Livingston Rugby Football Club is a
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
Livingston,
West Lothian
West Lothian (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, bordering (in a clockwise direction) the City of Edinburgh council area, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk (council area), Falkirk. The modern counci ...
,
Scotland
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. The men's side currently compete in , the women's side currently compete in .
History
Established in 1968, as Livingston and District RFC, the team was founded through a local appeal for players by Jack Nixon, a native of
Langholm
Langholm , also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. Langholm lies between four hills in the valley of the River Esk in the Southern Uplands.
Location and geography
Langholm sits n ...
, who in the 1960s was the Youth Officer of the West Lothian County Council. Among his responsibilities was to assistance in setting up clubs and organisations for the newcomers to
Livingston. At the meeting, players from Bathgate RFC decided that amalgamating with the new Livingston side would allow them better opportunities for success and also give them a better chance of gaining a home ground, they had played previous games in
Airdrie.
The team play their home games at Almond Park, located in the south-east of the town at
Craigshill beside the
River Almond and close to
Mid Calder.
In 2013, Livingston reached the RBS National Shield final and played against Marr RFC at Murrayfield, the national stadium. They lost the match 30–15.
Livingston has an extensive youth section with teams ranging from Primary 1 all the way up to under-18 level.
In 2019, The development Livingston Ladies team reached the National Bowl Final and played against Greenock Wanderers at Murrayfield. They lost the match 72-12. Also in 2019 the ladies team application to compete in competitive fixtures got accepted and placed in the east region league.
Livingston Sevens
The club run the Livingston Sevens tournament.
New Town Sevens
This Sevens tournament was peripatetic around the new towns of Scotland:- East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Irvine. The town's rugby clubs of
East Kilbride RFC
East Kilbride RFC are a rugby union side who are based in East Kilbride.
History
Established in 1968, their home games are played at the Torrance House ground within Calderglen Country Park. The team currently compete in the .
EKRFC moved to ...
,
Glenrothes RFC
Glenrothes RFC or "The Glens" are a rugby union club based in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. Home matches are played at Carleton Park, Glenrothes.
History
Founded in 1965, the club recently celebrated their 50th anniversary.
Glenrothes currently ...
,
Cumbernauld RFC
Cumbernauld RFC is a Scottish Rugby Union team based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Home ground is at Auchenkilns Holdings on the south side of Condorrat
Condorrat is a former village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Like Luggieba ...
, Livingston RFC and
Irvine RFC would play in a Sevens tournament to become the New Town Sevens Champions and win the Scottish New Towns Cup.
Honours
Men's
* Livingston Sevens
** Champions (4): 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987
* New Towns Sevens
** Champions (2): 1977, 1981
* Penicuik Sevens
** Champions (1): 1988
*
Edinburgh Northern Sevens
Edinburgh Northern Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held by Edinburgh Northern, in the Inverleith district of Edinburgh, Scotland.
History
The first rugby sevens tournament took place in 1955 and it has been played in all subsequent ...
** Champions (4): 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998
* Edinburgh District Sevens
** Champions (1): 1978
* Grangemouth Cup
** Champions: 1978
Women
National Bowl finalist 2019
References
External links
Official site
Rugby union teams in Scotland
Livingston, West Lothian
Rugby union in West Lothian
Rugby clubs established in 1968
1968 establishments in Scotland
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