Clydesdale RFC was a nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century

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club, who were attached to

Clydesdale Cricket Club Clydesdale Cricket Club is a sporting club situated at Titwood on the periphery of Pollokshields in the south of Glasgow. History The club was founded in Kinning Park in 1848 by Archibald Campbell. It was formed by members of two previous cl ...

during the 1880s.

Formation

The rugby club was formed in 1889. For a short period before the First World War it was one of Scotland's most successful teams. By 1906 it could run 4 teams.

Honours

Scottish Unofficial Championship The Scottish Unofficial Championship was the top league of Scotland's best amateur rugby union clubs. The Championship was 'unofficial' as the Scottish Rugby Union held that the sport should remain amateur and at the time did not sanction competi ...

** Champions (1) : 1896 (shared with Jed-Forest and Watsonians) *

Hawick Sevens Hawick Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Hawick RFC, in Hawick, Scotland. The Hawick Sevens tournament started in 1886 and is the third extant oldest Sevens tournament in the world; behind Melrose Sevens (1883) and Gala Sevens (188 ...

** Champions (1): 1908 *

Melrose Sevens Melrose Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Melrose Rugby Club, at The Greenyards in Melrose, Scotland. It is the oldest rugby sevens competition in the world, dating back to 1883 when the tournament was suggested by former Melros ...

** Runners-Up (1): 1907 The Official History of the Melrose Sevens. Walter Allan. Mainstream Publishing. 1994

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

The following former Clydesdale players have represented

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at full international level.

Glasgow District players

The following former Clydesdale players have represented Glasgow District at provincial level.

References

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