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{{Infobox rugby team| clubname = RHC RFC, RHC Cougars RFC, Royal High Corstorphine RFC,
{{Infobox rugby team| clubname = Royal High Corstorphine RFC
| fullname = ''RHC Cougars Rugby Football Club''
| fullname = ''Royal High Corstorphine Rugby Football Club''
| emblem = [[Cougar]] head
| emblem = [[Cougar]] head
| colours = Black with light blue trim
| colours = Black with light blue trim
| founded = 2003
| founded = 2003 – merged team<br />''1868 – RHSFP''<br />''1950 – Corstorphine RFC''
| disbanded = 2017
| sport = [[Rugby union]]
| sport = [[Rugby union]]
| league = [[Scottish National League Division Three]]
| league =
| season = 2015–16
| season =
| position = 8th
| position =
| ground = Union Park & Barnton
| ground = Union Park & Barnton
| url = http://www.rhcrugby.co.uk/
| url =
}}
}}


'''Royal High Corstorphine RFC''' is a former [[Edinburgh]] [[rugby union]] club, formed from the merger of the [[Royal HSFP]] and [[Corstorphine RFC]]. The merged club was dissolved in 2017 as two clubs:- [[Corstorphine RFC|Corstorphine Cougars]] and [[Royal HSFP]].
'''RHC Cougars''' is a [[rugby union]] side based in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].


==History==
The team has recently branded itself from being Royal High Corstorphine RFC.


Royal High Corstorphine was formed in 2003 from the merger of two Edinburgh [[rugby union]] sides:- [[Royal HSFP]] and [[Corstorphine RFC]]. RHC was originally planned as a bilateral club based both in [[Royal HSFP]]'s Barnton ground and [[Corstorphine RFC]]'s Union Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theoffsideline.com/corstorphine-cougars-look-positive-future-barnton-split/|title=Corstorphine Cougars look to a positive future after Barnton split|first=Stuart|last=Rutherford|date=15 August 2017|website=The Offside Line}}</ref>
'''Royal High-Corstorphine RFC''' is an [[Edinburgh]] [[rugby union]] club, formed from the merger of the '''[[Royal High School (Edinburgh)|Royal High School]] Former Pupils''' club (RHSFP, Royal HSFP, Royal High School F.P.) and '''Corstorphine RFC'''. Although it is currently in [[Scottish National League Division Three]], its historical connection with RHSFP makes it notable for several reasons, including the fact that it was a founder member of the [[Scottish Rugby Union]], the second oldest national governing body in the world.


The club had a very successful women's side that produced several Scotland international players.
==Corstorphine RFC==


==Dissolve of club==
The club was officially formed as Corstorphine RFC in 1950. Unlike RHSFP, this club represented the western Edinburgh suburb of [[Corstorphine]] rather than a former pupils' club. They played in different variations of navy and red strips. Most often in red and blue quarter panels.


As time passed more and more matches were being played in Barnton; eventually the 1st XV playing in Barnton and the 2nd XV played in Union Park. This highlighted differences between the two factions on how a club should be run and the merged club was dissolved into two clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union-2-14915/royal-high-school-fp-looking-for-cougars-divorce-1-4435458|title=Royal High School FP looking for Cougars 'divorce'|website=www.scotsman.com}}</ref>
Union Park has been home to rugby since 1875 when Edinburgh University first initially used the ground until 1896.
Coincidentally Royal High School FP club took up residency in 1897 (while still playing at Holyrood) until 1920 when they moved to Jock's Lodge.


==Honours==
On departure of the Royal High School FP team the Corstorphine Amateur Association was formed in 1920 and included athletics, cricket, hockey, football (soccer) and rugby for youths residing in the area.


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===Men===
The rugby club was disbanded along with the rest of the Athletics association in 1939 with the outbreak of the war and was not reformed until 1950 when former pre-war players Alex Watson and Jock Waugh persuaded John McLean and David Fell to recruit sufficient local players to form a 1st and 2nd XV to play in the Edinburgh District League for junior clubs. During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s the club prospered winning the aforementioned league on several occasions. Full membership status to the Scottish Rugby Union was granted in 1973 with entry to the Division XI of the newly formed leagues. At its peak 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th XV's along with a Codgers (over 35's) and a very large youth section played rugby on the hallowed turf at Union Park.


* [[Edinburgh Northern Sevens]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/inverleith-sevens/|title = Edinburgh Northern Sevens|date = 7 June 2019}}</ref>
The club achieved high points playing SRU Premiership 2 rugby and SRU Shield semi final with a result coming down to the very last play of the game before being beaten by Duns RFC. The club also made national news after defeating Premiership 1 side Kirkcaldy during a SRU cup run that was eventually ended in a hard fought and close game against Premiership 2 side West of Scotland.
** Champions : (1) 2004

It also held the honour of holding the record for the longest running fixture between Scottish and Irish clubs having played against Suttonians RFC from 1955 through to the late 1990s. In more recent times the club continues to maintain a close friendship with Keswick RFC which is into its 36th year (2015) of reciprocal tours playing for the Corwick Trophy.

The merged club continues to use Union Park, [[Carrick Knowe]].

