Dunfermline RFC

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Dunfermline
Full nameDunfermline Rugby Football Club
Union Scottish Rugby Union
Founded1893;130 years ago (1893)
Location Dunfermline, Scotland
Ground(s)McKane Park
PresidentScott Murphy
Captain(s)Matthew Wilson
League(s) Men:  Caledonia Division One
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
2019–20 Men:  Caledonia Division One, 3rd of 10
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
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Official website
dunfermlinerugby.co.uk

Dunfermline Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The men's team currently plays in National 4, the women's team currently plays in Scottish Womens Midlands & East One.

Contents

History

Established in 1893, home games are played at McKane Park. [1]

Their strip is royal blue and white. [1]

Honours

Men's

Notable players

Scotland internationalists

The following former Dunfermline players have represented Scotland at full international level.

  • Flag of Scotland.svg M. M. Henderson
  • Flag of Scotland.svg C. H. C. Brown

Notable non-Scottish players

The following is a list of notable non-Scottish international representative former Glasgow players:

Wales

North and Midlands

The following former Dunfermline players have represented North and Midlands at provincial level.

Glasgow Warriors

The following former Dunfermline players have represented Glasgow Warriors at professional level.

Edinburgh Rugby

Notable outside of rugby

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football, p34
  2. ↑ "Edinburgh Charity Sevens". 22 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lanarkshire Sevens". 10 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Glasgow HSFP Sevens". 9 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "St. Andrews University Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Crieff Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Hillfoots Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Alloa Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Glenrothes Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Midlands District Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Musselburgh Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  12. ↑ "Kirkcaldy Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  13. 1 2 McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN   0-09-173875-X)
  14. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  15. ↑ https://electricscotland.com/history/sport/rugby/bSCRFC1904-1980.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
Sources
  1. Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN   0-7137-1838-2)
  2. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN   0-7091-5394-5)
  3. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN   0-904919-84-6)


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