Langholm RFC
{{Short description|Scottish rugby union club, based in Langholm}}
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Langholm Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team founded in 1871. They play their home games at Milntown, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway.
The team currently play in the East Regional League Division One {{cite news |url=https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby/langholm-look-to-life-in-lower-league-1-3825821 |title=Langholm look tolife in lower league |work=The Southern Reporter |date=9 July 2015 |accessdate=3 February 2018}}
Langholm Sevens
The Langholm Sevens tournament is hosted by the club. It held around the end of April each year and is part of the Borders Sevens Circuit. The tournament first started in 1908.{{Cite web|url=http://www.k7s.co.uk/langholm-7s/|title=Langholm 7s | Kings of the 7s}}
Notable former players
- Tom Scott, {{nrut|Scotland}} and president of the Scottish Football Union from 1918 to 1920Godwin, p363
- Billy Steele, 23 caps for {{nrut|Scotland}},Bath, p161 1969.British and Irish Lions 1974 South Africa
- Ernie Michie, {{nrut|Scotland}}, British and Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C.McLaren, p81
- Christy Elliot, 1958
- Donald Scott, 1950
- Tommy Elliot, 1968
- Chuck Muir, 1997 Scottish Football Union International Referee
- Ally Ratcliffe (née Little), 2000 & Scottish Football Union Hall of Fame Inductee 2021
- Jilly McCord, 2004
- Lisa Thomson, 2017
Honours
- Scottish Unofficial Championship
- Champions (1): 1958-59
- Border League
- Champions (1): 1958-59
- Langholm Sevens
- Champions (1): 1959
- Kelso Sevens
- Champions (1): 1953
- Hawick Sevens
- Champions (1): 1899
- Gala Sevens
- Champions (2): 1951, 1955
- Earlston Sevens
- Champions (1): 1954
- Selkirk Sevens
- Champions (2): 1949, 1958
- Ardrossan Sevens{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/ardrossan-sevens/|title=Ardrossan Sevens|date=June 11, 2019}}
- Champions (2): 1963, 1968
See also
References
=Sources=
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 {{ISBN|1-86200-013-1}})
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, {{ISBN|0-7137-1838-2}})
- McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London {{ISBN|0-09-173875-X}})
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})
{{Rugby union in Dumfries and Galloway}}
{{SRU East Leagues}}
{{Border league}}
{{Rugby union in the Borders}}
Category:Rugby union teams in Scotland
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1871
Category:1871 establishments in Scotland
Category:Rugby union in Dumfries and Galloway
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