Dunfermline RFC

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Dunfermline
Full nameDunfermline Rugby Football Club
UnionScottish Rugby Union
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
LocationDunfermline, Scotland
Ground(s)McKane Park
PresidentScott Murphy
Captain(s)Matthew Wilson
League(s) Men:  Caledonia Division One
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
2019–20 Men:  Caledonia Division One, 3rd of 10
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
Team kit
Official website
dunfermlinerugby.co.uk

Dunfermline Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The men's team currently plays in National 4, the women's team currently plays in Scottish Womens Midlands & East One.

History[edit]

Established in 1893, home games are played at McKane Park.[1]

Their strip is royal blue and white.[1]

Honours[edit]

Men's[edit]

  • Edinburgh Charity Sevens[2]
    • Champions (2): 1931, 1938
  • Lanarkshire Sevens[3]
    • Champions (2): 1969, 1974
  • Glasgow HSFP Sevens[4]
    • Champions (1): 1929
  • St. Andrews University Sevens[5]
    • Champions (1): 1970
  • Crieff Sevens[6]
    • Champions (1): 1994
  • Hillfoots Sevens[7]
    • Champions (1): 1979
  • Alloa Sevens[8]
    • Champions (1): 1938
  • Glenrothes Sevens[9]
    • Champions (3): 1986, 1987, 1988
  • Midlands District Sevens[10]
    • Champions (11): 1925, 1928, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1986
  • Musselburgh Sevens[11]
    • Champions (2): 1967, 1975
  • Kirkcaldy Sevens[12]
    • Champions (7): 1967, 1969, 1973, 1986, 1987, 1991, 2019

Notable players[edit]

Scotland internationalists[edit]

The following former Dunfermline players have represented Scotland at full international level.

  • Scotland M. M. Henderson
  • Scotland C. H. C. Brown

Notable non-Scottish players[edit]

The following is a list of notable non-Scottish international representative former Glasgow players:

Wales

North and Midlands[edit]

The following former Dunfermline players have represented North and Midlands at provincial level.

Glasgow Warriors[edit]

The following former Dunfermline players have represented Glasgow Warriors at professional level.

Edinburgh Rugby[edit]

Notable outside of rugby[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football, p34
  2. ^ "Edinburgh Charity Sevens". 22 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Lanarkshire Sevens". 10 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Glasgow HSFP Sevens". 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "St. Andrews University Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Crieff Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Hillfoots Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Alloa Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Glenrothes Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Midlands District Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Musselburgh Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Kirkcaldy Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  13. ^ a b McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
  14. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  15. ^ https://electricscotland.com/history/sport/rugby/bSCRFC1904-1980.pdf [bare URL PDF]
Sources
  1. Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
  2. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
  3. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)