Dunfermline RFC
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Dunfermline Rugby Football Club are a rugby union
team from Dunfermline
, Fife
, Scotland
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Established in 1893 the club play their home games at McKane Park.
They currently play in Scottish National Leagues division 1.
Their strip is royal blue and white.
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 Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Dunfermline is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to a 2008 estimate, Dunfermline has a population of 46,430, making it the second-biggest settlement in Fife. Part of the town's name comes from the Gaelic word...
, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, 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...
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Established in 1893 the club play their home games at McKane Park.
They currently play in Scottish National Leagues division 1.
Their strip is royal blue and white.
Notable players
- Jim Greenwood.
- Harry LindHarry LindHarry Lind was a Scottish international rugby union player. He was capped 16 times for between 1928-36 at centre.His club was Dunfermline RFC....
, 16 caps for Scotland, 1928-36 - Alf WilsonAlf WilsonAlfred Royle "Alf" Wilson was an English professional footballer born in Wortley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, who played in the Football League for Birmingham. Wilson was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday but failed to make an appearance for the League side for the duration of his tenure...
- Ron GlasgowRon GlasgowRonald "Ron" Glasgow was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped ten times between 1962-65 for . He also played for Dunfermline RFC, and Gordonians RFC.Allan Massie considers that:...
- Fraser McKenzie