Langholm Rugby Football Club are a rugby union

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 founded in 1871. They play their home games at Milntown, Langholm

Langholm

Langholm , also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the River Esk and the A7 road.- History:...

 in Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway

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Team team currently play in the Scottish National League Division 1

Scottish National League

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 and Border League

Border League

For the defunct baseball league, see Border League The Border League, is the oldest established rugby union league in the World, having been formed in 1901...

 (the oldest established rugby union league in the world). Their annual Sevens are held at the end of April and 2008 saw the centenary of the tournament.

Notable former players

• Tom Scott
  Tom Scott
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  , and president of the Scottish Football 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:...
  
   from 1918-20
• Billy Steele
  William Steele (rugby player)
  William Charles Common Steele also known as Billy Steele, is a former Scotland international rugby union player.The first club he played for was Langholm RFC, in his hometown of Langholm in south west Scotland....
  
   (23 caps for )
• Ernie Michie
  Ernie Michie
  Ernest "Ernie" James Stewart Michiewas a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions. He played at second row , and his nickname was "Fourteen"....
  
  , , British and Irish Lions
  British and Irish Lions
  The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
  
  , Barbarian F.C.
  Barbarian F.C.
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• Christy Elliot
  Christy Elliot
  Christy Elliot was a Scottish international rugby union player.He was capped for twelve times between 1958-65. He also played for Langholm RFC.His brother Tom Elliot was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
  
  
• Tom Elliot
  Tom Elliot
  Tom Elliot was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions. He was a prop alongside Hugh McLeod, and was described by Bill McLaren as "a tough rugged son of the soil"....
  
  

The Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid

Hugh MacDiarmid

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(real name, Christopher Grieve) also played for Langholm in his youth.