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The Harlequin Football Club (The Harlequins or Quins for short) is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Guinness Premiership, for 2006/07, having secured their return from National Division One at the first opportunity. Their ground in London is The Stoop. For sponsorship reasons they were formerly known as NEC Harlequins, however for the 2007/08 season their principal sponsor is Etihad Airways.
In the amateur era many of the players worked in the City of London and the club has retained strong ties to the financial sector. The Harlequins Rugby League is a separately owned rugby league team which, from 23 September 2005, shares the same name, ground and wears kit similar to the union club's famous multi-coloured quartered jersey.
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Glasgow Academicals F.C.
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Harlequins Rugby League is a rugby league club representing the greater London area. They are currently the premier rugby league side in London, and play in the Super League. They have since been joined in the professional ranks by the London Skolars in 2003. The capital also has a number of amateur teams, including London Griffins who are the team of Harlequins' supporters.
Until the end of the 2005 season they were known as London Broncos, playing their last game under that name on 23 September 2005 and changing their name officially on 17 October 2005. Their current name is also shortenend to Harlequins RL or Quins RL. They had also previously been gone by the names Fulham and London Crusaders.
The club play at The Stoop, home of the Harlequins rugby union club. The home shirt is very similar to the union club's famous multi-coloured quartered jersey (light blue, magenta, chocolate, French grey, black & green). It does, however, incorporate a Rugby League twist with the quarters forming a slight "v" shape. The away shirt for the 2009 season features pale blue and white quarters, and a predominantly black training shirt is also available. The club's major shirt sponsor for this season is St Mary's University College, Twickenham
Leeds Carnegie is an English rugby union club, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire that currently plays in the National Division One after being relegated from the Guinness Premiership. The club returned to the Premiership for 2007-08 at the first opportunity, winning the National Division One championship in 2006-07 after having been relegated the season before. From 1998 through to the end of the 2006-07 season, the club used the name Leeds Tykes, but on 14 May 2007 it was announced that Leeds Metropolitan University would buy a 51% stake in the club and change the name to fit with the university's sport department, Carnegie College.
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Northampton Saints are a professional English rugby union club from Northampton, England. Northampton play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens which has a capacity of 13,600.
In the 2007/8 season, the team played in England's second tier, National Division One, but has returned to the Guinness Premiership for the 2008/9 season, having clinched the ND1 championship with their victory over Exeter Chiefs on March 22, 2008.
The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. The club won their first major trophy when they defeated Munster in the 1999-00 Heineken Cup final.
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This is a list of rugby league footballers who have played for the London Broncos. Players are listed alphabetically. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only.
Statistics correct as of 9 February, 2008.
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Reading R.F.C. is an English rugby union club, who play in South West Division 1 and are based in the village of Sonning, on the outskirts of Reading. They are coached by Scottish ex-international, Alastair McHarg.
Mounts Bay RFC are a Cornish rugby club formed in December 1999 based in Penzance , UK. Initially formed as an off shoot from Penzance and Newlyn RFC the club is now an independent club. Mounts Bay were promoted at the end of the 2007-08 season and will be competing in National Division Two in the 2008-09 season.Mounts Bay RFC
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Camborne RFC were established in 1878, and are one of the most famous rugby union clubs in Cornwall. They currently play in the South West 2 West division and their club colours are Cherry and White. When the Rugby National Leagues were formed in 1987, Camborne were the highest placed Cornish team and were entered into National League 4 South.
Henley Rugby Club is the leading rugby union club based in the Thames Valley (London Irish play their matches at the Madejski Stadium but their headquarters are still at Sunbury, Middlesex where all their junior teams are based), playing in English National Division Two which places them amongst the top 42 clubs in England.
Henley have developed a working relationship with London Wasps, who use Dry Leas for their A-team matches, and also loan Henley squad players for development.
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The Kings Cross Steelers are an English rugby union team, the first open membership gay and bisexual rugby club in the worldSteelers history.
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Launceston RUFC are a Cornish rugby club who play in National Division Two of the English rugby union leagues.
