Haddington RFC
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| Full name | Haddington Rugby Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Union | Scottish Rugby Union | |
| Founded | 1911 | |
| Location | Haddington, Scotland | |
| Ground | Neilson Park | |
| President | Keith Wallace | |
| Director of Rugby | Bob Snodgrass | |
| Coach | Kieran Cooney | |
| Captain | Gary Cockburn | |
| League | East Division 1 | |
| 2024–25 | East Division 1, 2nd of 8 | |
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Haddington Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Haddington, East Lothian.
Founded in 1911, the team plays its home games at Neilson Park.
Haddington player Jock Wemyss founded the Co-optimists; following a Barbarians inspired match in Haddington in 1924.
They compete in BT National League Division 3, the 3rd tier of Scottish club rugby.[1]
Player development
The minis section was set up almost 50 years ago by Bill Hamilton.
The minis and the School of Rugby with Knox Academy are key to the ongoing success serving as nursery for players. Haddington currently have over 100 kids in each; and the club recently managed to play a couple of girls matches as they seek to develop a woman's team.
There is a tradition of families serving the Club, with many sets of brothers, fathers sons and grandsons turning out.
World record
On 12 August 2018, the club set a world record of 467 for the most participants in a touch/mini/tag game of rugby, ratified by Guinness World Records.[2] In the game, players from age 5 to 73 turned out, including 18 from the Snodgrass Family, covering three generations a former president and two former captains.
Haddington Sevens
The club ran the Haddington Sevens tournament. Dating from 1926, the club claims it is the 10th oldest surviving in the world.[3]
