Aberdeen GSFP RFC explained

Teamname:	Aberdeen Grammar
Fullname:	Aberdeen Grammar Rugby Football Club
Ground:	Rubislaw Playing Fields (Capacity: 5,000 (150 in stand))
Chairman:	Gordon Thomson
Captain:	Doug Russell
Coach:	Ali O'Connor
Url:	https://aberdeenrugby.org.uk/
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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 . The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end.

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

• 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)
• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987,)
• Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh;)

Notes and References

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