Welwyn RFC was originally born as Welwyn (East), and formed in 1931.
The first rugby club in Welwyn Garden City (WGC) was Mid Herts, formed in the mid 1920s and comprised mainly of players from the more affluent West side of town. They had a pitch at Handside Lane but no clubhouse, only a small changing hut with a crude bath. WELSHMAN PWNS U ALL! During the depression years in the 30's, numbers of Welsh from the valleys and Scots from the border woolen mills arrived in town to work in the local hosiery factory or in factories such as Murphy Radio and they formed a rugby club which played on various pitches on the east side of town. The first President was a retired Irish army officer, Major C D Ross. In 1938 the club moved to share pitches with Mid Herts at Handside Lane.
During the war both clubs closed down and afterwards only Welwyn (East) restarted now known as Welwyn RFC. There was still no clubhouse at Handside Lane and all entertaining was carried out at whichever local pub would tolerate them, mainly the Bull! However, in 1952 a hut was purchased from a local chicken hatchery for £300 and dismantled, moved across town and re-erected by a team of players during the summer.
This was the real beginning of Welwyn RFC as we know it today. A further wooden building was presented by ICI in 1959 and again fitted out by players and committee. The club continued to grow until the present premises were built In 1973. For the first time, changing and social facilities were under the same roof. The current building cost £30,000 compared with £300 for the first hut. The clubhouse was extended in 1996 with the aid of a National Lottery grant.
In the first 30 years of the club's life there were several changes in the source of players. For the first 10 years the Welsh and Scots were predominant, then the Irish came along, mainly due to ICI, who were to provide the main source for the next 20 years. Over the period 1931-1960, out of 20 captains, 17 were Welsh, Scots or Irish and between 1950-1970 out of 15, 10 were from ICI.
In Hertfordshire the Herts Presidents Cup (County Cup) was introduced in 1971. Welwyn have reached the last 8 on several occasions but the best performance was in 1988 when they lost narrowly to Cheshunt in injury time In the semifinal.
In the Herts Merit Table, introduced in 1980, Welwyn were runners up in 1997. The leagues started in 1987 and Welwyn were placed in Herts 1. In 1989 Welwyn were promoted into London NW3 as Champions of Herts I having beaten Barnet in a title decider.
Season 1995-96 saw the Club playing in London League 3 NW, where we finished in fourth position at the end of the season. 1996-97 saw the Club win London 3 NW, defeating Barnet in the last match of the season, when whichever club had won gained promotion and fortunately this was Welwyn after a close game. Promotion to London 2 North meant more travelling, eg to Diss, Great Yarmouth and Ipswich. At that time there were 17 teams playing each other in this league. Welwyn had three good seasons at this level, finishing in fourth position in our first season. After this period the RFU decided that all leagues should have a maximum of 12 teams playing home and away fixtures, so London 2 North had to be reorganised. Despite finishing in 9th position out of 17 teams at the end of the season Welwyn was placed back in London 3 North West. At this time certain key players retired from playing and a period of bad results began for the Club, resulting in relegation to London 4 North West in 2001.
However, the club recovered from this setback, gaining promotion to London NW 3 in April 2003 and also reaching the quarter final of the National Vase Competition in the same season with a young team playing very good rugby. In season 2004-2005 Welwyn finished in fourth position and the club regained its place in London 2 North by winning promotion at the end of the 2006-7 season, which has been retained in 2007-8.
Welwyn's lower sides have always been regarded as very good. The 2nd XV won the Hertford RFC Floodlit Cup on 3 successive occasions (92-93, 93-94 and 94-95). The Colts won the Herts Colts Cup In 1996. Welwyn won the Herts Sevens in 1971 and 1978 and the plate in 1989, 92, 94 and 97.
On the subject of International honours. John Wackett of Welwyn RFC and Rosslyn Park played Hooker for England against Ireland and Wales in 1959. In more recent years, Steve Bates who played scrum-half for Welwyn in the late 70's went on to play for Wasps and was on the replacements' bench for England for several seasons before finally winning his cap against Romania in 1989 in Bucharest. Joe Worsley MBE is the most recent Welwyn RFC player to go on to greater things, playing full time for London Wasps in the professional era, he has at time of writing had 20 full England caps as well as being a part of the 2003 World Cup winning side.
