Royal High Corstorphine RFC is a former

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club, formed from the merger of the

Royal HSFP Royal High School Former Pupils was a former Edinburgh rugby union club; but the club was re-formed as Barnton RFC and is now known as Royal High RFC. Royal HSFP was a founder member of the Scottish Rugby Union, the second oldest national gove ...

and Corstorphine RFC. The merged club was dissolved in 2017 as two clubs:- Corstorphine Cougars and

History

Royal High Corstorphine was formed in 2003 from the merger of two Edinburgh

sides:-

and Corstorphine RFC. RHC was originally planned as a bilateral club based both in

's Barnton ground and Corstorphine RFC's Union Park. The club had a very successful women's side that produced several Scotland international players.

Dissolve of club

As time passed more and more matches were being played in Barnton; eventually the 1st XV playing in Barnton and the 2nd XV played in Union Park. This highlighted differences between the two factions on how a club should be run and the merged club was dissolved into two clubs.

Honours

Men

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** Champions : (1) 2004

Notable players

Mens

* Andrew Crammond - played for Edinburgh at under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels, and for Scotland under-18. He made his Scotland under-20 debut in Athlone in January 2014, against Ireland in the 6 Nations and scored his first try, against France, at Netherdale on 7 March 2014. Represented Scotland at the U20 World Championships in New Zealand in 2013. He currently plays for Toulon.

Scotland Women Internationals

* Lee Cockburn * Sonia Cull * Louise Dalgliesh * Cara DiSilva * Sarah Dixon * Ronnie Fitzpatrick * Tanya Griffith * Donna Kennedy * Alison MacDonald *

Jilly McCord Gillian McCord is a Scottish former rugby union player who played lock for Royal High Corstorphine RFC and Watsonians Ladies Rugby at a club level, and the Scotland women's national rugby union team. She made her debut as Scottish Captain against ...

* Mags McHardy * Louise Moffat * Lynne Reid * Gayle Stewart

The Brothers

From 2010 the 2nd XV have been branded as The Brothers named Marc Maiden. Under the new team name The Brothers started the 2010–11 season winning 9 out of 9 games The 2nd XV continued as a successful outfit with the management team of Mike "Iron" Whitside and Dougie Cross.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Royal High Corstorphine Rfc Defunct rugby union clubs in Scotland Rugby union in Edinburgh Sports clubs and teams in Edinburgh Rugby union clubs disestablished in 2017 Rugby clubs established in 2003 2003 establishments in Scotland 2017 disestablishments in Scotland