Howe of Fife RFC

Previously, the club had two undefeated seasons in 2007 and 2008, earning them rights to promotion. Stewart Lathangie currently coaches the 1st XV. The captain is Fraser Allan. The Howe runs teams from Primary 3 level up to under-18 Colts level. Many players have gone on to represent Fife, Caledonia, and Scotland at age grade level, with a handful going on to represent professional clubs. In 2007, current first XV Captain Chris Mason led the under-18 Howe of Fife squad to a unique treble, winning both the school (as Bell Baxter High School) and the Club Scottish cups as well as the Scottish schools' sevens cup. A number of the players involved in that team now play for the senior side.

Howe Harlequins are the 1st XV Women's team, founded in 2014. The Duffus Park-based club have barely been in existence a few years but have been making massive strides in the women's game. In 2017, they won the BT National Division 2 Championship which promoted them into National 1. With the recent changes to the women's league names, they now start the 2018 season in the Tennent's Women's National League 1. The Harlequins originally got together as a way for women to keep fit through rugby. But with a competitive spirit growing, added to a developing skillset, the side started to play matches against other teams. Since then, the Harlequins haven't looked back. President Murdo Fraser paid tribute to the side after their title win. "Our women's team have shown that anything is possible and we are all very proud of the team and what they have achieved", he said at the time.

In 2017 and 2018, the club was associated with the commemorations of the Battles of the Somme and Arras, including the Eric Milroy commemorative tournament. These Franco-Scottish events gave birth in February 2018 to the creation of the Auld Alliance Trophy, played every year as part of the six nations tournament.

In November 2017 several of the club's 1st XV men's team received 347 total weeks of suspension for incidents that took place the previous year in which a new player was sexually assaulted by having a bottle inserted into their anus after a match.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41850929 |title=Howe of Fife: Scottish Rugby Union hands out bans for initiation ceremony |work=BBC Sport |date=2 November 2017 |accessdate=13 February 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/club-rugby/howe-of-fife-rfc-initiation-ceremony-player-bans-sru-bottle-inserted-into-players-anus-a8035146.html |title=Howe of Fife RFC receive 347 weeks of bans after initiation ceremony saw 'bottle inserted in to player's anus' |first=Jack |last=de Menezes |work=The Independent |date=3 November 2017 |accessdate=13 February 2018}}

The club run the Howe of Fife Sevens tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/howe-of-fife-sevens/|title=Howe of Fife Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}

• Howe of Fife Sevens
• Champions: 1975, 1977, 1986, 1990, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Stirling Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/stirling-sevens/|title=Stirling Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 1956, 1958, 1987, 2012
• Highland Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/highland-sevens/|title=Highland Sevens|date=10 June 2019}}
• Champions: 1957
• Clarkston Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/clarkston-sevens/|title=Clarkston Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 1963
• Waid Academy F.P. Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/waid-academy-f-p-sevens/|title=Waid Academy F.P. Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 1957, 1958, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1996
• Moray Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/moray-sevens/|title=Moray Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 1959, 1987
• Haddington Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/haddington-sevens/|title=Haddington Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 2017
• Midlands District Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/midlands-district-sevens/|title=Midlands District Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 1949, 1957, 1959, 1983, 1987
• Perthshire Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/perthshire-sevens/|title=Perthshire Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 2015
• Kirkcaldy Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/kirkcaldy-sevens/|title=Kirkcaldy Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 1950, 1956, 1957, 1982
• Hamilton Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/hamilton-sevens/|title=Hamilton Sevens|date=7 June 2019}}
• Champions: 2013, 2014, 2015
• Scottish National League Division Two
• Champions (1): 2011–12
• Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Scottish National League Division Three
• Champions (1): 2009–10

• Dundee City Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/dundee-city-sevens/|title = Dundee City Sevens|date = 2 August 2021}}
• Champions (2): 2021, 2022

• David Rollo, 40 caps for {{nrut|Scotland}}, British and Irish LionsFerguson, David [http://sport.scotsman.com/rugby/Rollo-sets-target-for-pupils.2836619.jp Rollo sets target for pupils of today], The Scotsman, published 20 December 2006Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}}), p166{{cite web |url=http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?tm=30 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-11-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161303/http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?tm=30 |archivedate=9 October 2011 }}
• Cameron Glasgow/Cammy Glasgow{{Cite web |url=http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=10 |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161449/http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=10 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Gordon Hamilton {{nrut|Ireland}} flanker, scored against {{nrut|Australia}} in 1991 Rugby World Cup
• Tom Pearson, president of the Scottish Rugby Union, 1988–1989{{Cite web |url=http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=7 |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161401/http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=7 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• David Whyte, 13 caps for Scotland, played for Howe during his youth.{{Cite web |url=http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=8 |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161414/http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=8 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Charlie Drummond, Scotland cap, president of the SRU 1974–1975.{{Cite web |url=http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=11 |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161514/http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=11 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Dougie McMahon, international referee 1960–1969
• John Howard Wilson, capped for Scotland in 1953.
• Ian Kirkhope{{Cite web |url=http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=52 |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161605/http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=52 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• HL Stewart, played cricket for Scotland.
• Bob Steven, {{nrut|Scotland}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=9 |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161732/http://www.howerugby.co.uk/index.asp?lm=9 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Peter Horne, Glasgow Warriors capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} in 2013
• Chris Fusaro, Glasgow Warriors capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} in 2014
• Fergus Thomson, Glasgow Warriors capped for Scotland A and {{nrut|Scotland}}
• Michael Fedo, Scotland sevens international
• George Horne, Glasgow Warriors, Scotland sevens international and {{nrut|Scotland}}
• Jamie Ritchie, Edinburgh Rugby and {{nrut|Scotland}}
• Cameron Fenton, Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby
• Matt Fagerson, Glasgow Warriors and {{nrut|Scotland}}

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1. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})

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• {{Official website|https://www.howerugby.co.uk/}}
• [http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-036-172 Howe of Fife Rugby Club and supporters]
• https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/fife-rugby-club-helps-launch-new-trophy-marking-auld-alliance-links-1047053
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