Welwyn celebrated its 75th Anniversary during the 2006-2007 season. The club remains very strong, running five senior sides and with age group rugby from U7 to Colts, plus three girls and one women's team. Key sponsors include Fullers London Pride, JCA of Letchhworth and The Pavillion Indian Restaurant (see club website for sponsorship opportunities).
Welwyn is always pleased to welcome new players of all standards. The club has changing rooms and showers plus a clubhouse with gym located in a residential area. Following successful grant applications the club will have improved changing facilities for the girls and womens teams and additional flood lights for training in the near future. Come and join us on Tuesday or Thursday evenings (adults) or Wednesday evenings (juniors) and help Welwyn RFC to maintain its position at the forefront of Hertfordshire rugby.
In recent years we have had Steve Bates and Joe Worsley gain England caps and several players have gone on to Premiership clubs, back in the 1960’s we had J.A.S. Wackett playing for his England cap.
Esher Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Surrey, England. Esher RFC are currently playing in the second division of the English league system, National Division One. The club was formed in 1932 and play in amber and black colours. Esher was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club.
Esher were first promoted to the National Leagues system for the 1997-98 season, finishing fourth that season. They led for most of the season the following year but finished second, however the following season they won promotion to the next division. They set a new points record when winning the National League Two league in season 2006-7 and were thus promoted. On 4th October 2008, Esher made their most impressive signing yet with the capture of promising young Kevin Corrigan from Irish club Co.Carlow. All at the club are said to be delighted.
Tynedale R.F.C. is a rugby union team that is situated in the North East of England and currently playing in National Division Two. It was founded in 1876. Their first match was against Elswick (now Northern) at Hexham on 30 December 1876 (Tynedale won by a goal and two tries to nil). In 1877 six other local teams merged with Tynedale - Hexham Excelsior, Heart of all England, Hexham Wanderers, Tynedale Rovers, Parkend Rangers and Hexham Violets. In 1880 Tynedale became one of the six founder members of the Northumberland Rugby Union. On Whit Monday, May 21 1894, Tynedale hosted the first ever seven-a-side tournament in England. After league rugby began in 1987 Tynedale remained in Thwaites North Division One for 13 years until they emphatically gained promotion in season 1999-2000, winning all 22 league matches and setting a new league record. They have appeared in 33 Northumberland Senior Cup Finals, winning the cup on 20 occasions.
Petersfield Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in the town of Petersfield, Hampshire, England.
The club was formed in 1927, at the instigation of Frank Guy, a former pupil of Churcher's College, with which the club still enjoys an excellent relationship. Affiliated to the Hampshire Union in the same year, the club quickly became a focus for both sporting and social activity. In that first year, its vice-presidents included five doctors, two clergymen and two ladies!
Petersfield’s long reputation as a highly hospitable venue for sport was rapidly established. By 1934 the club was running two teams and gained its first county honour when G.E.Twine was capped to play against Kent (Hampshire won 6-3). In those days players were “carded” the post being sufficiently rapid and reliable to ensure that players were aware that they had been selected for the next match.
In 1938 the club changed its colours to its well-known scarlet and white hoop.
The club affiliated itself to the Rugby Football Union in 1948 and in that year moved to Love Lane Stadium. However, as the club grew, the need was soon recognized to provide a more permanent home in the town. Plans were well advanced to build a separate rugby club at Love Lane, when the Town Council decided to develop the Penns Place site across town. The club moved to playing at Penns Place in 1979, and in 1989 Frank Guy, the founder member, officially opened the current clubhouse with a celebratory match between a Petersfield XV and Derek White’s Invitation XV being played. At the beginning of the 2006-07 season, a new changing room block was opened. This development was made necessary by the loss of the changing facility in the Taro Centre, which had been a key assumption in the design of the 1979 and 1989 clubhouses. After several years where portable cabins were used for changing, the new development was achieved through the significant support of the Rugby Football Foundation Rugby Football Foundation, grants and fundraising by Club members.