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==RHSFP==
[[File:1871 RHS rugby team.png|thumb|The 1871 Royal High School rugby team.]]
[[File:Nat Watt.png|thumb|[[Nat Watt]], Captain from 1880 to 1884.]]
[[File:Mark Morrison.png|thumb|[[Mark Coxon Morrison]].]]

The [[Royal High School (Edinburgh)|Royal High School]] is a school in Edinburgh with origins traceable to the 12th c at the Abbey of Holyrood, subsequently run by the City of Edinburgh. The school gives its name to High School Yards off Infirmary Street, where it was located before moving to the familiar Thos. Hamilton classical Greek building on Calton Hill at Regent Road which it occupied until July 1968, when it moved to new premises at East Barnton Avenue in the western side of Edinburgh near Davidson's Mains. Coeducation commenced in Sept 1976 and the school remains the Local Authority school for that area to date. The history is documented by Ross in a definitive work, William C. A. Ross, the Royal High School (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1934)

The Royal High School was playing a form of "football" by 1810 (the word "football" here referring to a handling code, rather than one like [[soccer]]).<ref>Massie, p1</ref> The Royal High played the first inter-school match with [[Merchiston]] in 1858.<ref>Massie, p2</ref> The Royal High FP club was formally organised in 1867,<ref>Massie, p3</ref> and was a founder member of the Scottish Football Union (future SRU) in 1873.

{{cquote|That Act of [[Politics of Edinburgh|Council]] in 1851, which freed our Saturdays, should be held in high esteem by all our athletes, for it is the [[Magna Carta]] of our [[Cricket]] and [[Rugby union|Football]] Clubs. It rendered possible the formation of a Cricket Club in 1861, to be followed seven years later by a Football Club.<ref name=Ross>Ross, p73.</ref>}}

The RHS [[Rugby Football]] Club was formed in 1868.<ref>Ironside & Thorburn, p8</ref> These clubs were pioneered by former and attending pupils, who originally played their games together.<ref name=Ross/> Among the celebrated student founders of cricket and rugby football at the school were Taverner Knott and Nat Watt, who undertook their labours with the encouragement of Thomson Whyte, reportedly the first master to take a serious interest in sport at the school.<ref name=Ross/> The sporting clubs were formally integrated into the school body when, in 1900, at the request of the club captains, two masters undertook the management of cricket and rugby.

Historically, RHSFP was much stronger, and produced players such as [[Mark Coxon Morrison]] (sometimes considered the best Scottish captain ever, and a member of the [[Scottish Sports Hall of Fame]]), and [[Pringle Fisher]].<ref>Massie, p 101</ref> Mark Morrison was capped 1896, and went to win twenty three caps.<ref>Massie, p16</ref> [[Angus Buchanan (rugby)|Angus Buchanan]] of Royal High School FP, was the first person to score a try in international rugby.

:"''Royal High, also a force in the nineteenth century, have had a similar history. They have continued to produce good players, but seldom good teams. They had a brief spell in the First Division, but never looked like establishing themselves. In recent years, the link between school and club has been broken... Royal H.S.F.P. have recently found difficulty in retaining the best players to come out of the Royal High School. Neither [[Colin Telfer]] nor [[Gordon Hunter (rugby)|Gordon Hunter]] ever played for them, though both worked in Edinburgh; [[Ivan Tukalo]] left Royal High for [[Selkirk RFC|Selkirk]] in the summer of 1983 after the club lost its First Division place.''"(Massie)

[[Bill McLaren]] recalls being chosen for a Scottish XV against the British Army for a game at [[Murrayfield Stadium|Murrayfield]] on 15 February 1947, which contained two RHSFP players: T.P.L. "[[Tom M'Glashan|Tom" M'Glashan]] and D.T. McLean.<ref name="McLaren, p37">McLaren, p37</ref> Tom M'Glashan, was being still selected for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in 1954, as the front row of a pack which contained three Macs, the others being [[Hugh McLeod (rugby union)|Hugh McLeod]] and [[Bob MacEwen]].<ref>McLaren, p81</ref>

Due to the historic association with the Abbey of Holyrood, the school had the use of two pitches at Holyrood, adjacent to the Place of Holyrioodhouse and conveniently situated beneath the school on Regent Road. Five rugby pitches were maintained at Jock's Lodge, where the RHS 'Preparatory Department' was relocated in the 1930s. On relocation to Barnton in 1968, pitches were then available adjacent to the new building. Jock's Lodge is located on the east side of the city, on the opposite side from the school's present location. This put them in competition with Portobello RFC, [[Musselburgh]], [[Leith]] and [[Trinity Academy, Edinburgh|Trinity Academicals]] for local talent.

[[Lismore RFC]] was founded by former RHSFP players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lismorerfc.com/information/history.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-02-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412000526/http://www.lismorerfc.com/information/history.html |archivedate=12 April 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

RHC have a very successful Women's team who play in the Scottish Women's Premier League. They boast several current and former Lionesses and Scotland players.


