History
See also: History of the Rugby League ConferenceThe first Scottish club of modern times was Forth & Clyde Nomads who played in the North East League in 1995-96. However, after this one season, they folded.
The Scottish Conference was founded with five teams in 1997 as a stand-alone competition. That same year the Rugby League Conference was founded as the Southern Conference League; it began as a 10-team pilot league for teams in the South of England and English Midlands but would later expand into the North of England and Wales.
The Scottish Conference briefly had two divisions in 2002 before reverting to one division. The league became administratively associated with the Rugby League Conference in 2006 and became a full division of the Conference a year later.
Jordanhill Phoenix and Kirkcaldy failed to start the 2010 season and Forth & Clyde Nomads were brought in as replacements.
The league split into a premier division and division 1 in 2011, which changed to a North and Central division in 2012. The league reverted to being a standalone league in 2012 when the Rugby League Conference was abolished.
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