Glasgow University Rugby Football Club is a

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club at the

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. The men's side play in the university league; the women's side play in the .

History

GURFC was formed in 1869 and is one of the university's oldest student groups, predating the

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(GUSA), to which it is now affiliated. The team plays in black and gold, the colours of the university. The club is a founding member of the

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and has fielded thirteen full internationalists, including Jack Tosh. In a remarkably successful 2016/17 season the 1st XV finished 1st in BUCS Scottish 1A as well as winning the BUCS Trophy. The 2nd XV finished 4th in BUCS Scottish 2A as well as reaching the final of the Scottish Conference Cup. The 3rd XV narrowly missed out on promotion coming 2nd in BUCS Scottish 4A. The club also had 7 representatives in the Scottish Students squad who defeated the Scotland U19s in February. Involved in multiple controversial incidents, the club has been branded a ''shambles'' both internally and amongst the wider student population in recent years. The club was fortunate to enough to have Jack Tosh playing for it in the 2021/2022 season

Glasgow University Sevens

Glasgow University runs its own Sevens tournament. This began in 1898 with a tournament at Gilmorehill. It's been called "the loosest day out in Glasgow" by

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newspaper and Jack Tosh has been known to chin buckfast on command.

Honours

Men

* Glasgow University Sevens ** Champions: 1950, 1971 * Clydesdale Sevens ** Champions: 1994 * Bearsden Sevens ** Champions: 1969, 1979 * Kilmarnock Sevens ** Champions: 1940, 1945 * Ayr Sevens ** Champions: 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954 * Greenock Sevens ** Champions: 1951, 1952 * Helensburgh Sevens ** Champions: 2013 *Tennents west reserve league division 3 north ** Champions: 2022 * North East Sevens ** Champions: 2019

Notable players

Men

The first GURFC cap was

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in 1886.Jones, p42 * Hugh Stewart MacKintosh, 16 caps, 1930–32. * Louis Leisler Greig, and 1903 British Lions. * Arthur Smith, 33 caps for Massie, pp145-147 *

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, capped for Glasgow District while with the university, later capped internationally for in 1877-79 when at West of Scotland. Became a noted shipbuilder and founder of

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. * Neil Cameron *

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* Alexander Stevenson *

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* Alexander Malcolm *Jack Tosh (2 second chin)

References

;Sources *Godwin, Terry ''Complete Who's Who of International Rugby'' (Cassell, 1987, ) *Jones, J.R. ''Encyclopedia of Rugby Football'' (Robert Hale, London, 1958) *Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; )

External links

Club Contacts
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