Moffat Rugby Football Club (abbreviated as Moffat RFC) and known as The Rams are a

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side, currently playing in the . The team is based in

Moffat Moffat ( gd, Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland. It lies on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town. ...

in south-west

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, and they play at

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History

Founded in 1994, the club is named "The Rams" after the statue in the High Street which commemorates Moffat's connections with the wool trade. The ground is situated at The Holm, Selkirk Road and is wholly owned by the club. 1st XV senior training takes place on Tuesday and Thursdays at 7pm, at Holm Park. Cammy Little of the Rams won the Glasgow Warriors Community Hero of the 2021–22 season.

Honours

Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league s ...

West Division Four 2014–15 Champions

Notable former players

Roy Laidlaw Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp145, 146 Rugby Union career Amateur career Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Divi ...

Alex Dunbar Alex Dunbar (born 23 April 1990) is a retired Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Centre. Rugby Union career Amateur career Born in Dumfries and a former pupil of Lockerbie Academy, Dunbar graduated in ...

References

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