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Watsonian FC Ladies is a women's
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team based in Edinburgh and part of the
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. The club is part of
Watsonians RFC Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, ...
and plays at the club's home ground of Myreside Road, Edinburgh.


Squads

Watsonians have one ladies team who play in the Ladies Tennents Premiership. In season 2018/19 they have also begun a girls section from u12 - u18 level. Formed in 2001 by a number of players from different clubs around the city, the team played in Premier league for most of their existence and also in National 1- last winning that competition in the 2016/17 season. Following promotion to the Premiership again in 2017/18 Watsonians ladies have established themselves again at that level and in season 2017/18 were runners up in the Sarah Beaney Cup. Coaches - Freddie Main, Scott Nightingale, Duncan Wilson


Previous Seasons

2018/19 - Dave Flynn, Scott Nightingale 2017/18 - Tristan Gray, Scott Nightingale, Dave Flynn 2016/17 - Tristan Gray, Scott Nightingale, Euan Lyster 2015/16 - Tristan Gray 2014/15 - Baz Lawson and Freddie Main


History - Last 5 Years

Season 2012/13 - 5th in Premier League Season 2013/14 - 6th in Premier League Season 2014/15 - 6th in National League 1 Bowl Winners Season 2015/16 - 6th in National League 1 Plate Winners Season 2016/17 - 1st in National League 1 Cup Quarter Finalists Season 2017/18 - 5th in Premier League (1st In Prem B split) Cup Finalists


List of Watsonian Ladies Scotland Caps

Lana Skeldon - Nicola Nightingale - Emma Evans - Karen Dunbar - Alex Pratt-- MP Tierney - Jilly McCord - Sarah Mee - Keri Holdsworth - Kath Vass


Scotland 7s Internationalist Section

Bryony Nelson


Honours

* Mull Sevens ** Champions: 2019


See also

*
Rugby union in Scotland Rugby union in Scotland is a popular team sport. Scotland's national side today competes in the annual Six Nations Championship and the Rugby World Cup. The first ever international rugby match was played on 27 March 1871, at Raeburn Place in Edi ...
* Scottish National League * The Scottish 2nd XV League *
Scottish Women's Rugby The Women's domestic rugby union leagues in Scotland are organised in a similar vein to the men's domestic leagues: on a national basis for the top leagues and regional leagues below feeding into those leagues. The top two Women's national leagues ...


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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watsonians Rfc Rugby union teams in Scotland Rugby union in Edinburgh Sports clubs and teams in Edinburgh