It contains many of the country's highest profile clubs. However it is not the highest level of rugby union in Scotland, as Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors play against Irish, Welsh and Italian teams in the Pro14.
Until the 2009–10 season, the bottom two teams were relegated to the Second Division. Over the subsequent two seasons, and as part of a two-phased reconstruction announced by the Scottish Rugby Council, the league moved from a 12-team league linear structure into a 10-team league pyramid structure. From the start of the 2012–13 season promotion/relegation between the Premiership and the newly formed National League (formerly the Second Division) is determined as follows: the winner of the National League is automatically promoted replacing the bottom placed team from the Premiership with a play-off between the 9th placed Premiership team and the 2nd placed National League team to determine the second promotion place.
The underlying principles behind league reconstruction as set out by the Season Structure Working Party of the Scottish Rugby Council were (a) to shorten the season, (b) to reduce travel costs, (c) to reduce time involved for all, (d) to assist in growing the game and (e) to retain players in the game.[1]
The current teams playing in the Premier League are:
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scottish, premiership, division, scottish, premiership, highest, level, club, division, scotland, national, rugby, union, league, divisions, therefore, part, scottish, league, championship, sportrugby, unionfounded1973no, teams10country, scotlandmost, recentch. The Scottish Premiership is the highest level club division in Scotland s national rugby union league divisions and therefore part of the Scottish League Championship Scottish Premiership Division OneSportRugby unionFounded1973No of teams10Country ScotlandMost recentchampion s Melrose RFCIt contains many of the country s highest profile clubs However it is not the highest level of rugby union in Scotland as Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors play against Irish Welsh and Italian teams in the Pro14 Some matches are shown live on BBC Alba Until the 2009 10 season the bottom two teams were relegated to the Second Division Over the subsequent two seasons and as part of a two phased reconstruction announced by the Scottish Rugby Council the league moved from a 12 team league linear structure into a 10 team league pyramid structure From the start of the 2012 13 season promotion relegation between the Premiership and the newly formed National League formerly the Second Division is determined as follows the winner of the National League is automatically promoted replacing the bottom placed team from the Premiership with a play off between the 9th placed Premiership team and the 2nd placed National League team to determine the second promotion place The underlying principles behind league reconstruction as set out by the Season Structure Working Party of the Scottish Rugby Council were a to shorten the season b to reduce travel costs c to reduce time involved for all d to assist in growing the game and e to retain players in the game 1 The current teams playing in the Premier League are Contents 1 Premier League 2015 16 2 2 Past winners 3 See also 4 ReferencesPremier League 2015 16 2 editAyr RFC Boroughmuir RFC Currie RFC Dundee HSFP Gala RFC Hawick RFC Heriots RFC Melrose RFC Selkirk RFC Stirling County RFCPast winners editHawick Hawick Hawick Hawick Hawick Hawick Heriot s FP Gala Gala Hawick Gala Hawick Hawick Hawick Hawick Kelso Kelso Melrose Boroughmuir Melrose Melrose Melrose Stirling County Melrose Melrose Watsonians Heriot s FP Heriot s FP Hawick Hawick Boroughmuir Glasgow Hawks Glasgow Hawks Glasgow Hawks Currie RFC Boroughmuir Ayr RFC Currie RFC Melrose RFC Melrose RFC Ayr RFC Melrose RFC Heriot s FPSee also editRugby union in ScotlandReferences edit http files pitchero com clubs 3379 SeasonStructureWorkingPartyReport pdf permanent dead link Scottish Club amp Community Rugby Website Results Archived from the original on 2012 02 24 Retrieved 2011 08 07 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scottish Premiership Division One amp oldid 1105655187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
