East Kilbride RFC
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East Kilbride Rugby Football Club are a rugby union
team from East Kilbride
, South Lanarkshire
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Established in 1968, their home games are played at Torrance House. The team currently compete in the Scottish Hydro Electric National League Division 1 and play all their home games at the magnificent Torrance House Arena, up at Calderglen.
EKRFC moved to the Torrance Arena in 1971, which led to steady progress through the divisions, which finally saw them spend 3 seasons in Premier 2 and winning the BT shield
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team from East Kilbride
East Kilbride
East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area, in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. Designated as Scotland's first new town in 1947, it forms part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation...
, South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
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Established in 1968, their home games are played at Torrance House. The team currently compete in the Scottish Hydro Electric National League Division 1 and play all their home games at the magnificent Torrance House Arena, up at Calderglen.
EKRFC moved to the Torrance Arena in 1971, which led to steady progress through the divisions, which finally saw them spend 3 seasons in Premier 2 and winning the BT shield