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Moffat Rugby Football Club (abbreviated as Moffat RFC) and known as The Rams are a
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side, currently playing in the . The team is based in
Moffat Moffat is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire. Part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland, it lies on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town. Moffat is arou ...
in south-west
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, and they play at Holm Park.


History

Founded in 1994, the club is named "The Rams" after the statue in the High Street which commemorates Moffat's connections with the wool trade. The ground is situated at The Holm, Selkirk Road and is wholly owned by the club. 1st XV senior training takes place on Tuesday and Thursdays at 7pm, at Holm Park. Cammy Little of the Rams won the Glasgow Warriors Community Hero of the 2021–22 season.


Honours

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West Division Four ** Champions: 2014-15 *Glasgow Warriors Community Hero of the Year 2021-22 ** Cammy Little


Notable former players

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Roy Laidlaw Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp145, 146 Rugby Union career Amateur career Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Divi ...
* Alex Dunbar


References

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