The show ran from 1966 and past presenters included David Vine, Keith Macklin, Cliff Morgan, Chris Rea, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Bill Beaumont and John Inverdale.
The main commentators were Bill McLaren, Cliff Morgan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, David Parry-Jones, Martyn Williams, Lynn Davies, Jim Neilly and Eddie Butler.
For more than 30 years the programme broadcast highlights of several rugby union matches played that weekend.
After one season, the rights to the English Premiership again moved to Channel 4 who showed highlights on Saturday mornings in a programme titled Inside Rugby.
The Scottish programme went out as Rugby Special from Scotland with Bill Johnstone presenting in the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, when the programme was now aired under the Sportscene banner as Sportscene Rugby Special and at this point the presenters was Mark Souster until he was replaced by Jill Douglas in the late 1990s and in the programme's final year, former rugby player John Beattie took over hosting duties with Gary Parker co-hosting with John around the early 2000s.