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Heriot's Rugby Club
Heriot's Rugby Club, also known as Heriot's FP, is one of Scotland's senior rugby football clubs in the Scottish Rugby Union, whose Men's 1st XV play in the FOSROC . The women play in The club's home is in the Goldenacre area in Edinburgh.Bath, p89 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. 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. Current men's squad Edinburgh Rugby players drafted: * Jack Blain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Rugby Union
The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league system, known as the Scottish League Championship, and the Scottish National teams. The SRU is headed by the President ( Ian Barr) and Chairman (Colin Grassie), with Mark Dodson acting as the Chief Executive Officer. Dee Bradbury became the first female president of a Tier 1 rugby nation upon her appointment on 4 August 2018. History 1873–1920s The Scottish Football Union was founded on Monday 3 March 1873 at a meeting held at Glasgow Academy, Elmbank Street, Glasgow. Eight clubs were represented at the foundation, Glasgow Academicals; Edinburgh Academical Football Club; West of Scotland F.C.; University of St Andrews Rugby Football Club; Royal High School FP; Merchistonians; Edinburgh University RFC; and Glasgow University. Five of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Pecqueur
Sam Pecqueur (born 26 August 1994) is a Scotland 7s international rugby union player. He plays for Edinburgh in the United Rugby Championship and Heriots in the Super 6. Pecqueur's primary position is wing. Rugby Union career Professional career Pecqueur signed for Edinburgh in the summer of 2019. He signed for Southern Knights in 2021. He switched to play for Heriots in 2022. International career Pecqueur played his first match for the Scotland national rugby sevens team The Scotland national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. The head coach is Ciaran Beattie, supported by manager Sean Lamont and skills coach Graham Shiel. During 2006, ... in the 2017 South Africa Sevens tournament. References 1994 births Living people Rugby union players from Edinburgh Edinburgh Rugby players Rugby union wings Melrose RFC players Heriot's RC players Scotland international rugby sevens play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Milne (rugby Union)
Kenny Milne (born 1 December 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player who was capped 39 times. He was also a British & Irish Lion, touring in 1993.Bath, p149 Rugby Union career Amateur career Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, he played hooker; and went on to play for Heriots. Milne recalls: The game that saw Heriot’s fight off relegation and retain its First Division status in 1993, after an improbable victory against champions Melrose, probably ranks higher in terms of my most memorable matches than any game I played for Scotland or the Lions. Provincial career He was capped by Edinburgh District. He was part of the team that won the 1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship. Milne recalled how his rugby playing brothers helped each other in these inter-district matches: On the rugby field, Edinburgh vs Glasgow when George Graham was vying for honours at the same time as David, Iain absolutely destroyed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Smith (Scottish Rugby Player Born 1903)
Ian Scott Smith (31 October 1903 – 18 September 1972) was a rugby union wing who played 32 Tests for Scotland and two Tests for the British Isles. Born in Melbourne, Australia, and brought up in New Zealand, Smith moved to England and was educated at Winchester College, before studying at Oxford University and later Edinburgh University. At Oxford he took up rugby and was eventually selected for Scotland, for whom he was eligible because of his Scottish parents. He toured with the British Isles (now known as the British and Irish Lions) to South Africa in 1924, and played all four matches in Scotland's first ever Five Nations Grand Slam in 1925. He represented Scotland until 1933 when he captained them in their Triple Crown winning season. His 24 international tries, all scored in the Five Nations or Home Nations, was an international record until 1987 and a record for the Five/Six Nations until 2011. This record stood for 88 years until 2021, when it was broken by Stuart Hogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Blaikie
Colin Blaikie (born 21 November 1941) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Heriot's. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District. He was part of the Edinburgh side that won the 1962–63 Scottish Inter-District Championship, scoring in every match - and part of the Edinburgh side that beat Canada that same season. He played for the Whites Trial side in their matches against the Blues Trial to determine international selection. He turned out for Whites in their 2nd trial match in 1962-63 season. He played for the Cities District in 1966 in their match against Australia. Australia won 18–11. He played for the combined Scottish Districts side in their match against New Zealand in 1967. The combined side lost 35–14, although at one point Blaikie's conversion had the Scottish Districts side winning 11–10. International career He played for Scotland from 1963 to 1969. After his first two caps in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Thomson (rugby Union)
