Lismore RFC

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Lismore RFC
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Full nameLismore Rugby Football Club
Emblem(s) Boar's head
Founded1901
Ground(s)Inch Park Community Sports Club, Inch Park, Cameron Toll, Edinburgh
League(s) Men:  East Division 3
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
2019–20 Men:  East Division 3
 Women:  Scottish Womens Midlands & East One
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Lismore RFC is a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were founded in 1901. [1]

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The men's side play in the East Division 3, the women's side play in Scottish Womens Midlands & East One.

History

Lismore's foundation dates back to 1901, when the Royal High School FP club was based at Jock's Lodge in the east of Edinburgh. [1] Some of the players felt that they were being excluded from RHSFP's team, so started their own club, named after Lismore Crescent nearby. [1] The club moved around several times, locating to Duddingston, and ending up in their present location in a south side clubhouse, and playing near Cameron Toll.

Milne's Bar on Rose Street, was their clubhouse around the Second World War period. [1]

They started a women's side in 1994. [1]

Lismore Sevens

The club run the Lismore Sevens tournament, featuring a men's and women's competition. The men play for the Rattery Cup. [2]

Honours

Men

Women

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Official site: History Archived 12 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 26 February 2010
  2. 1 2 "Lismore Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Edinburgh Northern Sevens". 7 June 2019.
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