Ex-Petersfield player Tim Rodber is one the club's best known old boys, having gone on to be capped for England, and the British and Irish Lions.
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (Oxford University RFC or OURFC) is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. They contest The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge at Twickenham.
Barking RFC is an English rugby union team currently playing in National Division Three South, the fourth tier of English rugby union competition.
Helston RFC is a rugby union club in Cornwall who have been in existence since 1965. They currently play in the Cornwall 1 league, as they were promoted from Cornwall 2 in the 2005-6 season.
They are famous for the 1995-6 side that managed to make it to the final of the RFU Pilkington Shield, and are one of only three Cornish club sides to have played in a competitive final at Twickenham (alongside Mount's Bay RFC and the Cornish Pirates).
Cambridge Rugby Union Football Club or CRUFC is a rugby union club representing the city of Cambridge, England. Formed in 1923 the club currently competes in National Division Two, the highest division it has reached in its history.
The Club runs 5 Senior Sides: the National League Squad, a 2nd and 3rd team, and two social teams. At junior level the club runs one of the oldest mini and youth rugby sections in the country, starting back in the early 1970s, with a Colts team for under-19s.
Birmingham and Solihull Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing Birmingham and Solihull. It was formed in 1989 by a merger of the original Birmingham and Solihull rugby clubs, which were both established over 60 years ago.
The club's original name was Birmingham and Solihull RFC, but in 2001 due to the club colours of black, white, red and gold, and the alliteration of the name, the club underwent a large scale rebranding, forming the moniker Bees Rugby. The team have since become known as the Bees (in the same way London Wasps were known as Wasps).
Birmingham Bees are remembered by many fans for their cup success of 2004, in which they caused the biggest upset in the professional rugby era by beating London Wasps 28-24 in the quarter final of the Powergen Cup overcoming odds of 250-1, known as "The Greatest Ever Sporting Upset", subsequently playing Newcastle Falcons in the semi final, live on BBC television. The club however hit rock bottom just two seasons later in 2005-06 when they finished last in National Division One but were saved from relegation because of league expansion.
In October 2006 it was announced that Bees were in the planning stage of building a £60 million super stadium at their training ground known as Portway just off the M42 in Solihull. It would be one of the nation's largest sports villages to rival anything built for the 2012 Olympics. Plans include a regional sports academy, education and conference centre, 12,000 capacity stadium, seven all-weather rugby pitches, archery and shooting ranges and a watersports lake.
In June 2007 Bees coach Steve Williams left the club with one year still left on his contact to become assistant manager at Magners League side Ulster. Williams a former Northampton and London Irish player won 29 caps for Wales.
The 07/08 season began under a split coaching structure in which two former England Sevens internationals had equal control over the squad. Ben Harvey will coached the backs and Russell Earnshaw was player/forwards coach. The coaching structure however was widely viewed as unsuccessful and former Bees scrum-half Harvey was sacked shortly before Christmas. On a temporary basis former Rotherham head coach Andre Bester was appointed to take charge of the side before being replaced by former Wales A coach Allan Lewis.
In November 2007 it was announced that Bees would sell their Sharmans Cross Road pitch and play at local football side Solihull Moors Damson Park as part of a groundshare arrangement.
On January 28 former Llanelli centre Allan Lewis was announced as the head coach of Bees. Lewis brought experience to the club after previously holding the role of head coach at Celtic Warriors, Moseley, Newport and Bridgend. Lewis had also worked with the Welsh national squad working as selector, backs coach and Wales A head coach at different times throughout his career. However by 17 April it was reported that Lewis would not remain at the club past the 2007 - 2008 season and would return to his post at Hartpury College.
Bees were relegated to National Division Two at the end of the 2007 - 2008 season finishing in 15th position.
