Dunfermline_RFC

Dunfermline RFC

Dunfermline RFC

Rugby team

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.

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History

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

Their strip is royal blue and white.[1]

Honours

Men's

  • Edinburgh Charity Sevens[2]
    • Champions (2): 1931, 1938
  • Lanarkshire Sevens[3]
    • Champions (2): 1969, 1974
  • Glasgow HSFP Sevens[4]
    • Champions (1): 1929
  • St. Andrews University Sevens[5]
    • Champions (1): 1970
  • Crieff Sevens[6]
    • Champions (1): 1994
  • Hillfoots Sevens[7]
    • Champions (1): 1979
  • Alloa Sevens[8]
    • Champions (1): 1938
  • Glenrothes Sevens[9]
    • Champions (3): 1986, 1987, 1988
  • Midlands District Sevens[10]
    • Champions (11): 1925, 1928, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1986
  • Musselburgh Sevens[11]
    • Champions (2): 1967, 1975
  • Kirkcaldy Sevens[12]
    • Champions (7): 1967, 1969, 1973, 1986, 1987, 1991, 2019

Notable players

Scotland internationalists

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

  • Scotland M. M. Henderson
  • Scotland 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

References

  1. [1]
    Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football, p34
  2. [2]
    "Edinburgh Charity Sevens". 22 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Lanarkshire Sevens". 10 June 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Glasgow HSFP Sevens". 9 June 2019.
  5. [5]
    "St. Andrews University Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Crieff Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Hillfoots Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Alloa Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Glenrothes Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Midlands District Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  11. [11]
    "Musselburgh Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Kirkcaldy Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  13. [13]
    McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
  14. [14]
    "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  15. [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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