==Notable players==
==Notable players==
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Royal High School FP players:
* [[Alexander Gordon Petrie]] - played for Scotland in [[1872-73 Home Nations rugby union matches|1873]]
* [[Alexander Thomson Wood]] - played for Scotland in [[1872-73 Home Nations rugby union matches|1873]]
* T.P.L. "[[Tom M'Glashan|Tom" M'Glashan]].<ref name="McLaren, p37"/>
* D.T. McLean.<ref name="McLaren, p37"/><ref name=Encycl>Jones, p118</ref>
* Pringle Fisher, Royal High, London Scottish and Scotland
* [[Angus Buchanan (rugby)|Angus Buchanan]].<ref name=Encycl/>
* [[Mark Coxon Morrison]].<ref name=Encycl/>


===Men's===
RHC Cougars players:
* Andrew Crammond - played for Edinburgh at under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels, and for Scotland under-18. He made his Scotland under-20 debut in Athlone in January 2014, against Ireland in the 6 Nations and scored his first try, against France, at Netherdale on 7 March 2014. Represented Scotland at the U20 World Championships in New Zealand in 2013. He currently plays for Toulon.
* Andrew Crammond - played for Edinburgh at under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels, and for Scotland under-18. He made his Scotland under-20 debut in Athlone in January 2014, against Ireland in the 6 Nations and scored his first try, against France, at Netherdale on 7 March 2014. Represented Scotland at the U20 World Championships in New Zealand in 2013. He currently plays for Toulon.


Scotland Women Internationals:
===Scotland Women Internationals===
* Lee Cockburn
* Lee Cockburn
* Sonia Cull
* Sonia Cull
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* Lynne Reid
* Lynne Reid
* Gayle Stewart
* Gayle Stewart
* Mhairi Grieve
* Karen Dunbar
* Katie Dougan


==The Brothers==
==The Brothers==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})
* Godwin, Terry ''Complete Who's Who of International Rugby'' (Cassell, 1987, {{ISBN|0-7137-1838-2}})
* Ironside, Robert & Thorburn, Alexander M.C. Thorburn, ''Royal High School Rugby Football Club: Centenary 1868-1968'' (Edinburgh, Royal High School, 1968)
* Jones, J.R. ''Encyclopedia of Rugby Football'' (Robert Hale, London, 1958)
* Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})
* Ross, William C. A. ''The Royal High School'' (Edinburgh, [[Oliver and Boyd]], 1934)
* http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12385773.Pringle_Fisher/

==External links==
*[http://www.royalhigh.co.uk/annual_records.htm#RHSFP Royal High School Club: RHSFP Rugby Club History 1868-2002]


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Latest revision as of 13:39, 10 April 2024

Royal High Corstorphine RFC
Full nameRoyal High Corstorphine Rugby Football Club
Emblem(s)Cougar head
Founded2003
Disbanded2017
Ground(s)Union Park & Barnton

Royal High Corstorphine RFC is a former Edinburgh rugby union club, formed from the merger of the Royal HSFP and Corstorphine RFC. The merged club was dissolved in 2017 as two clubs:- Corstorphine Cougars and Royal HSFP.

History

[edit]

Royal High Corstorphine was formed in 2003 from the merger of two Edinburgh rugby union sides:- Royal HSFP and Corstorphine RFC. RHC was originally planned as a bilateral club based both in Royal HSFP's Barnton ground and Corstorphine RFC's Union Park.[1]

The club had a very successful women's side that produced several Scotland international players.

Dissolve of club

[edit]

As time passed more and more matches were being played in Barnton; eventually the 1st XV playing in Barnton and the 2nd XV played in Union Park. This highlighted differences between the two factions on how a club should be run and the merged club was dissolved into two clubs.[2]

Honours

[edit]

Men

[edit]

Notable players

[edit]

Men's

[edit]
  • Andrew Crammond - played for Edinburgh at under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels, and for Scotland under-18. He made his Scotland under-20 debut in Athlone in January 2014, against Ireland in the 6 Nations and scored his first try, against France, at Netherdale on 7 March 2014. Represented Scotland at the U20 World Championships in New Zealand in 2013. He currently plays for Toulon.

Scotland Women Internationals

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  • Lee Cockburn
  • Sonia Cull
  • Louise Dalgliesh
  • Cara DiSilva
  • Sarah Dixon
  • Ronnie Fitzpatrick
  • Tanya Griffith
  • Donna Kennedy
  • Alison MacDonald
  • Jilly McCord
  • Mags McHardy
  • Louise Moffat
  • Lynne Reid
  • Gayle Stewart
  • Mhairi Grieve
  • Karen Dunbar
  • Katie Dougan

The Brothers

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From 2010 the 2nd XV have been branded as The Brothers named Marc Maiden. Under the new team name The Brothers started the 2010–11 season winning 9 out of 9 games

The 2nd XV continued as a successful outfit with the management team of Mike "Iron" Whitside and Dougie Cross.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Rutherford, Stuart (15 August 2017). "Corstorphine Cougars look to a positive future after Barnton split". The Offside Line.
  2. ^ "Royal High School FP looking for Cougars 'divorce'". www.scotsman.com.
  3. ^ "Edinburgh Northern Sevens". 7 June 2019.
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