Musselburgh RFC
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Full name | Musselburgh Rugby Football Club | ||
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Founded | 15 February 1921 | ||
Location | Musselburgh, Scotland | ||
Ground(s) | Stoneyhill | ||
President | Andrew Johnston | ||
Coach(es) | Graeme Paterson | ||
Captain(s) | Michael Maltman | ||
League(s) | Scottish Premiership | ||
2019–20 | Scottish Premiership, 8th of 10 | ||
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Musselburgh Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The team play their home games at Stoneyhill and currently compete in the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby.
Musselburgh RFC first applied to join the Edinburgh & District League in 1921 but it is believed that the town had a team for at least 20 years before that.
Musselburgh Sevens[]
The club runs the Musselburgh Sevens tournament.[1]
Honours[]
- Musselburgh Sevens
- Champions: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993[1]
- Highland Sevens
- Champions: 1956, 1958, 1963, 1978, 1979[2]
- Preston Lodge Sevens
- Champions: 1992, 1993[3]
- Glasgow University Sevens
- Champions: 1957[4]
- Kelso Harlequins Sevens
- Champions: 1990[5]
- Haddington Sevens
- Champions: 1993, 1995[6]
- Scottish National League Division Two
- Champions (2): 1984-85, 2014–15
- Scottish Rugby Shield
- Runners-Up: (1) 2011-12
- Kelso Sevens
- Champions (1): 1955[7]
- Peebles Sevens
- Champions (3): 1986, 1988, 1997[8]
- Walkerburn Sevens
- Champions (9): 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1990, 1993, 2002, 2003[9]
Notable former players[]
Ireland internationalists[]
Glasgow Warriors players[]
Edinburgh District[]
The following former Musselburgh players have represented Edinburgh District at provincial level.
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Musselburgh Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Highland Sevens". 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Preston Lodge Sevens". 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Glasgow University Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Kelso Harlequins Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Haddington Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Kelso Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Peebles Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Walkerburn Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FsNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=16UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3825%2C141421[bare URL]
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
External links[]
Categories:
- Rugby union in East Lothian
- Scottish rugby union teams
- Musselburgh
- Scottish rugby union team stubs