• Source: Hawick RFC

Hawick Rugby Football Club is an semi-pro rugby union side, currently playing in the Scottish Premiership and Border League. The club was founded in 1885 and are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders.




Splinter from Hawick and Wilton RFC


The premier club of Hawick was Hawick and Wilton RFC. This was formed by the Hawick and Wilton Cricket Club members as a sport to play in the winter. It ran the Hawick and Wilton Sevens; the fourth oldest rugby sevens tournament in the world (behind Melrose [1883]; Gala [April 1884] and Selkirk Cricket Club [May 1884]). For the members of Hawick and Wilton RFC however cricket came first and this led to the splinter club of Hawick RFC forming in 1885. Hawick and Wilton RFC continued on after Hawick RFC formed as rivals; and for a time both the Hawick and Wilton Sevens and the later Hawick Sevens co-existed. Hawick and Wilton RFC eventually folded in 1890 as its members decided to purely focus on cricket.




Establishment of the club


1885 saw some rugby players of Hawick and Wilton RFC found a new club to instead solely concentrate on rugby: the Hawick Football Club, moving to new premises at the Volunteer Park, just beyond the cricket pitch. New colours were adopted, dark green jerseys and stockings with white shorts, and in 1886 Hawick was admitted to membership of the Scottish Football (later Rugby) Union, only the 19th club to be admitted, the only earlier Border clubs being Gala and Melrose RFC.
In 1888 Hawick Football Club moved to its present home, Mansfield Park, at the other end of the town. The early seasons brought keenly contested games against Edinburgh Academicals, Gala, and Watsonians, and in 1896 Hawick won their first Scottish Unofficial Championship.




1945 to 1972 – Scottish domination


Between 1945 and 1972, Hawick club firmly established among the leaders of Scottish rugby, winning the unofficial championship eight times, taking the Border League title fifteen times, and earning fame as sevens specialists.
In the 1950s, all 15 of Hawick RFC were approached by rugby league scouts from Yorkshire.
In this period, Hugh McLeod, George Stevenson, Adam Robson, and Derrick Grant alone won 100 international caps between them, while fifteen other Greens played for their country.




1972 onwards


The official Scottish championship began in season 1973–74 and since that time Hawick has won the championship on twelve occasions. The proud record of winning the first Border League in 1901–02 and the first Scottish championship in 1973–74 was added to in 1995–96 when the club were also first winners of the Scottish Cup. Indeed, in season 2002–03, the Greens completed the treble, winning Scottish League championship, Scottish Cup and Border League championship.
In 2009, the club was relegated to the second tier for the first time in their history. Hawick regained their place in the Premiership at the end of the 2012–13 season with a 39–38 playoff victory over Dundee HSFP.




Hawick Force


The club run a 2nd XV called Hawick Force, who play in the new Border Junior League.
Forwards Coaches: Matthew Landels,
Backs Coach:
Team Manager: Kenny "Shovie" Colville




Honours


Scottish Unofficial Championship
Champions (10 + 4 shared): 1895–96, 1899-1900 (with Edinburgh Academicals and Edinburgh University), 1908-09 (with Watsonians), 1926–27, 1932-33 (with Dunfermline), 1948–49, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964-65 (with West of Scotland), 1965–66, 1967–68, 1971–72
Scottish Premiership
Champions (13): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2022–2023
Scottish League Championship, second tier
Runners-Up (1): 2012–13
Scottish Cup
Champions (4): 1995–96, 2001–02, 2022-23, 2023-24
Runners-Up (1): 2014–15
Langholm Sevens
Champions (29): 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1946, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1991, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015
Melrose Sevens
Champions (28): 1887, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901,1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1966, 1967
Hawick Sevens
Champions (49): 1886, 1887, 1888, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957,1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Hawick hold the record for most consecutive victories (6): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Gala Sevens
Champions (42): 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1992, 2007
Hawick hold the record for most consecutive victories (6): 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898
Jed-Forest Sevens
Champions (28): 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1912, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1991, 2009
Peebles Sevens
Champions (1): 1926
Kelso Sevens
Champions (15): 1923, 1925, 1929, 1935, 1945, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
Earlston Sevens
Champions (12): 1925, 1926, 1946, 1948, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970
Selkirk Sevens
Champions (15): 1919, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1986
Walkerburn Sevens
Champions (3): 1998, 2000, 2007
Hawick Linden Sevens
Champions (1): 2019 (won by Hawick Force)
Hawick and Wilton Sevens
Champions (3): 1886, 1887, 1888




Notable players


Hawick RFC have already seen 58 players represent Scotland.

Adam Robson (22)
Alan Tomes (48)
Alex Fiddes
Alex Laidlaw (1)
Alister Campbell (15)
Andrew Broatch
Anthony Little
Brian Hegarty
Cameron Murray (26)
Colin Deans (52)
Colin Telfer (17)
Darcy Graham
Dave Callam
Dave Valentine
Derek Turnbull (15)
Derrick Grant (14)
Derrick Patterson
Doug Davies
Douglas Jackson
Drew Turnbull
Eric Milligan
George Stevenson (24)
Gregor Hunter
Hugh McLeod (40)
Ivan Laing
Jerry Foster
Jim Renwick (52)
Jock Beattie (23)
John Hegarty
John Houston
Lana Skeldon
Lisa Thomson
Nikki Walker (24)
Norman Pender
Oliver Grant
Robert Scott
Rob Valentine
Rob Welsh (2)
Rory Sutherland
Scott Forrest
Scott MacLeod (23)
Stuart Hogg (100)
Thomas Wright
Tom Scott
Tom Scott
Tony Stanger (52)
Walter Sutherland,(13) "Wattie Suddie"
Willie Kyle (21)
Willie Welsh (21)




1888 British Isles tourists


Three Hawick players took part in the 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

Bob Burnet Forward
Willie Burnet Half-back
Alex Laing Forward




= Other famous players

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The famous rugby commentator Bill McLaren also played for Hawick.




See also


Border League
Borders Sevens Circuit
Hawick Harlequins RFC




References






Bibliography


Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. ISBN 1-86200-013-1.
Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)




External links


Hawick RFC Official Site

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Hawick RFC
• Derrick Grant
• Graham Hogg (rugby union, born 1987)
• Hawick and Wilton RFC
• Darcy Graham
• Stuart Hogg
• Hawick Harlequins RFC
• Border League
• Bill McLaren
• Scottish League Championship