Editing Flower of Scotland (section)

===Sporting events===
[[File:2017.06.17.15.04.55-Flower Of Scotland anthem (35240614511).jpg|thumb|right|Flower of Scotland being performed and played prior to the 2017 mid-year rugby union international Australia v Scotland]]
The song has been used as an anthem by the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland rugby union team]], ever since the winger, [[William Steele (rugby union)|Billy Steele]], encouraged his team-mates to sing it on the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]] tour of South Africa in 1974.<ref>[http://sixnations.sportinglife.com/features/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby/06/02/02/manual_113529.insdat SONGS OF THE SIX NATIONS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716121213/http://sixnations.sportinglife.com/features/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby%2F06%2F02%2F02%2Fmanual_113529.insdat |date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> The song was adopted as the pre-game anthem for the [[1990 Five Nations Championship]], first non-officially for the initial home game against France,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iM2FBmvyPBYC&q=%22Jimmy+McNeil%22+rugby&pg=PA122|title=The Grudge: Two Nations, One Match, No Holds Barred|first=Tom|last=English|date=February 3, 2011|publisher=Penguin Random House|isbn=9780224083218|via=Google Books|page=131}}</ref> then for the deciding match between Scotland and [[England national rugby union team|England]] at Murrayfield, which Scotland won 13–7 to win the [[Grand Slam (rugby union)|Grand Slam]].<ref>Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}}), p. 14</ref><ref>[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/07/the-perfect-rugby-anthem-flower-of-scotland-91466-22874358/ "The Perfect Rugby Anthem – Flower of Scotland!"] ''WalesOnline'', 7 February 2009 (visited 26 May 2011)</ref> 

The [[Scottish Football Association]] adopted "Flower of Scotland" as its pre-game national anthem in 1997<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/rugby_union/features/newsid_2650000/2650581.stm |title=BBC Sport Academy – The Flower of Scotland |date=23 January 2003 |access-date=16 December 2009 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] }}</ref> although it was first used by them in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12776640.Why_SFA_president_wants_to_scrap_Flower_of_Scotland__apos_dirge_apos_/ |date=3 June 2007|title=Why SFA president wants to scrap Flower of Scotland 'dirge'|newspaper=[[The Herald (Scotland)]] }}</ref>