Langholm RFC
Full name | Langholm Rugby Football Club | |
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Union | Scottish Rugby Union | |
Emblem(s) | Emblem Incorporates Scottish Thistle, rugby ball and posts, 1871 the year the club was founded and part of the towns arms | |
Founded | 1871 | |
Ground(s) | Milntown | |
League(s) | East Division 2 and Border League | |
2019–20 | East Division 2 | |
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Official website | ||
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Langholm Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team founded in 1871. They play their home games at Milntown, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway.
The team currently play in the East Regional League Division Two following relegation from East Regional League Division One at the end of the 2014–15 season.[1]
Langholm Sevens[]
The Langholm Sevens tournament is hosted by the club. It held around the end of April each year and is part of the Borders Sevens Circuit. The tournament first started in 1908.[2]
Notable former players[]
- Tom Scott, Scotland and president of the Scottish Football Union from 1918–1920[3]
- Billy Steele, 23 caps for Scotland,[4] 1969.British and Irish Lions 1974 South Africa
- Ernie Michie, Scotland, British and Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C.[5]
- Christy Elliot, 1958
- Donald Scott, 1950
- Tommy Elliot, 1968
Honours[]
- Scottish Unofficial Championship
- Champions (1): 1958-59
- Border League
- Champions (1): 1958-59
- Langholm Sevens
- Champions (1): 1959
- Kelso Sevens
- Champions (1): 1953
- Hawick Sevens
- Champions (1): 1899
- Gala Sevens
- Champions (2): 1951, 1955
- Earlston Sevens
- Champions (1): 1954
- Selkirk Sevens
- Champions (2): 1949, 1958
- Ardrossan Sevens[6]
- Champions (2): 1963, 1968
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Langholm look tolife in lower league". The Southern Reporter. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Langholm 7s | Kings of the 7s".
- ^ Godwin, p363
- ^ Bath, p161
- ^ McLaren, p81
- ^ "Ardrossan Sevens". June 11, 2019.
Sources[]
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
- McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
Categories:
- Scottish rugby union teams
- Rugby clubs established in 1871
- 1871 establishments in Scotland
- Rugby union clubs in the Scottish Borders
- Rugby union in Dumfries and Galloway
- Langholm
- Scottish rugby union team stubs