Currie Rugby Football Club are an Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

-based 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...

 club in the Scottish Rugby Union

Scottish Rugby Union

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, they currently play in Premiership Division One.

Despite the name, "Currie

Currie

Currie is a civil parish and suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated 10 kilometres south west of the city centre. A former village within the County of Midlothian, it lies to the south west of the city, between Juniper Green and Balerno on the Lanark Road...

" RFC is actually based in the neighbouring suburb of Balerno

Balerno

Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 12 kilometres south west of the city centre, next to Juniper Green and Currie. Administratively, Balerno falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.- History :...

, and they play in Malleny Park.

In January 2007, they won the 2006-07 season of the Premiership division 1. John Smith leads the seasons try-scoring table with 8, he also has 39 conversions and 22 penalties.

Currie were champions of the 2009-10 Premiership 1 league. In this season the under 15s and Colts also won the national cup.

External links

• Currie RFC Official Website