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Lismore RFC
Full nameLismore Rugby Football Club
Emblem(s)Boar's head
Founded1901
Ground(s)Inch Park Community Sports Club, Inch Park, Cameron Toll, Edinburgh
League(s) Men:  East Division 3
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
2019–20 Men:  East Division 3
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
Team kit

Lismore RFC is a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were founded in 1901.[1]

The men's side play in the East Division 3, the women's side play in Scottish Womens Midlands & East One.

History

Lismore's foundation dates back to 1901, when the Royal High School FP club was based at Jock's Lodge in the east of Edinburgh.[1] Some of the players felt that they were being excluded from RHSFP's team, so started their own club, named after Lismore Crescent nearby.[1] The club moved around several times, locating to Duddingston, and ending up in their present location in a south side clubhouse, and playing near Cameron Toll.

Milne's Bar on Rose Street, was their clubhouse around the Second World War period.[1]

They started a women's side in 1994.[1]

Lismore Sevens

The club run the Lismore Sevens tournament, featuring a men's and women's competition. The men play for the Rattery Cup.[2]

Honours

Men

  • Lismore Sevens[2]
    • Champions: (1) 1990
  • Edinburgh Northern Sevens[3]
    • Champions: (5) 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 2010

Women

  • Edinburgh Northern Sevens[3]
    • Champions: (1) 1999

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Official site: History Archived 12 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 26 February 2010
  2. ^ a b "Lismore Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Edinburgh Northern Sevens". 7 June 2019.
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