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Union
  
Scottish Rugby Union

Founded
  
1871

Ground(s)
  
Milntown

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Full name
  
Langholm Rugby Football Club

Emblem(s)
  
Emblem Incorporates Scottish Thistle, rugby ball and posts, 1871 the year the club was founded and part of the towns arms

Leagues
  
East Regional League, Border League

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Langholm Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team founded in 1871. They play their home games at Milntown, Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway.

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The team currently play in the East Regional League Division Two following relegation from East Regional League Division One at the end of the 2014–15 season. Their annual Sevens are held at the end of April and 2008 saw the centenary of the tournament.

Notable former players

  • Tom Scott, Scotland and president of the Scottish Football Union from 1918–1920
  • Billy Steele (23 caps for Scotland)1969.British and Irish Lions 1974 South Africa
  • Ernie Michie, Scotland, British and Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C.
  • Christy Elliot 1958
  • Tom G Elliot 1968 Brother of Christy Elliot.
  • James M.Maxwell 1957
  • Donald Scott 1950
  • John Goodfellow 1928
  • A.S. Turk 1971

    • The Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid (real name, Christopher Grieve) also played for Langholm in his youth.

    References

    Langholm RFC Wikipedia
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