Boroughmuir RFC explained

Teamname:Boroughmuir
Fullname:Boroughmuir Rugby & Community Sports Club
Capacity:4,000
President:Stevie Douglas
Coach:Head Coach: Graham Shiel
Backs: Davy Wilson
Forwards: Alex Toolis
Url:https://boroughmuirrugby.co.uk/
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Boroughmuir RFC is a rugby union club in the Scottish Rugby Union. The club's home ground is Meggetland, in southwest Edinburgh and the club plays in the, where they are known as the Boroughmuir Bears.[1]

Founded in 1919 and admitted to the SRU in 1939, it was originally restricted to former pupils of Boroughmuir High School. The badge is derived from Boroughmuir High School and they acquired it in 1913. Although it has lost that direct connection, the home ground and navy blue/emerald colours are unchanged.

The club won the Scottish unofficial club rugby championship in the 1954–55 and 1972–73 seasons. The club have the second longest number of seasons in the top division having only been relegated twice and on both occasions bouncing straight back up to the top division. The record is held by Heriots FP who have never been relegated. Boroughmuir became the first team to win the Scottish Cup "back to back" in 2001, and the first team to win it three times in 2015.

The club were awarded one of the semi pro Super Six franchises to commence season 2019/20.Former Scotland International Graham Shiel has been appointed head coach of the Super Six Squad

The club's ground (Meggetland) has recently undergone major development to turn it into one of the premier facilities in Scottish rugby. A new stand and clubhouse were built, along with new pitches for the 2nd and 3rd XV, an international standard all-weather hockey pitch and five-a-side football pitches.

Current squad

Boroughmuir Bears Super 6 squad
Props
  • George Cave
  • Ross Dunbar
  • Marcus Goodwin
  • Chris Anderson
  • Martin McGinley
  • Callum Smith
  • Dan Winning

Hookers

  • Jerry Blyth-Lafferty
  • Craig McKenzie
  • Finlay Scott
  • Corey Tait
  • Zak Griffiths

Locks

Back row
  • Trystan Andrews
  • Gregor Brown
  • Tom Drennan
  • Rory Drummond
  • Mzwandile McCube
  • Craig Keddie
  • Josh King
  • Scott McGinley
  • Rhys Tait
  • Euan Muirhead

Scrum halves

Fly halves
  • Jack Bergin
  • Martin Cimprich
  • Tom Pitman

Centres

  • Greg Cannie
  • Mike Gray
  • Ronan Kerr
  • Robbie McCallum
  • Duncan Munn
  • Scott Robeson

Wings

  • Jordan Edmunds
  • Joe Jenkins
  • Callum Ramm

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Scotland on residency or dual nationality.

Glasgow Warriors players drafted:

Sevens

The club run the Boroughmuir / Capital Sevens tournament.[2]

Honours

Notable players

Famous players associated with Boroughmuir RFC:

References

Sources
  1. Massie, Allan: A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh;)
  2. Ian Nicholson '75 Years : A History Of Boroughmuir Rugby Club'
  3. Colin Renton edinburghnews.Scotsman.com/rugby/Boroughmuir-Rugby-Club-face-oldest-foes.5804593.jp 9Nov2009
  4. Jamie Scott
  5. Craig Dawson

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boroughmuir Bears - news from Scotland's Super6 league. The Offside Line.
  2. Web site: Boroughmuir / Capital Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  3. 1127269840153141254. KingsOf7s. Selkirk 7s Result: Final: Boroughmuir.... 11 May 2019.
  4. Web site: North Berwick Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Edinburgh Charity Sevens. 22 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Portobello Sevens. 10 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Caithness Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Forrester Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  9. Web site: Alloa Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Lismore Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  11. Web site: Penicuik Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  12. Web site: Holy Cross Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  13. Web site: Haddington Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  14. Web site: Glasgow Academicals Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  15. Web site: Kilmarnock Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  16. Web site: Musselburgh Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  17. Web site: Kirkcaldy Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  18. Web site: Howe of Fife Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  19. Web site: Stirling Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  20. Web site: Currie Sevens. 7 June 2019.
  21. Web site: Edinburgh Northern Sevens. 7 June 2019.

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