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| Full name | Dundee High School Former Pupils Rugby Football Club | ||
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| Union | SRU | ||
| Founded | 1880 | ||
| Disbanded | 2021; 4 years ago (2021) | ||
| Location | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Ground(s) | Mayfield Playing Fields | ||
| President | Derek Black | ||
| Coach(es) | Alan Brown | ||
| Captain(s) | Sean Gauld | ||
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Dundee HSFP is a formerrugby union team that played their home games at theMayfield Playing Fields,Dundee, Scotland. The club disbanded in 2021.[1]
The team was founded in 1880 by former pupils of theHigh School of Dundee. The men's side played inScottish National League Division One; the women's side, known as the Dundee Valkyries, played in theScottish Womens Midlands & East One until 2021 when the club boughtMorgan Rugby Club to form "Dundee Rugby Club".
No doubt inspired by Abertay'sLouis Auldjo, Dundee's first international rugby player, who had representedScotland againstEngland atthe Oval in1878, Dundee High School Former Pupils' Rugby Football Club was formed in 1880 by a group of schoolfriends and rugby aficionados, David Hynd, David Hutchison and Tom Ferguson, the principals of the affectionately monikered "Maryfield Gang" after the scrap of wasteland on which they would play after school. With no sport on the school curriculum in the 19th century, the boys passionately followed local teams Abertay and Red Cross and upon leaving school met in The Victoria coffee house on 23 November 1880 and decided to form their own team.
That meeting produced the first office bearers of the club:
1st XV
2nd XV
The club changed to be no longer restricted to former pupils of the high school and was an open club.
The club boughtMorgan Academy RFC to form a new clubDundee Rugby in 2021. One of the main reasons for the purchase was to rescue both clubs and prepare a development plan to get the new club into the professionalSuper 6 league.[2]
The club ran the Dundee Sevens tournament.[3] On the club's merger with Morgan in 2021 to form Dundee Rugby a new Sevens tournament began that year to announce the merger. The first winners of the Dundee City Sevens were Blazin’ Squad (Men) and the Howe Harlequins (Women).
