Aberdeen GSFP RFC
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Aberdeen Grammar School Former Pupils Rugby Football Club is a rugby union
club based in Aberdeen
, Scotland
. They play in the Scottish Premiership division 1.
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...
club based in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, 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...
. They play in the Scottish Premiership division 1.
Notable players
William Dallas Allardice- John Robert Stephen Innes, in 1939 and 1946.
- E.T.S MichieErnie MichieErnest "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"....
, the first University of AberdeenUniversity of AberdeenThe University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
LionsBritish and Irish LionsThe British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
player in the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa1955 British Lions tour to South AfricaIn 1955 the British Lions rugby union team toured Southern and Eastern Africa. The Lions drew the test series against , each team winning two of the four matches. They won the first test by a single point and the third by three points and lost the second and fourth matches by wider margins...
and also in Barbarian FC. - Moray LowMoray LowMoray Low is a rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12.Low's position of choice is as a Prop....
, 2008 to date