1996–97 Scottish Inter-District Championship

The 1996–97 Scottish Inter-District Championship rugby union Scottish Inter-District Championship was the first between the Scottish districts as professional teams.

1996–97 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Countries	Scotland
Champions	Caledonia Reds
Runners-up	Glasgow Warriors
Matches played	6

Caledonia Reds won this first professional tournament. Indeed, it was the northern Scottish district's first and only outright title in their history, since the Scottish Inter-District Championship began in 1953-54. The Reds previously competed as the amateur district North and Midlands.

Glasgow and the Border Reivers also qualified for the Heineken Cup for the next season. In last place, Edinburgh would gain the Amlin Cup place next season.

1996-97 League Table

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Caledonia Reds	3	2	1	0	77	53	+24	5
Glasgow	3	2	0	1	63	51	+12	4
Border Reivers	3	1	1	1	59	61	-2	3
Edinburgh	3	0	0	3	35	69	-34	0

Results

Round 1

22 December 1996

Border Reivers	26 – 26	Caledonia Reds
	Report

Murrayfield Stadium Referee: Ray Megson

22 December 1996

Glasgow	23 – 13	Edinburgh
	Preview Report Report

Murrayfield Stadium Referee: K McCartney

Round 2

29 December 1996

Edinburgh	13 – 31	Caledonia Reds
	Report

Murrayfield Stadium Referee: E Murray

29 December 1996

Border Reivers	18 – 26	Glasgow
	Report

Murrayfield Stadium Referee: Jim Fleming

Round 3

5 January 1997

Border Reivers	15 – 9	Edinburgh
	Report

Poynder Park Referee: S Piercy

5 January 1997

Caledonia Reds	20 – 14	Glasgow
	Report

Murrayfield Stadium Referee: I Ramage

Matches outwith the Championship

International matches

2 November 1996

Cities District	19 - 37	Australia
	Preview Report

Old Anniesland

Cities District:
Australia:

5 November 1996

Combined Scottish Districts	9 - 25	Australia
	Report Report

McDiarmid Park

Scottish Districts:
Australia: