Edinburgh Northern RFC
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Edinburgh Northern Rugby Football Club is a rugby football
club in the Scottish Rugby Union
, located at Inverleith Park, by Stockbridge
and Fettes in the centre of Edinburgh
, playing in the East of Scotland Regional Leagues.
Founded in 1920, Edinburgh Northern has a fine tradition of being one of the friendliest clubs in Edinburgh. The club's playing colours are Navy Blue
and Old Gold
.
The Club regularly fields two XVs in competitive regional leagues and also has an additional 'Over 35's' team, the Gentlemen of Northern, for players who wish to continue playing in their latter years.
Northern host one of the city's largest annual rugby 7s tournaments every April, which attracts entrants from all over the UK and hold an excellent reputation as a host for touring clubs from all Great Britain, Ireland and Europe visiting Edinburgh.
Rugby football
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club in the Scottish Rugby Union
Scottish Rugby Union
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, located at Inverleith Park, by Stockbridge
Stockbridge
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and Fettes in the centre of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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, playing in the East of Scotland Regional Leagues.
Founded in 1920, Edinburgh Northern has a fine tradition of being one of the friendliest clubs in Edinburgh. The club's playing colours are Navy Blue
Navy blue
Navy blue is a very dark shade of the color blue which almost appears as black. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue worn by officers in the British Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world....
and Old Gold
Old Gold
Old gold is a dark yellow, which varies from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow. The widely-accepted color "Old gold" is on the darker rather than the lighter side of this range....
.
The Club regularly fields two XVs in competitive regional leagues and also has an additional 'Over 35's' team, the Gentlemen of Northern, for players who wish to continue playing in their latter years.
Northern host one of the city's largest annual rugby 7s tournaments every April, which attracts entrants from all over the UK and hold an excellent reputation as a host for touring clubs from all Great Britain, Ireland and Europe visiting Edinburgh.