Heriot's Rugby Club

Heriot's Rugby Club, formerly known as Heriot's FP, is one of Scotland's senior rugby football clubs in the Scottish Rugby Union, whose part-timeprofessional team, Heriot's Rugby play in FOSROC Super 6 with the Men's 1st XV playing in the Men's Scottish Premiership. The women play in Scottish Womens Premiership

Heriot's

Union	SRU
Founded	1890; 133 years ago (1890)
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Ground(s)	Goldenacre Sports Ground (Capacity: 3,000+^[1])
President	Gav Stevenson
Coach(es)	Phil Smith
League(s)	Men:  Super 6  Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership
2021–22	Men:  Super 6, 5th of 6 (6th in Playoff)  Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership, 5th of 6
Team kit
Official website
heriotsrugbyclub.co.uk

The club's home is in the Goldenacre area in Edinburgh.^[2] The rugby club, founded in 1890, was originally intended for former pupils of George Heriot's School, but is now an open club, welcoming rugby players of all levels.^[2]

Player development starts with a highly successful Mini/Midi Section and moves onto the senior levels. The club has coaching staff that are very well respected in Scottish rugby. Heriot's Rugby club are the only Scottish club never to have been relegated from the first division.

The team had the surprising honour of having a player, Chris Fusaro, called for Scotland A for the IRB Nations Cup, in 2010. He was the only amateur player called and it was announced that he was joining Glasgow Warriors.^[3]

Current men's squad

Heriot's Rugby Super Series squad
Props   Struan Cessford   Chris Keen   Euan McLaren   Josh Scott   Cairn Ramsay Hookers   Cammy Fenton   Michael Liness   Duncan Hood Locks   Jamie Campbell   Ronan Seydak	Back row   Ben Smith   Ruairidh Leishman   Charlie Jupp   Wallace Nelson   Callum Anderson   Iain Wilson (c) Scrum halves   Euan McAra   Fin Campbell   Sinjin Broad   Andrew Simmers	Fly halves   Bruce Houston   Ross Jones Centres   Grant Hughes   Matt Davidson Wings   Ben Evans   Lewis Wells   George Barber   Sam Pecqueur Fullbacks   Dan King   Liam Richman
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Scotland on residency or dual nationality.

Edinburgh Rugby drafted players:

•   Jack Blain
•   Murray McCallum

Former Heriot's Players, signed for professional teams from Heriot's:

•   Cam Jones - Ospreys
•   Cameron Hutchison - Edinburgh Rugby
•   Elliot Young - Exeter Chiefs
•   Sophie Langford - Exeter Chiefs

Table

2022–23 Super 6 Table view · watch · edit · discuss
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TBP	LBP	PTS
1	Watsonians (CH)	10	9	0	1	338	154	+184	9	1	46
2	Ayrshire Bulls (RU)	10	9	0	1	347	133	+214	8	0	44
3	Boroughmuir Bears	10	5	0	5	206	260	-54	2	0	22
4	Heriot's Rugby	10	3	0	7	232	250	-18	3	2	17
5	Southern Knights	10	2	0	8	166	275	-109	2	1	11
6	Stirling Wolves	10	2	0	8	139	356	-217	1	0	9
Yellow background indicates qualification for the final. Green background indicates semi-finalists. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up.

Sevens tournament

The club ran an Under 20s Sevens tournament. The teams played for the Goldenacre Cup.^[4]

Notable players

• Andy Irvine most capped internationalist (51 caps for Scotland, 1974, 1977, 1980 British and Irish Lions).^[2]
• Ken Scotland (27 caps for Scotland, 1959 British and Irish Lions)^[2][5]
• Dan Drysdale (26 caps for Scotland, 1924 British and Irish Lions) ^[2][5]
• Jimmy Kerr^[2]
• John Craig
• Tommy Gray^[2]
• Ian Thomson^[2]
• Colin Blaikie^[2]
• Ian Smith^[2]
• Kenny Milne (39 caps for Scotland, 1993 British and Irish Lions)
• David Milne^[2]
• Bruce Douglas
• Simon Taylor (56 caps for Scotland, 2001, 2005 British and Irish Lions)
• John Beattie (25 Caps for Scotland, 1980, 1983, 1986 British and Irish Lions)
• Jimmy Kerr
• Roy Kinnear (3 caps for Scotland, 1929 British and Irish Lions)
• Kelvin Hendrie
• Iain Milne (44 caps for Scotland, 1983 British and Irish Lions)
• Gavin Cameron
• Douglas Muir
• Cornell du Preez
• David Kerr

Honours

Men

• Scottish Unofficial Championship
  • Champions (5): 1919–20, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1949–50
• Scottish Premiership
  • Champions (5): 1978–79, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2014–15, 2015-16
  • Runners-Up (2): 2004-05, 2008–09
• Scottish Cup
  • Champions: (4) 2002–03, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2015-16
  • Runners-Up: (2) 2007-08, 2018-19
• Heriots Sevens^[4]
  • Champions: 1951, 1956, 1957
• Langholm Sevens
  • Champions (6): 1926, 1928, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1954
• Melrose Sevens
  • Champions (4): 1923, 1954, 1957, 1958
• Hawick Sevens
  • Champions (8): 1905, 1922, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1947, 1954, 1999
• Gala Sevens
  • Champions (2): 1973, 2008
• Jed-Forest Sevens
  • Champions (9): 1925, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1955, 1958, 1987, 2006, 2012
• Peebles Sevens
  • Champions (7): 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1978, 1983, 1985
• Selkirk Sevens
  • Champions (2): 1926, 1935
• Walkerburn Sevens
  • Champions (4): 1953, 1954, 1979, 1982
• Middlesex Sevens
  • Champions (1): 1949
• Edinburgh Northern Sevens
  • Champions (5): 1988, 1994, 1999, 2007, 2012^[6]
• Huddersfield Sevens
  • Champions: 1951^[7]

Women

• Edinburgh City Sevens^[8]
  • Champions (1): 2023

References

1. "Rugby Union | Edinburgh News". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com.
2. Bath, p89
3. "Fusaro handed Scotland A chance". 18 May 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
4. "Heriots Sevens". 26 August 2022.
5. Jones, p44
6. "Edinburgh Northern Sevens". 7 June 2019.
7. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. Winners Women's Open

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1)
2. Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
4. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

External links

• Official website