Birmingham and Solihull Bees playing squad 2008/09:
Forwards: Matt Long(PR), Dale Garner(PR), Andi Lawrence(PR), Ricky Davis(PR), Craig Voisey(PR), Tom Collett*(HK), Ben Phillips(HK), Alex Davidson(LK), Shaun Pammenter(LK), Ed Orgee(LK), Andy Daish(LK/FL), Jack Preece(FL/HK), (IRFU)Rob Connolly(FL), Adam Clayton(FL), Russell Earnshaw(FL), Chris Brightwell(NO.8), Jim Jenner(NO.8), Leo Halavatau(NO.8).
Backs: Luke Ward(SH), Sam Brown(SH), Rod Petty(FH/SH), Mark Woodrow(FH), Ryan Tomlinson(FH/CT), Cameron Mitchell(CT), (IRFU)Scott Young(CT), Mitch Culpin(CT/WG), James Aston(WG), Kyle Palm (WG), Simon Hunt(WG/FB), Reece Spee(FB).
*Tom Collett - (Season long loan from Leicester Tigers)
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Duns Rugby Football Club are a rugby union side based in Duns in the Borders, Scotland.
They are known as 'The Dingers' from the town motto "Duns Dings A" (Duns Beats All).
For the 2008-09 season they will play in SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC EAST LEAGUE DIVISION 1. It is unclear if they will return to the Border League(the oldest established rugby union league in the world) having lost their place in 2007-08. They will also enter the National Cup and its various offshoots, along with various local Rugby Sevens tournaments. Duns are the only Border League side not to have their own Sevens tournament.
Recent seasons have seen a decline in the fortunes of a club who were only a few years ago almost promoted to the Premiership, and appeared in the final of the BT Scotland National Bowl at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. 2007-08 saw another disappointing campaign with just one league victory.
The club attracts a small home support of between 25 and 50, and usually takes around a dozen supporters to away league games.
They recently replaced their traditional strip of red and black horizontal hoops, with a more modern black shoulder and sides merging into light red chest. The club logo is currently under review. The club does not operate a regular 2nd XV (a few fixtures were played in 2007-08) or Women's XV, but does have a number of youth teams.
Harrow RFC is a small to medium sized Rugby union club for ages 6 and up. Running teams for Under 7's through to Under 17's, followed by colts (ages 18 through 21) and then Main Club (ages 18 +).
Harrow RFC was founded in 1891 and has been at the current site since 1958. The club promotes a friendly and inclusive family atmosphere and there are opportunities for all from the age of 6 upwards to train and play for a team. Harrow has a thriving mini and junior section with number in excess of 250 between the ages of 6 and 16. The adult section of the club has a successful first team playing in London 4 North West. There are further adult teams for players of all abilities.
Berwick Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team originally founded in 1926, but were reformed in 1968. The team is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, just over the border in England. Despite this they currently play in the BT Scotland Premiership Division Three.
Berwick Rugby club was first formed in the SRU in 1926 and played in the South District Union. Its playing standard improved until the early 1930's and although it survived annual difficulties of finding players and pitches it could not survive the outbreak of the Second World War which robbed it of both. When the club was re-born in 1968 it had three main aims - to strive for as high a standard of rugby as possible for the club and its individual members, to create a good physical environment for rugby, and to be part of the sporting and social fabric of Berwick.
Pursuit of the first aim has taken the Club to the BT Scottish Premiership (Division 2). In 2004 it won the National Shield and in 2006 reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup. To date, the highest individual honours are headed by the seventeen full Scottish caps won by Craig Smith and the thirty three by Gavin Kerr. Both were in the 2006 Six Nations Squad. Gavin was a member of the 2003 World Cup Squad and the Six Nations Squads of 2004 and 2005. Mark Lee captained the Scottish VII in 2002 Commonwealth Games and played with the British Army in 2005. Andrew Skeen played for the Scotland VII in the 2006 IRB Tournament. Current Berwick players have won many age-group, School and Student international and regional honours and the Club boasts a full international referee in Iain Ramage. In 2001 the Club was invited to join the Border League, becoming only the second English Club in rugby's oldest league. The Club has sides in the Border League, the new cross-Border League, the Border Semi-Junior League and age-group competitions from minis to Colts on both sides of the Border. The Club has an increasingly skilled Ladies section which won promotion in 1999 and 2000 and was runner-up in the National Bowl in 2004.
