The Scotland national wheelchair rugby league team represents Scotland in wheelchair rugby league. They have competed at the World Cup, the European Championships and several tournaments within the British Isles, such as the Celtic Cup and Four Nations competitions.
History In July 2012 Scotland took part their first international competition, the Four Nations, a round-robin tournament between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was held as part of preparations for the world cup taking place the following year. At the 2013 World Cup Scotland finished sixth after suffered heavy defeats against Australia and France in their group matches and losing twice to Ireland who they played in an inter-group match and the fifth-place play-off. Scotland recorded their first win in 2014 against Wales in the Four Nations. In 2015 Scotland played Ireland in the first Celtic Cup which was contested over two matches but became an annual three-team round robin with the addition of Wales in 2016. At the European Championships in 2015 Scotland started well with wins over Ireland and Wales. They came third in the group table but ended in fourth place after losing a play-off against Ireland. Scotland finished 7th at the 2017 World Cup after losses to Italy and Spain. In April 2019 Scotland defeated Ireland 52–42 in the Celtic Cup to record their first win since 2015. At the 2021 World Cup Scotland failed to progress from the group stage after losses to the United States, France and Wales.
Squad
Competitive record World Cup World Cup RecordYearFinish 2008 20136th 20177th 2021Group stage
Celtic Cup
Results
DateScoreOpponentCompetitionRef.7 July 20126–202012 Four Nations8 July 20120–508 July 20128–143 July 20130–1482013 World Cup Group stage6 July 20139 July 20136–2613 July 201314–362013 World Cup 5th place play-off13 September 201414–1042014 Four Nations13 September 201434–1414 September 201410–6018 April 201528–522015 Celtic Cup25 May 201548–8024 September 201526–252015 European Championship Group stage24 September 201532–1625 September 20156–8826 September 20150–10226 September 201516–202015 European Championship 3rd place play-off30 April 201658–582016 Celtic Cup30 April 201622–9224 September 201610–902016 Four Nations24 September 201628–4124 September 201624–62Exiles25 September 201626–29Exiles29 April 201716–262017 Celtic Cup29 April 20170–7120 July 20176–1102017 World Cup Group stage22 July 201718–5428 April 201841–1122018 Celtic Cup28 April 201836–6827 April 201910–1022019 Celtic Cup27 April 201952–4228 September 201912–902019 Tri-Nations28 September 20191–13612 June 202132–522021 Celtic Cup12 June 202118–10230 October 202134–70International7 May 202235–382022 Celtic Cup7 May 20226–11618 June 202222–52International31 October 20221–129International4 November 202241–622021 World Cup Group stage7 November 202215–8010 November 202236–7018 June 202324–582023 Celtic Cup18 June 202330–768 June 202434–682024 Celtic Cup8 June 202464–5224 May 202554–622025 Celtic Cup24 May 202520–9218 October 20256–58International23 May 202640–702026 Celtic Cup23 May 202646–50
Upcoming fixtures 2026 World Cup – 30 October–13 November, WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
Knockout stage
Records and rankings
+ Scotland historical IRL Wheelchair World Rankings Jun2020 Dec2021 Jun2022 Dec2022 Jun2023 Dec2023 Jun2024 Dec2024 Jun2025 Nov2025 Aug2026Ranking (1) (1) References Biggest win: 34–14 v. Wales (13 September 2014) Biggest defeat: 2–154 v. France (6 July 2013)
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