Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club based in
Aberdeen
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...
, Scotland. They currently compete in the . The club plays its home games at
Rubislaw in the city's west end.
Honours
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Scottish National League Division Two
**Champions (1): 1983-84
* Aberdeen University Sevens
**Champions: 1894
* Aberdeen Sevens
** Champions: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963
* Banff Sevens
** Champions: 1993, 1995
* Ellon Sevens
** Champions: 1981, 1996
* Garioch Sevens
** Champions: 1979
* Highland Sevens
** Champions: 1950, 1955, 1986, 1988, 1995
* Howe of Fife Sevens
** Champions: 1969
* Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens
** Champions: 1977, 1982, 1986
* Moray Sevens
** Champions: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1963, 1993, 1995
* Orkney Sevens
** Champions: 1999, 2000
Notable players
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Donny Innes
*
William Dallas "Dally" Allardice, 1947 to 1949 (8 caps)
*
E.T.S Michie, the first
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...
Lions player in the
1955 British Lions tour to South Africa and also in
Barbarian FC.
[Jones, p11][Godwin, p282]
*
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
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Dave Millard - Glasgow Warriors
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Matt Taylor - Edinburgh Rugby, Border Reivers. Current coach for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland
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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; )
References
External links
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Rugby clubs established in 1893
Sports clubs and teams in Aberdeen
Rugby union teams in Scotland
1893 establishments in Scotland
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