1999–2000 Scottish Inter-District Championship

The 1999–2000 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's professional district teams. With the merging of the 4 districts into 2 in 1998; now only Glasgow and Edinburgh were involved in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. Glasgow Caledonians and Edinburgh Reivers then fought it out in a renamed Tri-Series. The previous year this was sponsored by Tennents Velvet, but this year the Tri-Series ran without a sponsor.

1999–2000 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Countries Scotland
ChampionsGlasgow Caledonians
Runners-upEdinburgh Reivers
Matches played3

Three matches were played between the clubs. Glasgow won the series, beating Edinburgh 2-1. A league table is shown for completeness. Both teams entered the next year's Heineken Cup.

The first Tri-Series game of the season doubled as a fixture in the 1999-2000 season's Welsh-Scottish League.

1999-2000 League Table

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Team P W D L PF PA +/- Pts
Glasgow Caledonians 3 2 0 1 104 56 +48 4
Edinburgh Reivers 3 1 0 2 56 104 -48 2

Results

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Round 1

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Glasgow Caledonians: Metcalfe, McInroy, A Bulloch, Jardine, Longstaff, Hayes, Nicol, Hilton, G Bulloch, McIlwham, Campbell, White, Reid, McFadyen, Petrie. Replacements: Irving, Stark, Beveridge, Waite, Burns, Scott.
Edinburgh Reivers: Lang, Milligan, Paterson, Utterson, Sharman, Hodge, Fairley, Stewart, Scott, Proudfoot, Lucking, Fullarton, Mather, Leslie, Hogg. Replacements: Di Rollo, Lee, Burns, Hayter, Dall, McNulty, McKelvey

Round 2

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25 February 2000
Edinburgh Reivers24 – 32Glasgow Caledonians
Try: Derrick Lee
Carl Hogg
Con: Duncan Hodge
Pen: Duncan Hodge x 4
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Try: James Craig
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 9
Riverside Park, Jedburgh
Referee: R Dickson (Madras FP)

Edinburgh Reivers: C Paterson, K Milligan, J Hita, G Shiel, D Lee, D Hodge, G Burns, A Jacobsen, S Scott, B Stewart, A Lucking, I Fullarton, C Mather, C Hogg (G Hayter, 54 min), G Dall.
Glasgow Caledonians: G Metcalfe, S Longstaff, A Bulloch, J Stuart, J Craig, T Hayes, A Nicol, D Hilton, G Scott, G McIlwham, S Campbell (M Waite, 63), J White, R Reid (D Hall, 65), G Simpson, D Macfadyen (J Petrie 28).

Round 3

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25 March 2000
Glasgow Caledonians22 – 25Edinburgh Reivers
Try: Martin Waite
Gordon Simpson x 2
Con: Tommy Hayes x 2
Pen: Tommy Hayes
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Try: Fullarton
Utterson
Pen: Ross x 4
Drop: Ross
Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Referee: J Hogg (Hawick).

Glasgow Caledonians: R Shepherd; A Bulloch, J Stewart, I Jardine, T Hayes; B Irving, F Stott; D Hilton, G Bulloch, G McIlwham, S Campbell, D Burns, J White, M Waite, G Simpson. Subs: G Scott for Waite 34mins, G Beveridge for Stott 66, A Watt for Hilton, 72.
Edinburgh Reivers: G Kiddie; K Milligan, J Hita, G Shiel, K Utterson; G Ross, I Fairley; A Jacobsen, S Scott, B Stewart, A Lucking, I Fullarton, C Mather, G Hayter, G Dall. Subs: M Proudfoot for Stewart, 51. S Walker for Milligan, 69.