Portobello was founded as a former pupils club of Portobello High School, once one of the largest schools in Europe. It is no longer purely a haven for former pupils and welcomes players from all over the rugby world. They play their rugby at Cavalry Park in the shadow of Arthur's Seat
The club was reformed in 1954 and enjoyed fixtures against the elite of the established "circuit". Portobello tried for many years to climb out of the old Edinburgh District League achieving that in the 1970s climbing through Divisions 7 to 2 in successive seasons.
As recently as 2007 we were a club in doldrums with playing membership down and results on the field less than inspiring. Rather bizarrely the event that acted as a catalyst for improvement was a fire which decimated the clubhouse in May of that year. This unfortunate inferno brought friends, members and players (current and past) together to rebuild the club physically and metaphorically.
The subsequent season saw a significant upturn in the playing fortunes with 1st and 2nd XV both turning in more than respectable performances. The icing on the cake was a glorious cup run culminating in an appearance in the National Plate final at Murrayfield on 3 May 2008.
The 2008–09 season saw the 1st XV finishing runners up in their league while the 2nd XV finished top of the tree in their respective division. In 2009–10 the top team were once again pipped for the title by North Berwick and the SXY2S finished 3rd in their respective league.
The club also runs a thriving Youth Section with teams at all Micro (Primary 1 and Primary 2), Mini (Primary 3 – Primary 7), Midi (S1 up to under-16) and Colts (under-18) levels. All coaching is run by experienced and qualified coaches
portobello, formerly, known, portobello, rugby, union, side, based, edinburgh, scotland, full, nameportobello, rugby, football, clubnickname, portyground, cavalry, park, duddingston, edinburghleague, east, division, 12019, 20east, division, 1team, first, curre. Portobello RFC formerly known as Portobello FP is a rugby union side based in Edinburgh Scotland Portobello RFCFull namePortobello Rugby Football ClubNickname s PortyGround s Cavalry Park Duddingston EdinburghLeague s East Division 12019 20East Division 1Team kit The first XV currently play in East Division 1 Their 2nd XV play in the East Reserve League 2 Contents 1 History 2 Portobello Sevens 3 Honours 4 Notable former players 4 1 Glasgow Warriors players 5 References 6 External linksHistory editPortobello was founded as a former pupils club of Portobello High School once one of the largest schools in Europe It is no longer purely a haven for former pupils and welcomes players from all over the rugby world They play their rugby at Cavalry Park in the shadow of Arthur s SeatThe club was reformed in 1954 and enjoyed fixtures against the elite of the established circuit Portobello tried for many years to climb out of the old Edinburgh District League achieving that in the 1970s climbing through Divisions 7 to 2 in successive seasons As recently as 2007 we were a club in doldrums with playing membership down and results on the field less than inspiring Rather bizarrely the event that acted as a catalyst for improvement was a fire which decimated the clubhouse in May of that year This unfortunate inferno brought friends members and players current and past together to rebuild the club physically and metaphorically The subsequent season saw a significant upturn in the playing fortunes with 1st and 2nd XV both turning in more than respectable performances The icing on the cake was a glorious cup run culminating in an appearance in the National Plate final at Murrayfield on 3 May 2008 The 2008 09 season saw the 1st XV finishing runners up in their league while the 2nd XV finished top of the tree in their respective division In 2009 10 the top team were once again pipped for the title by North Berwick and the SXY2S finished 3rd in their respective league The club also runs a thriving Youth Section with teams at all Micro Primary 1 and Primary 2 Mini Primary 3 Primary 7 Midi S1 up to under 16 and Colts under 18 levels All coaching is run by experienced and qualified coachesThe Gaelic football team Dunedin Connolly GAC currently share their ground 1 Portobello Sevens editThe club run the Portobello Sevens tournament 2 Honours editPortobello Sevens Champions 1983 1984 1990 Edinburgh and Lothian U 16 Champions 1993 Runners up 1992 Peebles Sevens 3 Champions 1987 1990 Walkerburn Sevens 4 Champions 1974 1981 1983 1984 Livingston Sevens 5 Champions 1974 1978 1979 1981 Grangemouth Sevens 6 Champions 1983 Gala Y M Sevens 7 Champions 1973 Royal HSFP Sevens 8 Champions 1984 1986 1987 Preston Lodge Sevens 9 Champions 1986 Broughton Sevens 10 Champions 2009 Alloa Sevens 11 Champions 1974 1975 1976 1977 Lismore Sevens 12 Champions 1978 Holy Cross Sevens 13 Champions 1995 Glenrothes Sevens 14 Champions 1980 Haddington Sevens 15 Champions 1982 1984 1985 Edinburgh Northern Sevens 16 Champions 1970 Edinburgh District Sevens 17 Champions 1973 1974 1983 Musselburgh Sevens 18 Champions 1984 North Berwick Sevens 19 Champions 1979 Old Augustinians Sevens 20 Champions 1980Notable former players editGlasgow Warriors players edit nbsp Hamish Bain 21 References editMassie Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby Polygon Edinburgh ISBN 0 904919 84 6 Dunedin Conollys Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Portobello Sevens 10 June 2019 Peebles Sevens 7 June 2019 Walkerburn Kings of the 7s Livingston Sevens 5 July 2019 Grangemouth Sevens 11 June 2019 Gala Y M Sevens 27 June 2019 Royal HSFP Sevens 10 June 2019 Preston Lodge Sevens 9 June 2019 Broughton Sevens 7 June 2019 Alloa Sevens 7 June 2019 Lismore Sevens 7 June 2019 Holy Cross Sevens 7 June 2019 Glenrothes Sevens 7 June 2019 Haddington Sevens 7 June 2019 Edinburgh Northern Sevens 7 June 2019 Edinburgh District Sevens 7 June 2019 Musselburgh Sevens 7 June 2019 North Berwick Sevens 7 June 2019 Old Augustinians Sevens 29 July 2022 Hamish Bain External links editPortobello on pitchero com nbsp This Scottish rugby union team article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Portobello RFC amp oldid 1201637485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