Ian Thomson (13 April 1930 – 22 November 2014) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer, who played as a Full Back. Rugby career Amateur career Thomson played for Heriot's. He also played rugby for the Army. Provincial career Thomson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1950-51 season's Inter-City match and the 1951-52 season's Inter-City match. Edinburgh District lost both matches. International career He was capped for 7 times between 1951 and 1953, all 7 caps in Five Nations matches. He made his international debut against Wales playing in front of a then record crowd of 80 000 at Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a Rugby stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a seating capacity of 67,144 making it the largest sta .... He battled for the Scotland fullback shirt with Glasgow University's Neil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Gray
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John Craig (rugby Union)
John Craig (7 December 1918 – 21 July 1976) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Heriot's. Provincial career He was capped for Edinburgh District. International career He was capped once for Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... References 1918 births 1976 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Heriot's RC players Edinburgh District (rugby union) players Sportspeople from Kolkata Rugby union wings {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Kerr
James Mitchell Kerr (12 May 1910 – 3 January 1998) was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player.Bath 2007, p105 Career Kerr was capped for between 1935 and 1937. He also played for Heriot's RFC Heriot's Rugby Club, also known as Heriot's FP, is one of Scotland's senior rugby football clubs in the Scottish Rugby Union, whose Men's 1st XV play in the FOSROC . The women play in The club's home is in the Goldenacre area in Edinburgh.Bat ....Bath 1997, p89 See also * List of Scottish cricket and rugby union players References * * * 1910 births 1998 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Heriot's RC players Rugby union players from Edinburgh Rugby union fullbacks {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Drysdale
Daniel Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland international rugby union player. He was 65th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Rugby union career Amateur career Born in Kippen, Stirlingshire Drysdale, went to George Heriots and also played for Heriot's FP, and London Scottish F.C., London Scottish. He went to Edinburgh University and the University of Oxford, where he played for the teams Edinburgh University RFC and Oxford University RFC. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District (rugby union), Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match. International career Drysdale played for and the British and Irish Lions, Lions.Bath, p118Godwin, p127 He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa. He also played for the Barbarian F.C., Barbarians. Administrative career He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951-2.Godwin, p. 128 Outside of rugby union He was a timber merchant. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Scotland
Kenneth James Forbes Scotland (29 August 1936 – 7 January 2023) was a Scotland international rugby union player and a Scotland international cricket player. He played at full-back in rugby union.Bath, p157 Rugby Union career Amateur career Scotland played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers, London Scottish FC, Heriot's FP, Aberdeenshire, and Ballymena. According to his autobiography he played for 34 different teams. After his first international season he ran into trouble, when he had a trial for Cambridge University, and it is claimed he lost his form all that autumn, and was only third choice for the university. An injury to Robin Chisholm brought him back onto the Scotland team, and played for another five seasons without discussion. Gordon Waddell was one of his more famous teammates at Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge, Scotland's career took him to work in Tamworth, he joined Leicester Tigers, making his debut against Bath in September 1961. In his first se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Irvine (rugby Player)
Andrew Robertson Irvine (born 16 September 1951) is a former president of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and a former Scottish international rugby player.Bath, p141 He earned fifty one Scotland caps, captaining the team on fifteen occasions, and scored 250 points for .Massie, p142 He went on three British Lions tours. Background Irvine was born in Edinburgh, on 16 September 1951. He was educated at James Gillespie's Primary School and George Heriot's School. From there he went on to Edinburgh University where he graduated in Geography. Rugby Union career Amateur career Irvine originally played for Heriot's Rugby Club. Provincial career Irvine represented Edinburgh District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. International career As fullback for , Irvine won 51 caps, between 1972–82 and scored ten tries. His first cap was against the All Blacks in December 1972. His last international appearance was against on 10 July 1982. Irvine earned British Lions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
