Aberdeen GSFP RFC

Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur rugby union club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They currently compete in the Scottish National League Division One. The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end.

Aberdeen Grammar

Full name	Aberdeen Grammar Rugby Football Club
Union	SRU
Founded	1893; 131 years ago (1893)
Location	Aberdeen, Scotland
Ground(s)	Rubislaw Playing Fields (Capacity: 5,000 (150 in stand))
Chairman	Iain Macadie
Coach(es)	Justin Taljaard
Captain(s)	Jack Burnett
League(s)	Scottish National League Division One
2021–22	Scottish Premiership, 10th of 10 (relegated)
Team kit
Official website
aberdeenrugby.org.uk

Honours

• Scottish National League Division Two
  • Champions (1): 1983-84
• Aberdeen University Sevens
  • Champions: 1894^[1]
• Aberdeen Sevens^[2]
  • Champions: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963
• Banff Sevens^[3]
  • Champions: 1993, 1995
• Ellon Sevens^[4]
  • Champions: 1981, 1996
• Garioch Sevens^[5]
  • Champions: 1979
• Highland Sevens^[6]
  • Champions: 1950, 1955, 1986, 1988, 1995
• Howe of Fife Sevens^[7]
  • Champions: 1969
• Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens^[8]
  • Champions: 1977, 1982, 1986
• Moray Sevens^[9]
  • Champions: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1963, 1993, 1995
• Orkney Sevens^[10]
  • Champions: 1999, 2000

Notable players

Scotland

• Donny Innes
• William Dallas "Dally" Allardice, 1947 to 1949 (8 caps)
• E.T.S Michie, the first University of Aberdeen Lions player in the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa and also in Barbarian FC.^[11][12]
• Robbie Russell (27 caps)
• Andrew Wilson (2 caps)
• Johnnie Beattie
• Moray Low, 2008 to 2013

A number of former players have also gone on to play professional rugby including:

• Stuart Corsar - Glasgow Warriors, Rotherham Titans, Doncaster Knights
• Sean Crombie - Edinburgh Rugby
• Dave Millard - Glasgow Warriors
• Matt Taylor - Edinburgh Rugby, Border Reivers. Current coach for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland
• Ben Prescott - Glasgow Warriors, Rotherham Titans, Nottingham, Leinster, Northampton Saints, Cornish Pirates

Bibliography

• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
• Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

References

1. "Aberdeen University Sevens". 13 July 2019.
2. "Aberdeen Sevens". 28 June 2019.
3. "Banff Sevens". 29 June 2019.
4. "Ellon Sevens". 10 June 2019.
5. "Garioch Sevens". 7 June 2019.
6. "Highland Sevens". 10 June 2019.
7. "Howe of Fife Sevens". 7 June 2019.
8. "Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens". 10 June 2019.
9. "Moray Sevens". 7 June 2019.
10. "Orkney Sevens". 8 June 2019.
11. Jones, p11
12. Godwin, p282

External links

• Official website