Glasgow University Rugby Football Club
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Glasgow University Rugby Football Club is a rugby
team at the University of Glasgow
in Scotland
.
GURFC was formed in 1869 and is one of the University's oldest student groups, predating the Glasgow University Sports Association
, to which it is now affiliated. The Club is a founding member of the Scottish Rugby Union
and has fielded thirteen full internationalists. The 1st XV finished 3rd in the second division of the BUCS Men's Scottish Conference. in the 2010-11 season and reached the Semi-Finals of the Scottish Universities Conference Cup.
The team plays in black and gold, the colours of the University, and is affiliated to the Glasgow University Sports Association
(GUSA).
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
team at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
GURFC was formed in 1869 and is one of the University's oldest student groups, predating the Glasgow University Sports Association
Glasgow University Sports Association
Glasgow University Sports Association is a student organisation at the University of Glasgow responsible for the promotion of sport, and to which sports teams at the University may affiliate.-History:...
, to which it is now affiliated. The Club is a founding member of the Scottish Rugby Union
Scottish Rugby Union
The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:...
and has fielded thirteen full internationalists. The 1st XV finished 3rd in the second division of the BUCS Men's Scottish Conference. in the 2010-11 season and reached the Semi-Finals of the Scottish Universities Conference Cup.
The team plays in black and gold, the colours of the University, and is affiliated to the Glasgow University Sports Association
Glasgow University Sports Association
Glasgow University Sports Association is a student organisation at the University of Glasgow responsible for the promotion of sport, and to which sports teams at the University may affiliate.-History:...
(GUSA).
Notable players
The first GURFC cap was DA McLeod in 1886.- Hugh Stewart MacKintosh, 16 caps, 1930-32.
- Louis Leisler GreigLouis Leisler GreigGroup Captain Sir Louis Leisler Greig, KBE, CVO was a British naval surgeon, courtier and intimate of King George VI, and a rugby union player.-Rugby union:...
, and 1903 British Lions1903 British Lions tour to South AfricaThe 1903 British Isles tour to South Africa was the fifth tour by a British Isles team and the third to South Africa. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950....
. - Arthur Smith, 33 caps for