Walter Kerr (rugby union)|Walter Kerr]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Iain Laughland]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alan Lawson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Derrick Lee (rugby union)|Derrick Lee]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Kenny Logan]] (3 World Cups 95, 99, 03)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John MacDonald (rugby union, born 1938)|John MacDonald]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gregor MacGregor (sportsman)|Gregor MacGregor]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andrew MacKinnon]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bill Maclagan]] 1st British Lion Captain 1891 (South Africa)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David MacMyn]] (captain of British Lions, Argentina 1927)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Marshall (rugby union)|John Marshall]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alastair McHarg]] – one of the many stalwarts of the club
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ernie Michie]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Iain Morrison (rugby union)|Iain Morrison]] (1 World Cup – 1995)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Hugh Monteith (rugby union)|Hugh Monteith]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alec Elliot Murray]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Hugh Orr (rugby union)|Hugh Orr]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Douglas Schulze]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jim Shackleton]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian Smith (rugby union, born 1903)|Ian Smith]] – joint-record Scotland try scorer with 24 tries
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Arthur Smith (rugby union)|Arthur Smith]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken Spence]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ronald Stevenson (rugby union)|Ronald Stevenson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian Swan]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Malcolm Swan]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Frans ten Bos]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Thom]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bruce Thomson (rugby union)|Bruce Thomson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Rob Wainwright (rugby union)|Rob Wainwright]] (1 World Cup – 1995)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Leonard West (rugby union)|Leonard West]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Derek White (rugby union)|Derek White]] (1 World Cup – 1991)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Robert Whitworth (rugby union)|Robert Whitworth]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Kenneth Wilson (rugby union)|Kenneth Wilson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ron Wilson (rugby union)|Ron Wilson]]
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===Wales internationalists===

The following former London Scottish players have represented [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] at full international level.

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* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Tomas Francis]]
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===England internationalists===

The following former London Scottish players have represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] at full international level.

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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Elliot Daly]]
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===Ireland internationalists===

The following former London Scottish players have represented [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] at full international level.

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* {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} [[Kieran Treadwell]]
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===Other nationalities===

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* {{flagicon|RSA}} {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Allan (rugby union, born 1963)|John Allan]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Kyle Baillie]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Colin Gilray]]
* {{flagicon|TON}} [[David Halaifonua]]
* {{flagicon|BAH}} [[George Hunter (rugby union)|George Hunter]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Lasike]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Will Magie]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rusty Page]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Dave Sisi]]
* {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nodar Tcheishvili]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Te'o]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Turner (rugby union, born 1993)|Andrew Turner]]
* {{flagicon|NAM}} [[Tjiuee Uanivi]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dino Waldren]]
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==SRU presidents==

Former London Scottish players have been President of the SRU: 
* 1894–96 [[Bill Maclagan]]
* 1900–01 [[Robert MacMillan]]

==See also==
* [[Rugby union in London]]
* [[London Irish RFC]]
* [[London Welsh RFC]]
* [[Middlesex Sevens]]

==Bibliography==
* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 {{ISBN|1-86200-013-1}})
* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})
* Godwin, Terry ''Complete Who's Who of International Rugby'' (Cassell, 1987,  {{ISBN|0-7137-1838-2}})
* Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}
*[https://archive.today/20130202071654/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/rugby.cfm?id=581572007 Exiles earn promotion in England], The Scotsman, 16 April 2007

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