Hawick Trades

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Hawick Trades
Full nameHawick Trades Rugby Football Club
Union Scottish Rugby Union
Founded1946
Disbanded2004
Location Hawick, Scotland
Ground(s)Volunteer Park

Hawick Trades is a former rugby union club based in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders. They played in the Border League until 2004.

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History

The club began in 1946. It was founded after the Second War by Hawick apprentices; based on a Combined Trades team that came together during the Second World War. [1]

Association with Glynneath

From 1956, Hawick Trades have had a close association with the Welsh club Glynneath RFC. Since that date the clubs have played each other, one year at home; the next away. [2]

Disbanding of the club

At the start of the 2004–05 season the Border League announced that Hawick Trades would be withdrawn from the league as their lack of players meant that their fixtures would be unfulfilled. [3]

Since the club's demise, Hawick Trades now acts as a social club for former players. [4]

Notable former players

British and Irish Lions

Scotland internationalists

Club Honours

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