Heriot's Rugby Club

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Heriot's
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Union SRU
Founded1890;134 years ago (1890)
Location Edinburgh, Scotland
Ground(s) Goldenacre Sports Ground (Capacity: 3,000+ [1] )
PresidentGav Stevenson
Coach(es)Phil Smith
League(s) Men:  Super 6
 Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership
2021–22 Men:  Super 6, 5th of 6 (6th in Playoff)
 Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership, 5th of 6
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Official website
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Heriot's Rugby Club, formerly known as Heriot's FP, is one of Scotland's senior rugby football clubs in the Scottish Rugby Union, whose part-timeprofessional team, Heriot's Rugby play in FOSROC Super 6 with the Men's 1st XV playing in the Men's Scottish Premiership. The women play in Scottish Womens Premiership.

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The club's home is in the Goldenacre area in Edinburgh. [2] The rugby club, founded in 1890, was originally intended for former pupils of George Heriot's School, but is now an open club, welcoming rugby players of all levels. [2]

Player development starts with a highly successful Mini/Midi Section and moves onto the senior levels. The club has coaching staff that are very well respected in Scottish rugby. Heriot's Rugby club are the only Scottish club never to have been relegated from the first division.

The team had the surprising honour of having a player, Chris Fusaro, called for Scotland A for the IRB Nations Cup, in 2010. He was the only amateur player called and it was announced that he was joining Glasgow Warriors. [3]

Current men's squad

Heriot's Rugby Super Series squad

Props

  • Flag of Scotland.svg Struan Cessford
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Keen
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Euan McLaren
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Josh Scott
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Cairn Ramsay


Hookers

  • Flag of Scotland.svg Cammy Fenton
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Michael Liness
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Duncan Hood

Locks

  • Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Campbell
  • Flag of Poland.svg Ronan Seydak

Back row

  • Flag of Scotland.svg Ben Smith
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Ruairidh Leishman
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Charlie Jupp
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Wallace Nelson
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Callum Anderson
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Iain Wilson (c)

Scrum halves

  • Flag of Scotland.svg Euan McAra
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Fin Campbell
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Sinjin Broad
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Simmers

Fly halves

Centres

  • Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Hughes
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Matt Davidson


Wings

Fullbacks

  • Flag of Scotland.svg Dan King
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Liam Richman
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Scotland on residency or dual nationality.

Edinburgh Rugby drafted players:

Former Heriot's Players, signed for professional teams from Heriot's:

Table

2023–24 Super Series Table view · watch · edit · discuss
TeamPWDLPFPAPDTBPLBPPTS
1 Heriot's Rugby 121011478238+24010052
2 Ayrshire Bulls (RU)12903372211+1518047
3 Watsonians 12903265231+342040
4 Stirling Wolves (CH)12606422286+1363233
5 Southern Knights 12417282369-872127
6 Boroughmuir Bears 12309252389-1371017
7Future XV120012206543-337033

Yellow background indicates qualification for the final.
Green background indicates semi-finalists.

(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up.

Sevens tournament

The club ran an Under 20s Sevens tournament. The teams played for the Goldenacre Cup. [4]

Notable players

Honours

Men

Women

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bath, p89
  3. ↑ "Fusaro handed Scotland A chance". 18 May 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. 1 2 "Heriots Sevens". 26 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 Jones, p44
  6. ↑ "Edinburgh Northern Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Winners Women's Open
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