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| Full name | Boroughmuir Rugby & Community Sports Club | |
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| Union | SRU | |
| Founded | 1919; 106 years ago (1919) | |
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Ground(s) | Meggetland (Capacity: 4,000) | |
| President | Stevie Douglas | |
| Coach(es) | Head Coach: Graham Shiel Backs: Davy Wilson Forwards: Alex Toolis | |
| League(s) | Super 6 | |
| 2021–22 | Super 6, 6th of 6 (5th in Playoff) | |
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| Official website | ||
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Boroughmuir RFC is arugby union club in theScottish Rugby Union. The club's home ground is Meggetland, in southwestEdinburgh and the club plays in theSuper 6, where they are known as theBoroughmuir Bears.[1]
Founded in 1919 and admitted to the SRU in 1939, it was originally restricted to former pupils ofBoroughmuir 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 theScottish 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.
| Boroughmuir Bears Super 6 squad | ||
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Props
Hookers
Locks
| Back row
Scrum halves
| Fly halves
Centres
Wings
Fullbacks
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| (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:
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| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TBP | LBP | PTS | |||||||
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| 1 | Heriot's Rugby | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 478 | 238 | +240 | 10 | 0 | 52 | ||||||
| 2 | Ayrshire Bulls(RU) | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 372 | 211 | +151 | 8 | 0 | 47 | ||||||
| 3 | Watsonians | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 265 | 231 | +34 | 2 | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| 4 | Stirling Wolves(CH) | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 422 | 286 | +136 | 3 | 2 | 33 | ||||||
| 5 | Southern Knights | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 282 | 369 | -87 | 2 | 1 | 27 | ||||||
| 6 | Boroughmuir Bears | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 252 | 389 | -137 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| 7 | Future XV | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 206 | 543 | -337 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Yellow background indicates qualification for the final. | |||||||||||||||||
The club run the Boroughmuir / Capital Sevens tournament.[2]
Famous players associated with Boroughmuir RFC:
