Ellon Rugby Football Club are a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

side based in

Ellon Ellon may refer to: *Ellon, Aberdeenshire Ellon ( gd, Eilean) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan, which has one of the few undeveloped river estuaries on the eastern coast of Scotla ...

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...

History

The team was established in 1977 and play their home games at The Meadows. The club itself has a well established youth section with players ranging from 5 to 18 years regularly playing rugby. The club has recently rebranded itself as Ellon Rugby.

Seasons

For the 2018/19 season, Ellon will compete in BT Caledonian Div 1. Youth sides will compete in the rebranded Lancer Conference. Ellon Golden Oldies side are the 2017 hosts for the 9th Scottish Golden Oldies Festival to be held on 6 May. They won the BT Bowl in 2002 and reached the final of the BT Shield in 2006.

2012/13 season

Competitions: RBS Caledonia Division 1 & RBS Shield
Played 22, won 10, lost 12 Ellon lost the final of the RBS Caledonia Shield to Aberdeenshire. RBS Caledonia League Division 1

2013/14 season

Competitions: RBS Caledonia Division 1 & RBS Shield
Played 19, won 5, lost 13, Drawn 1
Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the RBS Shield by Dunfermline. RBS Caledonia League Division 1

2014/15 season

Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 1 & BT Shield
Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the BT Shield by Glenrothes.

2015/16 season

Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Shield
Played 17, won 4, lost 13
Pretty much a season to start rebuilding the squad with a number of departures after getting relegated from Div 1. More further away travel required than the 1XV had previously been used to with travel to Shetland and Stornoway.
Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the BT Shield by Dunfermline. BT Caledonia League Division 2 North (North)

2016/17 season

Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Bowl
Played 16, won 9, lost 6
With 12 teams entered into Caledonia Div 2 North, it was decided to split then into two leagues, East and West. Once each league played each other home and away, the top 3 of each will play each other for promotion and the bottom 3 of each will play each other for relegation. Any points earned from the other two from the original league were carried over. Ellon played in the East league the first half of the season.
Ellon eventually withdraw from the BT Bowl in the second round. BT Caledonia League Division 2 North (East)
BT Caledonia League Division 2 North (Bottom)

2017/18 season

Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Bowl Played 23, won 17, lost 6 Although eventually finishing 2nd in the league, ended up gaining promotion after no team were relegated from National 3 and the 2nd placed team in Caledonia Div 2 (Midlands) declined a playoff.
Ellon were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Caledonia Bowl against Aberdeen University. ''RAF Lossiemouth withdrew from league due to operational reasons.''
''Aberdeen Uni Medics removed from league for failing to fulfil fixtures.''

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

The following former Ellon players have represented

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 ...

at full international level.

Glasgow Warriors players

The following former Ellon players have represented

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

at professional level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellon Rfc Rugby union teams in Scotland