Panmure RFC is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

club based in

Broughty Ferry Broughty Ferry (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Bruach Tatha''; Scots: ''Brochtie'') is a suburb of Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 191 ...

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

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. They play in .

History

Panmure was founded in 1880 and joined the

Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league s ...

in 1884. The name Panmure was chosen as many of the club's original members stayed in Panmure Terrace, Dundee. The club began in Dundee but moved to Broughty Ferry in 1888, as tenants of Forfarshire Cricket Club.

Panmure Sevens

The club began the Panmure Sevens tournament in 1986. Teams play for the President's Trophy.

Honours

*Midlands Rugby Championship (1910–11),(1922–23) *North of Scotland Cup (1912–13, 1936–37, 1937-38*, 1938-39*) *National Division 5 Caledonia (2005–06). *RBS Caledonia 3 Midlands (2011–12) *BT Caledonia Regional Bowl Midlands (2017–18)

Notable former players

Scotland internationals

North of Scotland District

These players played for the combined

North of Scotland The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Act of 188 ...

side (which contained Midlands players).

North and Midlands District

These players played for the

North and Midlands North and Midlands - and now known as Caledonia - is a select provincial amateur rugby union team that draws its players mainly from north of Scotland, roughly corresponding from around Stirling northwards. Historically the North and Midlands te ...

side.

Midlands District

These players played for the Midlands District side.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panmure RFC Scottish rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1880 Broughty Ferry Rugby union in Dundee 1880 establishments in Scotland