Glasgow University Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. The men's side play in the university league; the women's side play in the .
History
GURFC was formed in 1869 and is one of the university's oldest student groups, predating the Glasgow University Sports Association (GUSA), to which it is now affiliated.
The team plays in black and gold, the colours of the university.
The club is a founding member of the Scottish Rugby Union and has fielded thirteen full internationalists.
In a remarkably successful 2016/17 season the 1st XV finished 1st in BUCS Scottish 1A as well as winning the BUCS Trophy. The 2nd XV finished 4th in BUCS Scottish 2A as well as reaching the final of the Scottish Conference Cup. The 3rd XV narrowly missed out on promotion coming 2nd in BUCS Scottish 4A. The club also had 7 representatives in the Scottish Students squad who defeated the Scotland U19s in February.
Involved in multiple controversial incidents, the club has been branded a shambles both internally and amongst the wider student population in recent years.
Glasgow University Sevens
Glasgow University runs its own Sevens tournament. This began in 1898 with a tournament at Gilmorehill.
Honours
Men
Glasgow University Sevens
Champions: 1950, 1971
Clydesdale Sevens
Champions: 1994
Bearsden Sevens
Champions: 1969, 1979
Kilmarnock Sevens
Champions: 1940, 1945
Ayr Sevens
Champions: 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954
Greenock Sevens
Champions: 1951, 1952
Helensburgh Sevens
Champions: 2013
Tennents west reserve league division 3 north
Champions: 2022
North East Sevens
Champions: 2019
Notable players
Men
The first GURFC cap was Duncan MacLeod in 1886. Hugh Stewart MacKintosh, 16 caps, 1930–32. Louis Leisler Greig, and 1903 British Lions. Arthur Smith, 33 caps for Henry Melville Napier, capped for Glasgow District while with the university, later capped internationally for in 1877-79 when at West of Scotland. Became a noted shipbuilder and founder of Napier and Miller. Neil Cameron Adam Nicol Alexander Stevenson George Robb Alexander Malcolm
References
Sources
Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ) Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Football (Robert Hale, London, 1958) Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; )