Dundee HSFP

The Dundee High School Former Pupils Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club that plays in the Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership. The home games are played in the Mayfield Playing Fields in Dundee.

History

The club was founded in 1880. The first place where he played was a field a farmer, which could be used only if it was not ordered. Soon after, they often changed the venue to the club a place has been made ​​permanently accessible by the rector of the university.

In the 1930s, the club launched its first international show: George Ritchie played for Scotland against England in 1932. In the 1960s, it participated in regional selections that competed against other Scottish but also foreign teams.

1973, the official league operations began in Scotland. Dundee was ranked first in the fourth division. Two years later, they played the first time in Mayfield. 1980 was celebrated its centenary with a match against an international panel selection, which included former players of the club. In the same year, the players traveled to Denmark and Sweden to play there against regional selections. At the end of the 1980s, Dundee was now reached in the second division, ten years before one was still in the sixth league.

The 1990s saw the continued successful ascent of the association. 1992 it rose the first time in the highest league. In the same year the club's first tour by a British club traveled to New Zealand, at the same time across the country. In subsequent seasons we fluctuated between first and second league. With the professionalization of the sport in 1995, the club lost several players to other clubs. The following Dundee descended down to the third division. It returned in the 2000s, but back in the top division.

Well-known former players

  • Stewart Campbell
  • Rob Dewey
  • Alasdair Dickinson
  • Iain Fullarton
  • Frank Hadden
  • Jason Hewett (New Zealand)
  • Sean Lamont
  • David Leslie
  • Shaun Longstaff
  • John Manson
  • Andy Nicol
  • Jon Petrie
  • Jacob Rauluni (Fiji)
  • Moses Rauluni (Fiji)
  • Chris Rea
  • George Ritchie
  • Adam Russell (United States)
  • Tom Smith
  • JJ van der Esch (Netherlands)
  • Rob Wainwright
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