Editing University of St Andrews (section)

===Sports clubs and the Athletic Union===
{{Main|University of St Andrews Athletic Union}}
[[File:Madras RFC Playing Fields St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 17125.jpg|thumb|Madras RFC Playing Fields St Andrews]]
The University of St Andrews Athletic Union is the student representative body for sport. Established in 1901, it is affiliated to [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|BUCS]] and encompasses around sixty sports clubs,<ref name="sports clubs">{{Cite web|title=All Sports Clubs|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/clubs/sportsclubs/|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=20 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609195542/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/clubs/sportsclubs/|archive-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> who compete at both a recreational and high-performance level.<ref name="saints sport">{{Cite web|title=Saint Sport|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=18 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218233727/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/|url-status=live}}</ref> A notable club is the [[University of St Andrews Rugby Football Club]], which played a pivotal role in shaping the sport and has produced Scottish international players such as [[J. S. Thomson]] and [[Alfred Clunies-Ross]].<ref name="Club history">{{Cite web|title=Club History|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/universityofstandrews/a/history-8900.html|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106213630/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/universityofstandrews/a/history-8900.html|archive-date=6 November 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, the university underwent a £14 million five-phase development of the student sports centre which included a new 400-seat eight-court sports hall, a new reception area and expanded gym facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st-andrews-principal-kicks-off-latest-stage-of-14m-sports-redevelopment-1-3682426 |title=St Andrews principal kicks off latest stage of £14m sports redevelopment |work=Fife Today |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703082558/http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st-andrews-principal-kicks-off-latest-stage-of-14m-sports-redevelopment-1-3682426 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[The Scottish Varsity]], also known as the 'world's oldest varsity match', is played annually against the [[Edinburgh University RFC|University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13214474.World_s_oldest_varsity_match_returns_to_Scotland/|title=World's oldest varsity match returns to Scotland|work=Herald Scotland|date=19 May 2015|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211005733/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13214474.World_s_oldest_varsity_match_returns_to_Scotland/|url-status=live}}</ref>