The 2023–24 Scottish League Championship, or 2023–24 Tennents League Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the 48th season of formal domestic rugby union leagues in Scotland.
The season began on September 2, 2023, with defending champions Hawick RFC playing Glasgow Hawks at their home pitch of Mansfield Park. Kelso RFC was promoted to the premier league to take the place of Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians, who were relegated to National Division One.
Currie won their third Championship title and first in over 14 years, with Hawick finishing as runners up after a repeat of last season's final. Jed-Forest were relegated after finishing bottom.
The format was altered slightly from last season, with all Divisions having 10 teams as opposed to 2022-23 in which all but the Premiership division had 12 teams. In addition, a new fourth National Division was established with the bottom three teams competing in it being relegated to their respective Regional League Division 1.
Premier Division
2023–24 Tennents Premiership Division TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes 1 Hawick 18 16 1 1 617 259 358 11 0 77 Qualified to Playoffs 2 Marr 18 14 0 4 620 421 199 13 2 71 3 Currie 18 12 1 5 616 341 275 13 2 65 4 Kelso 18 9 3 6 476 451 25 9 2 53 5 Heriot's 18 8 1 9 477 474 3 13 3 50 6 Musselburgh 18 7 2 9 482 607 -125 12 3 47 7 Edinburgh Academicals 18 7 1 10 470 437 33 10 6 46 8 Glasgow Hawks 18 6 1 11 465 479 -14 8 5 39 9 Selkirk 18 6 0 12 399 591 -192 8 3 35 10 Jed-Forest 18 0 0 18 314 876 -562 4 1 5 Relegated Source
Statistics
Most tries Scored per team Currie (92) Most tries scored per player Andrew Mitchell - Hawick (20) Most points scored per team Marr (622) Most points scored per player Kirk Ford - Hawick (245) Most Yellow cards Currie (16) Most Red cards Hawick (3)
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Playoffs
Semifinals
Finals
National Division One
2023–24 Tennent's National League Division One TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes 1 Ayr 18 15 0 3 721 419 302 13 1 74 Promoted 2 GHA 18 11 0 7 545 431 114 13 4 61 3 Highland 18 11 1 6 465 359 106 9 1 56 4 Watsonians 18 10 1 7 539 484 55 11 2 55 5 Melrose 17 9 0 8 560 468 92 13 2 51 6 Glasgow Academicals 17 9 0 8 554 475 79 12 3 51 7 Biggar 18 6 1 11 503 575 -72 10 4 40 8 Gala 18 7 0 11 492 576 -84 8 3 39 9 Dundee 18 6 0 12 447 580 -133 8 1 33 10 GHK 18 3 1 14 328 787 -459 5 2 21 Relegated Source
National Division Two
2023–24 Tennent's National League Division Two TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes 1 Peebles 15 12 1 2 472 278 194 11 1 62 Promoted 2 Falkirk 15 12 0 3 570 402 168 13 0 61 3 Newton Stewart 17 11 2 4 434 340 94 8 1 57 4 Lasswade 14 10 1 3 405 326 79 11 1 54 5 Gordonians 15 8 0 7 406 291 115 8 3 43 6 Stewart's Melville 15 6 1 8 411 471 -60 7 2 32 7 Kirkcaldy 16 5 0 11 424 597 -173 8 2 30 8 Stirling 14 4 0 10 391 439 -48 7 2 25 9 Berwick 14 2 1 11 296 417 -121 6 4 20 10 Aberdeen Grammar 15 2 0 13 295 543 -248 6 1 15 Relegated Source 1.Stewart's Melville where sanctioned 3 points on 7 October 2023 as per NCR 4.18.1, after their match against Falkirk had to be postponed due to insufficient players.
National Division Three
2023–24 Tennent's National League Division Three TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes 1 Preston Lodge 16 15 0 1 679 253 426 12 1 73 Promoted 2 Orkney 13 12 0 1 401 264 137 8 1 57 3 Howe of Fife 16 9 1 6 579 423 156 12 4 54 4 Allan Glen's 15 9 1 5 458 321 137 8 3 49 5 Hillhead/Jordanhill 15 9 0 6 366 339 27 7 3 46 6 Boroughmuir 15 7 0 8 475 419 56 10 3 41 7 West of Scotland 15 5 0 10 371 468 -97 7 2 29 8 Dumfries Saints 15 4 2 9 298 556 -258 6 2 28 9 Cartha Queens Park 14 2 0 12 262 560 -298 4 3 15 10 Hamilton 14 0 0 14 300 586 -286 6 4 10 Relegated Source
National Division Four
2023–24 Tennent's National League Division Four TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes 1 Garnock 13 13 0 0 632 167 465 12 0 64 Promoted 2 Whitecraigs 14 10 0 4 456 377 79 13 3 56 3 Strathmore 12 9 0 3 428 284 144 9 1 46 4 North Berwick 15 9 0 6 366 390 -24 8 1 42 5 Stewartry 15 8 0 7 500 422 78 8 1 41 6 Dunfermline 14 7 0 7 399 369 30 9 1 38 7 Greenock Wanderers 14 6 0 8 348 459 -111 7 3 34 8 Perthshire 14 3 0 11 357 520 -163 7 4 23 Relegated 9 Murrayfield Wanderers 14 2 0 12 339 563 -224 8 6 22 10 Ross High 11 1 0 10 231 505 -274 4 3 11 Source 1.North Berwick where sanctioned 3 points on 14 October 2023 as per NCR 4.18.1, after their match against Garnock had to be postponed due to insufficient players.
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