Aberdeen GSFP RFC

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Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur rugby union club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They currently compete in the Scottish National League Division One. The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end.

Aberdeen Grammar
Full nameAberdeen Grammar Rugby Football Club
UnionSRU
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
LocationAberdeen, Scotland
Ground(s)Rubislaw Playing Fields (Capacity: 5,000 (150 in stand))
ChairmanGordon Thomson
Coach(es)Ali O'Connor
Captain(s)Doug Russell
League(s)Scottish National League Division One
2021–22Scottish Premiership, 10th of 10 (relegated)
Team kit
Official website
aberdeenrugby.org.uk

Honours edit

  • Scottish National League Division Two
    • Champions (1): 1983-84
  • Aberdeen University Sevens
    • Champions: 1894[1]
  • Aberdeen Sevens[2]
    • Champions: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963
  • Banff Sevens[3]
    • Champions: 1993, 1995
  • Ellon Sevens[4]
    • Champions: 1981, 1996
  • Garioch Sevens[5]
    • Champions: 1979
  • Highland Sevens[6]
    • Champions: 1950, 1955, 1986, 1988, 1995
  • Howe of Fife Sevens[7]
    • Champions: 1969
  • Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens[8]
    • Champions: 1977, 1982, 1986
  • Moray Sevens[9]
    • Champions: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1963, 1993, 1995
  • Orkney Sevens[10]
    • Champions: 1999, 2000

Notable players edit

  Scotland

A number of former players have also gone on to play professional rugby including:

  • Stuart Corsar - Glasgow Warriors, Rotherham Titans, Doncaster Knights
  • Sean Crombie - Edinburgh Rugby
  • Dave Millard - Glasgow Warriors
  • Matt Taylor - Edinburgh Rugby, Border Reivers. Current coach for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland
  • Ben Prescott - Glasgow Warriors, Rotherham Titans, Nottingham, Leinster, Northampton Saints, Cornish Pirates

Bibliography edit

  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  • Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
  • Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

References edit

  1. ^ "Aberdeen University Sevens". 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Aberdeen Sevens". 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Banff Sevens". 29 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Ellon Sevens". 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Garioch Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Highland Sevens". 10 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Howe of Fife Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens". 10 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Moray Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Orkney Sevens". 8 June 2019.
  11. ^ Jones, p11
  12. ^ Godwin, p282

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