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Dunfermline RFC

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{{Infobox rugby team

| teamname = Dunfermline

| union = Scottish Rugby Union

| fullname = Dunfermline Rugby Football Club

| location = Dunfermline, Scotland

| founded = {{Start date and age|1893}}

| ground = McKane Park

| url = dunfermlinerugby.co.uk

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| president = Greg Robertson

| captain = Matthew Wilson

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Dunfermline Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The men's team currently plays in National Division 4, where they finished 3rd in the 2024/25 season, the women's team currently plays in {{Scottish rugby updater|WomenDunfermline}}.

History

Established in 1893, home games are played at McKane Park.Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football, p34

Their strip is royal blue and white.

Honours

=Men's=

  • Caledonia Division 1
  • Champions (1): 2023
  • Edinburgh Charity Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/edinburgh-charity-sevens/|title=Edinburgh Charity Sevens|date=June 22, 2019}}
  • Champions (2): 1931, 1938
  • Lanarkshire Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/lanarkshire-sevens/|title=Lanarkshire Sevens|date=June 10, 2019}}
  • Champions (2): 1969, 1974
  • Glasgow HSFP Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/glasgow-hsfp-sevens/|title=Glasgow HSFP Sevens|date=June 9, 2019}}
  • Champions (1): 1929
  • St. Andrews University Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/st-andrews-university-sevens/|title=St. Andrews University Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (1): 1970
  • Crieff Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/crieff-sevens/|title=Crieff Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (1): 1994
  • Hillfoots Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/hillfoots-sevens/|title=Hillfoots Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (1): 1979
  • Alloa Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/alloa-sevens/|title=Alloa Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (1): 1938
  • Glenrothes Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/glenrothes-sevens/|title=Glenrothes Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (3): 1986, 1987, 1988
  • Midlands District Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/midlands-district-sevens/|title=Midlands District Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (11): 1925, 1928, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1986
  • Musselburgh Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/musselburgh-sevens/|title=Musselburgh Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (2): 1967, 1975
  • Kirkcaldy Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/kirkcaldy-sevens/|title=Kirkcaldy Sevens|date=June 7, 2019}}
  • Champions (7): 1967, 1969, 1973, 1986, 1987, 1991, 2019

Notable players

=Scotland internationalists=

The following former Dunfermline players have represented Scotland at full international level.

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  • {{flagicon|Scotland}} Jim Greenwood
  • {{flagicon|Scotland}} Harry LindMcLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London {{ISBN|0-09-173875-X}})
  • {{flagicon|Scotland}} F. L. Osler

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  • {{flagicon|Scotland}} M. M. Henderson
  • {{flagicon|Scotland}} C. H. C. Brown

=Notable non-Scottish players=

The following is a list of notable non-Scottish international representative former Glasgow players:

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Wales

=North and Midlands=

The following former Dunfermline players have represented North and Midlands at provincial level.

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  • {{flagicon|Scotland}} Tim Dunlop{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19741017&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

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  • {{flagicon|Scotland}} Sid Fowlerhttps://electricscotland.com/history/sport/rugby/bSCRFC1904-1980.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

=Glasgow Warriors=

The following former Dunfermline players have represented Glasgow Warriors at professional level.

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=Edinburgh Rugby=

=Notable outside of rugby=

See also

References

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;Sources

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  1. Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, {{ISBN|0-7137-1838-2}})
  2. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 {{ISBN|0-7091-5394-5}})
  3. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})

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