Crieff and Strathearn RFC explained

Teamname:Crieff and Strathearn RFC
Fullname:Crieff and Strathearn Rugby Football Club
Ground:King George V Playing Fields
Url:https://www.crieffrugby.co.uk/
Season:2023/24
Position:1st (Champions)
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Crieff and Strathearn RFC is a rugby union club based in Crieff, Scotland. The Men's team currently plays in .

History

There was previously rugby at Crieff. At the end of the 19th century there was a club known as St. Michael's Guild Rugby Club from around 1889 which then became Crieff rugby club.[1]

This side went defunct but there was another attempt to create a Crieff rugby club, based around ex-players of the Crieff Academy around 1896.[1]

From the 1920s there was another Crieff club based on ex-Morrisons Academy players. Known as the Morrisonian club or Morrison Academy F.P., the club played to at least the mid-1930s and it seems likely it did not survive the Second World War.[2]

The present club was founded in 1972, and the club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022.[3]

In the 2012/13 season, they celebrated their first ever league title as a club. Winning the Caledonia Regional League 4 and going unbeaten throughout the campaign.[4] Their second league title would come in the 2023/24 season in the league above, as Crieff & Strathearn won 13 of their 14 games and finished 11 points clear at the top of the table.[5]

Sides

The club runs a men's and women's side and a minis side (Primary 1–7).[6]

The men train on Friday nights from 7.30pm, the women on Wednesday nights from 7.30pm, the minis train on Sunday morning from 11am.[6]

Sevens tournament

The club runs the Crieff Sevens. The teams compete for the Robin McNeil Cup.[7]

Honours

Men's

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18961023/068/0003. British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19351022/116/0008. British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Web site: Rugby: Crieff and Strathearn celebrates 40 years. November 9, 2012. Daily Record.
  4. Web site: Crieff are champions after win in Dundee. 8 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Fixtures and Results 2023/24. Scottish Rugby. 8 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Teams | Crieff & Strathearn Rugby Club. Crieff Rugby.
  7. Web site: Crieff Sevens. June 7, 2019.