Dundee HSFP

Dundee High Rugby

Full name	Dundee High School Former Pupils Rugby Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Founded	1880; 142 years ago (1880)
Location	Dundee, Scotland
Ground(s)	Mayfield Playing Fields
President	Derek Black
Coach(es)	Alan Brown
Captain(s)	Sam Cardosi
League(s)	Men:  Scottish National League Division One  Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
2019–20	Men:  Scottish National League Division One, 12th of 12  Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
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Official website
www.dundeehsfprugby.org.uk

Dundee Rugby Club (formerly known as Dundee High Rugby) are a rugby union team that play their home games at the Mayfield Playing Fields, Dundee, Scotland and .

The team was founded in 1880 by former pupils of the High School of Dundee. The men's side played in Scottish National League Division One; the women's side, known as the Dundee Valkyries, played in the Scottish Womens Midlands & East One until 2021 when the club merged with Morgan Rugby Club to form . Please see for future club information.

History[]

Beginnings[]

No doubt inspired by Abertay's Louis Auldjo, Dundee's first international rugby player, who had represented Scotland against England at the Oval in 1878, Dundee High School Former Pupils' Rugby Football Club was formed in 1880 by a group of schoolfriends and rugby aficionados, David Hynd, David Hutchison and Tom Ferguson, the principals of the affectionately monikered "Maryfield Gang" after the scrap of wasteland on which they would play after school. With no sport on the school curriculum in the 19th century, the boys passionately followed local teams Abertay and Red Cross and upon leaving school met in The Victoria coffee house on 23 November 1880 and decided to form their own team.

That meeting produced the first office bearers of the club:

1st XV

• Captain: David M Hutchison
• Sub-Captain and Secretary: Thomas C Ferguson
• Treasurer: David Hynd
• Committee: Herbert Bell, James Martin, David Robertson

2nd XV

• Captain: Alexander Hynd
• Sub-Captain: G. Stevenson
• Secretary: William Ross

The club is no longer restricted to former pupils of the high school and is an open club.

Sevens[]

The club run the Dundee Sevens tournament.^[1]

Honours[]

Men's[]

• Scottish National League Division One
  • Champions (2): 2005-06, 2008-09
• Scottish National League Division Two
  • Champions (2): 1989-90, 2002-03
• Orkney Sevens^[2]
  • Champions (2): 2006, 2007
• Glasgow University Sevens^[3]
  • Champions (1): 1996
• Glenrothes Sevens^[4]
  • Champions (1): 1991
• Midlands District Sevens^[5]
  • Champions (5): 1926, 1930, 1964, 1991, 1992
• Howe of Fife Sevens^[6]
  • Champions (1): 1993
• Stirling Sevens^[7]
  • Champions (1): 1970

Women's[]

• Mull Sevens^[8]
  • Champions (1): 2012

Notable former players[]

Men's[]

Scotland national rugby union team[]

• Stewart Campbell (17 caps)
• Alasdair Dickinson (58 caps)
• Iain Fullarton (6 caps)
• Sean Lamont (105 caps)
• David Leslie (31 caps, Rugby World's Player of the Year 1984, 5 Nations Grand Slam winner)
• Shaun Longstaff (15 caps)
• John Manson (1 cap)
• Jon Petrie (45 caps)
• George Ritchie (1 cap, first ever DHSFP player to be capped in 1932)
• Richie Vernon (24 caps)

British and Irish Lions[]

• Andy Nicol (23 Scotland caps, European Cup 1997/98, World XV v NZ 1993)
• Chris Rea (13 Scotland caps)
• Tom Smith (60 Scotland caps)
• Rob Wainwright (34 Scotland caps)

Others[]

• Frank Hadden – Former Scotland coach
• Jason Hewett – New Zealand international
• Jacob Rauluni – Fiji international
• Moses Rauluni – Fiji international
• – USA international

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