Aberdeen GSFP RFC
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| Full name | Aberdeen Grammar Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | SRU | |
| Founded | 1893 | |
| Location | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Ground(s) | Rubislaw Playing Fields (Capacity: 5,000 (150 in stand)) | |
| Chairman | Iain Macadie | |
| Coach(es) | Justin Taljaard | |
| Captain(s) | Jack Burnett | |
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| Official website | ||
| aberdeenrugby | ||
Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur rugby union club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They currently compete in the . The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end.
Honours
[edit]- Scottish National League Division Two
- Champions (1): 1983-84
- Aberdeen University Sevens
- Champions: 1894[1]
- Aberdeen Sevens[2]
- Champions: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963
- Banff Sevens[3]
- Champions: 1993, 1995
- Ellon Sevens[4]
- Champions: 1981, 1996
- Garioch Sevens[5]
- Champions: 1979
- Highland Sevens[6]
- Champions: 1950, 1955, 1986, 1988, 1995
- Howe of Fife Sevens[7]
- Champions: 1969
- Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens[8]
- Champions: 1977, 1982, 1986
- Moray Sevens[9]
- Champions: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1963, 1993, 1995
- Orkney Sevens[10]
- Champions: 1999, 2000
Notable players
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- Donny Innes
- William Dallas "Dally" Allardice, 1947 to 1949 (8 caps)
- E.T.S Michie, the first University of Aberdeen Lions player in the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa and also in Barbarian FC.[11][12]
- Robbie Russell (27 caps)
- Andrew Wilson (2 caps)
- Johnnie Beattie
- Moray Low, 2008 to 2013
A number of former players have also gone on to play professional rugby including:
- Stuart Corsar - Glasgow Warriors, Rotherham Titans, Doncaster Knights
- Sean Crombie - Edinburgh Rugby
- Dave Millard - Glasgow Warriors
- Matt Taylor - Edinburgh Rugby, Border Reivers. Current coach for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland
- Ben Prescott - Glasgow Warriors, Rotherham Titans, Nottingham, Leinster, Northampton Saints, Cornish Pirates
Bibliography
[edit]- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
References
[edit]- ^ "Aberdeen University Sevens". 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Aberdeen Sevens". 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Banff Sevens". 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Ellon Sevens". 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Garioch Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Highland Sevens". 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Howe of Fife Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens". 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Moray Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Orkney Sevens". 8 June 2019.
- ^ Jones, p11
- ^ Godwin, p282
External links
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