Langholm RFC

Full name	Langholm Rugby Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	Emblem Incorporates Scottish Thistle, rugby ball and posts, 1871 the year the club was founded and part of the towns arms
Founded	1871
Ground	Milntown
League(s)	East Division 1 and Border League
2024–25	East Division 1, 3rd of 8
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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 ^[1]

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.^[2]

Notable former players

Tom Scott, Scotland and president of the Scottish Football Union from 1918 to 1920^[3]
Billy Steele, 23 caps for Scotland,^[4] 1969.British and Irish Lions 1974 South Africa
Ernie Michie, Scotland, British and Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C.^[5]
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^[6]
- Champions (2): 1963, 1968

References

^ "Langholm look tolife in lower league". The Southern Reporter. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
^ "Langholm 7s | Kings of the 7s".
^ Godwin, p363
^ Bath, p161
^ McLaren, p81
^ "Ardrossan Sevens". 11 June 2019.

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)

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[1] "Langholm look tolife in lower league". The Southern Reporter. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

[2] "Langholm 7s | Kings of the 7s".

[3] Godwin, p363

[Bath-4] Bath, p161

[5] McLaren, p81

[6] "Ardrossan Sevens". 11 June 2019.

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v t e Rugby union in Dumfries and Galloway
Governing body	Glasgow District Rugby Union
National League teams	Dumfries Saints Newton Stewart RFC
Regional Leagues teams	Annan RFC Langholm RFC Moffat RFC Stewartry RFC Wigtownshire RFC
College and university teams	Dumfries & Galloway College RFC
Tournaments	Dumfries Sevens Langholm Sevens Newton Stewart Sevens Stewartry Sevens Wigtownshire Sevens
Stadiums and related articles	Bladnoch Park Holm Park London Road Milntown Park Farm Violetbank

v t e Scottish Rugby Union East Championships 2021-22
East Region Division 1	Broughton RFC Duns RFC Forrester RFC Haddington RFC Hawick Harlequins Linlithgow RFC Portobello RFC Ross High RFC Royal HSFP
East Region Division 2	Corstorphine RFC Dunbar RFC Hawick Linden RFC Inverleith RFC Langholm RFC Leith RFC Livingston RFC North Berwick RFC Penicuik RFC Trinity Academicals RFC
East Region Division 3	Dalkeith RFC Earlston RFC Edinburgh University Medics RFC Edinburgh Northern RFC Gala Y.M. RFC Liberton RFC Lismore RFC
East Region Non-League	Edinburgh Napier University RFC Edinburgh University RFC Eyemouth RFC Heriot-Watt University RFC Queen Margaret University RFC Queensferry RFC RDVC RFC St Boswells RFC Walkerburn RFC

v t e Border League
Pool A	Gala Kelso Langholm Melrose Peebles
Pool B	Berwick Jed-Forest Haddington Hawick Selkirk

v t e Rugby union in the Scottish Borders
Governing body	Scottish Rugby Union
Super 6 teams	Southern Knights
Premiership teams	Hawick RFC Jed-Forest RFC Selkirk RFC
National League teams	Division 1: Gala RFC Kelso RFC Melrose RFC 2nd XV Division 2: Peebles RFC Division 3: Berwick RFC
East Regional League teams	Duns RFC Earlston RFC Eyemouth RFC Gala Wanderers RFC Gala Y.M. RFC Hawick Harlequins RFC Hawick Linden RFC Langholm RFC St Boswells RFC Walkerburn RFC
Defunct clubs	Ancrum RFC Boncaster RFC Border Reivers Border Rovers Buccleuch Thistle Darnick RFC Gala Abbotsford Gala Hearts Gala Thistle Hawick and Wilton RFC Hawick Athenic Star Hawick Orient Hawick St. Cuthberts Hawick Teviot Union Hawick Trades Hawick Trinity Hawick Waverley Ladhope Lilliesleaf RFC Linden Star Newmill RFC Roxburgh RFC St. Ronans RFC
Tournaments	Border League Borders Sevens Circuit Melrose Sevens Langholm Sevens Hawick Sevens Gala Sevens Berwick Sevens Peebles Sevens Earlston Sevens Jed-Forest Sevens Kelso Sevens Selkirk Sevens Walkerburn Sevens Hawick Linden Sevens Hawick and Wilton Sevens
Stadiums and related articles	The Greenyards Mansfield Park Netherdale Philiphaugh Riverside Park Bill McLaren Melrose Cup Rugby sevens

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