Dunbar RFC is an amateur

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club based in

Dunbar Dunbar () is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecc ...

East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ...

. Founded in 1923 they play their homes games at Hallhill Healthy Living Centre, where they moved to in 2001 along with the local football team

Dunbar United F.C. Dunbar United Football Club is a Scottish football club from the town of Dunbar, East Lothian. The club operates on a semi-professional basis, playing in the . Dunbar United's home strip is black and white stripes their away colours are blue a ...

and the local hockey, running and squash clubs. They currently compete in the East Regional League Division Two.

History

The club was founded by a group of like-minded gentleman commuters on the Dunbar-to-Edinburgh train. They set up a meeting on 16 November 1923 to formally announce the formation of the club, the first President (Dr. McLagan) and Captain (J.C. McCubbin).

Famous players

Grahame Budge Grahame Morris Budge (7 November 1920 - 14 November 1979) was a Scotland rugby player. He played four times for Scotland and once for the British Isles against New Zealand. Career He played for various clubs, which included Dunbar RFC, where ...

– Scotland & British Lions 1950 - the first tour played in what became the famous red jersey * Derek White – Dunbar, Haddington, Gala, Scotland, British Lions

External links

* https://dunbarrugbyclub.com/ Rugby union teams in Scotland Rugby union in East Lothian Dunbar {{Scotland-rugbyunion-team-stub