Progress with facilities has matched playing performance. Thanks to the vision and leadership of Club committees, the support of both Rugby Unions and support from local businesses and individuals, the Club has progressed from homelessness in 1968 to its present enviable headquarters now embellished by a training gym and floodlit training pitch. The Club hosts regional events and overseas teams and its coaches encourage the game in the local schools - the best possible "thank you" for school help in the Club's early days. The quest for player development is ceaseless and embraces national Development Squads and the Club's own "Academy" structure which will seek the ambitious young of all ages and both genders.
The Club's third aim is all around us. The Club lives the philosophy put forward by the SRU in July 2004, namely that "a rugby club should be at the centre of its community and the focus of development". As the Club progresses across the bumpy territory of Scottish "open" rugby it is very much Berwick's rugby club. Its members are virtually all natives or residents of Berwick or nearby and it draws massive economic and social strengths from this. It will need the resources of leadership and cohesiveness which have served it so well hitherto. The true quality of the Club is reflected in the contributions of all its members (playing and non-playing, past and present) who produce the high levels of fitness, fulfilment and friendship that come from belonging to Berwick Rugby Club.
Berwick play their home games at Scremerston.
Berwick's Sevens Tournament takes place annually in April and the competition is part of the Kings of the Sevens tournament.
Current holders of the trophy are the Jed-Forest RFC
Notable players for Berwick RFC include Craig Smith and Gavin Kerr who has been capped for Scotland
Fylde Rugby Union Club is a rugby union club based in Lytham St Annes, on the Fylde coast in Lancashire. Its home venue is the Woodlands Memorial Ground on Blackpool Road in Ansdell. The first team plays in English rugby's National Division Three North.
The club has four other senior teams, the Wanderers, Saracens, Vikings and Vandals who play in the English North West League: respectively in the NW Premiership, NW3 North, NW4 North and NW5 North. There are also Under-19 and Under-17 teams who play in the Lancashire & Cheshire regional leagues.
Woodlands Memorial Ground is shared by Blackpool Panthers rugby league club.
::For the 18th century London club, see : London Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company.History of the Crystal Palace Company In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with Gloucestershire CCC during the 1899 season. The club played first-class matches between 1900 and 1904.Alan Gibson: The Cricket Captains of England (1989), p57.Christopher Martin-Jenkins: The Wisden Book of County Cricket (1981), p441.
The club's home ground was Crystal Palace Park in south London. Some of the leading players of the time played matches for the club while continuing to play for their usual teams, among them CB Fry, JWHT Douglas and Ranjitsinhji. The increase in the importance of the County Championship, Grace's own inevitable decline in form and the lack of a competitive element in the matches led to a decline in attendances and consequently meant the team lost money.Cricket 1908 The final first class matches were played in 1904 and the enterprise folded in 1908.
In 2004 the club was relaunched by former Essex, Somerset and Leicestershire wicket keeper / batsman Neil Burns as a mentoring organisation for the development and support of cricketers.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union team in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.
Formed in 1878 in MacKay's Tavern, London, the club turned professional in 1996 and was playing in the Guinness Premiership as recently as 1997. The club was placed into administration in 1999 and a nominal merger with London Irish took place. The original amateur club rejoined the leagues at the bottom of the pyramid after effectively being relegated 9 divisions by the RFU. The club has since progressed back up through the divisions to National Division Three South. The club shares the Athletic Ground with Richmond.
On April 14, 2007 the club - now semi-professional and coached by Terry O'Connor and Nigel Rosser, formerly of Rosslyn Park - beat Staines 32-10 to become champions of London One and ensure promotion back to the English national leagues (National Division Three South) after a ten year absence.
London Scottish have produced more Scottish international players than any other club. Past players include Gavin Hastings, Damian Cronin, Mike Biggar, Alastair McHarg and Kenny Logan.