Stirling County RFC

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Stirling County
Full nameStirling County Rugby Football Club
UnionScottish Rugby Union
Nickname(s)The County
Founded1946; 76 years ago (1946)
Ground(s)Bridgehaugh (Capacity: 4,000)
PresidentJohn Gibson
Captain(s)Shaun Macdonald
League(s) Men:  Super 6
 Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership
2019–20 Men:  Super 6, 5th of 6
 Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk

Stirling County RFC is a Scottish rugby union club based in Stirling. The club plays its home games at Bridgehaugh. The men's side competes in the Super 6, the women's side competes in the Scottish Womens Premiership.

History[]

During the season of 2004–05, Stirling County celebrated its centenary. Rugby has its origins in the town in the 1870s, resulting in the formation of Stirling HSFP in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The F.P. club joined the Scottish Rugby Union in 1904, hence the celebration of the centenary this season. In 1925, Bridge of Allan Rugby Club was founded with both clubs uniting in 1946 to form Stirling County.

While the team of 1959–60 went undefeated, it was not until the formation of the national leagues in the 1970s that Stirling had a springboard to success. Another vital factor was the creation of a strong and vibrant youth section at this time. In 1995, County achieved the unique distinction of being the first club to rise through the ranks from the depths of the seventh division and win the Scottish Championship.

Uniquely, the club played against the Barbarians at Stirling Albion F.C. home, Forthbank Stadium in 1995. The club has been prolific in producing a large number of age-group internationalists while senior internationalists who have worn County’s colours include George Graham, Allister Hogg, Ian Jardine, Alastair Kellock, Kenny Logan, Kevin McKenzie, James McLaren, Grant Gilchrist, Adam Ashe, Nick Grigg Jamie Bhatti and Finn Russell.

In 2012–13, County recorded their highest league finish for 16 years, third place in RBS Premier One, and qualified for the cross-border British & Irish Cup competition for the second consecutive year.

Stirling County also has the most successful youth set-up, winning the Scottish National Youth League Cup more times than any other team,

Stirling County RFC Squad compete in the Scottish Rugby Super 6 Competition

Stirling County's Wolves XV compete in National League Division 1 while the Wolves Second XV play in West Reserve League Division 1.

Stirling County's Women's play in the top-flight BT Women's Premier League.

Current squad[]

Stirling County Super 6 squad

Props

  • Scotland Billy Dineen
  • Scotland Adam Wood
  • Scotland Murphy Walker
  • Scotland Lewis Skinner
  • Scotland Charlie Brown
  • Scotland Fergus Bradbury

Hookers

  • Scotland Reyner Kennedy (c)
  • Scotland Angus Fraser
  • Scotland Aaron Thomson

Locks

  • Scotland James Pow

Back row

  • Scotland George Arnott
  • Australia Ollie Bartlett
  • Scotland Dean Taylor-Menzies
  • Scotland Connor Gordon
  • Scotland Josh King
  • Scotland Alasdair Mackie

Scrum halves

Fly halves

Centres

  • Scotland Grant Hughes
  • Scotland Andrew McLean
  • Scotland Mark New
  • Australia Landon Hayes
  • Scotland Craig Jardine

Wings

  • Scotland Robbie Kent
  • Scotland Ewan McGarvie
  • Scotland Oliver Horne

Fullbacks

  • Scotland
  • Scotland Bruce Sorbie
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Scotland on residency or dual nationality.

Glasgow Warriors players drafted:

Table[]

2021–22 Super 6 Table · · · discuss
Team P W D L PF PA PD TBP LBP PTS
1 Southern Knights (RU) 10 7 1 2 268 173 +95 6 0 36
2 Ayrshire Bulls (CH) 10 6 0 4 268 183 +85 6 1 31
3 Watsonians (3rd) 10 5 0 5 251 224 +27 5 3 28
4 Stirling County (4th) 10 4 1 5 205 266 -51 3 3 24
5 Heriot's Rugby (6th) 10 4 0 7 177 246 -69 2 2 20
6 Boroughmuir Bears (5th) 10 3 0 7 178 255 -77 0 2 14

Yellow background indicates qualification for the final.
Green background indicates teams that will play-off home and away for 3th and 4th position.
Plain background indicates teams that will play-off home and away for 5th and 6th position.
(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (3rd) Won 3rd place play-off
(4th) Lost 3rd place play-off (5th) Won 5th place play-off (6th) Lost 5th place play-off.

Sevens[]

The club run the Stirling Sevens tournament. Teams play for the Dr. Welsh Cup. The tournament began in 1948, two years after the County side was created.[1]

Honours[]

Men[]

  • Stirling Sevens[1]
    • Champions (12): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2013
  • Scottish Premiership
    • Champions (1): 1994-95
  • Hawick Wanderers & PSA Sevens[2]
    • Champions (1): 1990
  • Lochaber Sevens[3]
    • Champions (1): 1994
  • Highland Sevens[4]
    • Champions (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1996
  • Arran Sevens[5]
    • Champion (2): 1994, 1996
  • Mull Sevens[6]
    • Champions (7): 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • Alloa Sevens[7]
    • Champions (2): 1990, 1995
  • Strathendrick Sevens[8]
    • Champions (2): 1994, 1998
  • Glenrothes Sevens[9]
    • Champions (1): 1983
  • Earlston Sevens[10]
    • Champions (1): 1995
  • Ayr Sevens[11]
    • Champions (1): 1987
  • Kirkcaldy Sevens[12]
    • Champions (1): 1984
  • Currie Sevens[13]
    • Champions (1): 1993
  • Greenock Sevens[14]
    • Champions (1): 1991
  • Crieff Sevens[15]
    • Champions (2): 2010, 2011

Women[]

  • Mull Sevens[6]
    • Champions (2): 2014, 2015

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Stirling Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Hawick Wanderers & PSA Sevens". June 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Lochaber Sevens". June 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Highland Sevens". June 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "Arran Sevens". 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Mull Sevens". June 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Alloa Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "Strathendrick Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "Glenrothes Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Earlston Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Ayr Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  12. ^ "Kirkcaldy Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  13. ^ "Currie Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  14. ^ "Greenock Sevens". June 7, 2019.
  15. ^ "Crieff Sevens". 7 June 2019.
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