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| Full name | Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club | ||
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| Union | Scottish Rugby Union | ||
| Founded | 1974 | ||
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Ground(s) | Dumbreck (Capacity 2,000) | ||
| President |  Edward Crozier | ||
| Coach(es) | Thomas Davidson Matt Clarke | ||
| Captain(s) | Wayne Burrows | ||
| League(s) | Scottish National League Division One | ||
| 2021–22 | Scottish National League Division One, 11th of 12 | ||
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| Official website | |||
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The Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1974, after the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P.. They play their home games at Dumbreck and are currently in Scottish National League Division One, the 2nd tier of Scottish club rugby.[1]
History
Cartha Athletic Club was founded in 1889. The 'athletic' club played a number of sports: Cricket, Athletics, Rugby, Tennis, Hockey... the association was henced named Cartha. The rugby union section was established in 1906. In 1974 Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. merged to form the present day rugby union club.
The club runs four adult XVs catering for all abilities and levels of experience. At Dumbreck there is an impressive youth section catering for over 200 local children aged 5 to 17.[2] The club also has a senior women's side currently competing in the Scottish Women's Premier League at Premier 1 level.[1]
Current 1st XV Squad
| Forwards | Backs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Goodwin
|
Prop | Bosco Lafon 
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Scrum Half |
| Mark Barrowman
|
Prop | Lachie Stout 
|
Scrum Half |
| Zander Kelman
|
Prop | Joe Ross
|
Scrum Half |
| Fraser Paul
|
Hooker | Pat Nicol
|
Scrum Half |
Juan Phyfer 
|
Prop | Wayne Burrows 
|
Fly Half |
| Luca Alessandri
|
Prop | Liam Howieson
|
Centre |
| Michael Nellaney
|
Lock | Ewan Campbell
|
Centre |
| Graham Williamson
|
Lock | Alex Boyle
|
Centre |
| Pete Barton
|
Lock | Thomas Pourcharet
|
Centre |
| Ethan Paterson
|
Lock | Ryan Flett
|
Centre |
| Calum Dickson
|
Flanker | Thibault Pin
|
Wing |
| Ryan Howie
|
Flanker | Josh McPhail
|
Wing |
Chris Wicks 
|
Flanker | Sam Harrison
|
Wing |
| Grant Harman
|
Flanker | Tony Lopez 
|
Wing |
| Miler Stewart
|
Flanker | Tony Nyangweso 
|
Wing |
| Michael Robertson
|
No 8 | Darren Knox
|
Fullback |
| Graeme Docherty
|
Fullback |
Notable Former Players
Former CQPRFC players include current Glasgow Warriors and Scotland stand-off Ruaridh Jackson.
Glasgow City Sevens
Cartha Queen's Park play host to the Glasgow City Sevens tournament at Dumbreck. This was originally known as the Cartha Sevens. The first rugby sevens tournament took place in April 1935 and continued for the following two years. After a break, for the Second World War period, the Cartha Sevens were reintroduced in 1950 and has then been played in all the subsequent years. On the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. in 1974 the tournament became known as the Cartha Queens Park Sevens. The Cartha Queens Park tournament was renamed to the Glasgow City Sevens Tournament in 2005.
Honours
Men
- Champion BTNational 2 2016/17
- Glasgow City Sevens
- Champions (3): 1980, 1981, 1983
- Glasgow University Sevens
- Champions: 1984, 1985
- Helensburgh Sevens
- Champions: 1983, 1984
- Lenzie Sevens
- Champions: 1985, 1988
- Old Aloysians Sevens
- Champions: 1976
- Moray Sevens
- Champions: 1994
Women
- Mull Sevens[3]
- Champions: 2009, 2010, 2011
References
- ^ a b "Fixtures and results". Scottish Rugby Union.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Mull Sevens". 8 June 2019.
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