Hillhead Jordanhill Rugby Football Club (HJRFC) is a Scottish

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club based in

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. HJRFC has roots going as far back as 1904 with the formation of the Hillhead Sports Club, however, the rugby club as we know it today was founded in 1988 with a Women's section added in 1995, they have played at their current home ground,

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in the West End of

since then. Despite their name, the club is not located in either

Hillhead Hillhead ( sco, Hullheid, gd, Ceann a' Chnuic) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Kelvingrove Park and to the south of the River Kelvin, Hillhead is at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming th ...

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, although the pre-merger clubs did have historical links with these areas. Hughenden is located in

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beside Great Western Road.

Men's Rugby

* Men's 1st XV play in

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* Men's 2nd XV play in West Reserve League Division 1 * Men's 3rd XV play in West Reserve League Division 3 (North)

Women's Rugby

* Women's 1st XV

1st XV Captains & Co-Captains

Men's 1st XV Captain: CONOR FERGUSON
Women's 1st XV Captain: Louise McMillan

History

The club was formed by the merger of Jordanhill Rugby Football Club (the rugby club of

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) and Hillhead Rugby Football Club in 1988. Jordanhill Rugby Football Club was founded as a club for the students and former students of

, Glasgow in 1921. Hillhead Rugby Football Club has its roots in Hillhead Sports Club, founded in 1902 as a private club for former pupils of

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, Glasgow, catering for various sports including football, cricket, hockey and athletics. A rugby team, Hillhead High School Former Pupils RFC (later

Hillhead RFC Hillhead Rugby Football Club is a former rugby union football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1904 as a club for former pupils of Hillhead High School, it lasted until 1988 when it merged with Jordanhill RFC to form Hillhead Jordanhi ...

), was formed in 1904. Initially the club used the Scotstoun Showgrounds before seeking to find a permanent home after the First World War, purchasing land at Hughenden in 1922. The club's new home, with its pavilion designed by W. Hunter McNab, was officially opened on 24 May 1924. Since then Hughenden has hosted a variety of sports including hockey, cricket and tennis, although it has been most closely associated with rugby. The first major sports tournament held at the club was the West of Scotland Tennis Championship in 1925. Due to the growing popularity of the rugby team, a grandstand was built alongside the pitch in 1934, designed by local consulting engineers FA MacDonald. The stand was built of reinforced concrete with a cantilevered roof, unusual for the time. It was first used in September 1934, for a match between Hillhead and

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. In 1969, the clause restricting entry to the club to former students of Hillhead High School is removed to allow better recruitment and the club formerly becomes Hillhead RFC. The ground had an upgrade of their floodlights in 1977. The culmination of season 2009–10 saw the club win the Scottish Premiership Division Three championship. The following season the club consolidated their position back in Scottish Premiership Division Two with a new coaching team made up of Grant Sweenie and Colin Dickson as joint head coaches. The 2nd XV under Gareth Morris and Stuart Torbet had a strong season ending with promotion to the top reserve league. Season 2011–12 saw a change to the coaching team with Grant Sweenie stepping down due to work commitments and another former Hills player, Derek Busby, taking over as head coach assisted by Colin Dickson. The 2nd XV also saw a change in coaching personnel with Gareth Morris stepping down due to work commitments with the new coaching team comprising club stalwarts Stuart Torbet and Murray Bell.

Hughenden

Hughenden is a multi-sports venue in the

area of

, Scotland. It has been the home since 1924 of Hillhead Sports Club, a private members' club catering for

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and

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. Hughenden is the home ground of Hillhead Jordanhill RFC. It was used as the home ground of the professional

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rugby team from 1996 to 2007. Prior to the demolition of the grandstand, the main rugby ground had a capacity of 6,000.

Hillhead Jordanhill Sevens

The club run the Hillhead Jordanhill Sevens tournament.

Club Honours

Women

*2009-10: Sarah Beaney Cup *2012–13: BT Women's Premier League & Sarah Beaney Cup *2013–14: BT Women's Premier League *2016–17: Sarah Beaney Cup *2017–18: BT Women's Premier League & Sarah Beaney Cup

Men

*2019-20:

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*2009–10:

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** Champions (1): 1999 * Bearsden Sevens ** Champions: 1989, 1991 * Ross Sutherland Sevens ** Champions: 1993 * Allan Glen's Sevens ** Champions: 1989, 1990 * Kilmarnock Sevens ** Champions: 2006

Notable HJRFC Players & Coaches

Former coaches

* Aaron Collins *

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Coach, 1971–77 *

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Coach 1995–98,

Head Coach 1999-2002 *

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Head Coach 2003-06

Men's Internationalists

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* Allan Cameron * W.C.W. Murdoch *

Iain Ross Iain Ross (born 15 December 1928) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Ross played as a scrum half. Rugby career Amateur career Ross played for Hillhead HSFP. Provincial career Ross played for Glasgow District in the ...

* I.A.A. MacGregor * Dougie Hall * Gordon Simpson *

Ron Glasgow Ronnie Glasgow OBE was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p140 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Dunfermline, and Gordonians, as well as Jordanhill and Haddington. Allan Massie stated: :''"It was his misfort ...

Ian McLauchlan John McLauchlan (born 14 April 1942), known as Ian McLauchlan, is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p147 Nicknamed Mighty Mouse, he represented Scotland at loosehead prop from 1969 to 1979.Massie, p168 Rugby union care ...

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* Tonci Buzov * Nico Nyemba * Jason Adamson

Men's U20s Internationalists

* Blair MacKenzie * Cameron McCulloch

Glasgow Warriors

* Dougie Hall (1999-2002 and 2007–2013) *

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* Gordon Simpson

Edinburgh Rugby

* Dougie Hall (2007 - 2011)

Glasgow Men's District Players

* R.C. Graham * I.E. Dawson * I. Wilkie * A.S. Nicolson * J.D. Niven * Allan Cameron * K.C. Gordon * I.A.A. MacGregor * T.E.S. Ferguson * J.A. Ferguson * G.M. Guthrie * David Jackson * J.H. Roxburgh * J. MacLauchlan * I. MacLauchlan * I. Cosgrove *

* C.S. Bisset * P. Gallacher * D.L. Turner * W.J. Laurie * J. Buchanan * A.D. Armstrong *

* B.A. Rankin * J. Henderson * J. Douglas

Women's Internationalists

* Susie Brown * Heather Lockhart * Jemma Forsyth *

Louise McMillan Louise Iona Matheson McMillan (born 27 July 1997) is a Scottish rugby player from Glasgow. She plays for and has frequently represented them in major championships since 2016, including the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. Club career ...

* Abi Evans *

Jade Konkel Jade Elizabeth Konkel is a professional rugby union player who plays her club rugby with Harlequins Women in the Allianz Premier 15s. She is a Number 8 and has represented the Scottish national team since 2013. Club career After moving to G ...

* Megan Gaffney * Lindsey Smith * Lana Skeldon * Siobhan McMillan * Hannah Smith * Sarah Smith * Mairi McDonald

Women's 7s Internationalists

* Hannah Smith * Abi Evans * Megan Gaffney *

* Mairi McDonald * Kirsty McConnell (extended squad uncapped)

Women's U20s Internationalists

* Siobhan McMillan * Abi Evans *

* Mairi McDonald * Kirsty Reid

References

External links

Official site
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