Perthshire RFC
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| Full name | Perthshire Rugby Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Eagles | ||
| Founded | 1868 | ||
| Location | Perth, Scotland | ||
| Ground(s) | North Inch | ||
| President | Allan Brown | ||
| Coach(es) |
Andy Cummins Mark Coupar | ||
| Captain(s) | Adam Pattinson | ||
| League(s) | Scottish National League Division Three | ||
| 2015–16 | 5th | ||
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Perthshire Rugby Football Club, formerly known as Perthshire Academicals, is a rugby union club located in the city of Perth, Scotland.
History
Founded in 1868, it is one of the oldest rugby clubs in Scotland. Perthshire was a consistently successful club in the 3rd Division of the old National League in Scotland until recently. Over the seasons 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06, the club gained successive promotions, reaching Scottish Premiership Division 3 for the first time in the 2006–07 season. They remained in this league until 2012–13 season when they were relegated to Caledonia Regional League 1. Perthshire also put a lot of emphasis into coaching youth players. The club has a development team who coach the youth teams and make regular visits to schools in the area to promote rugby. Perthshire recently launched its centre of excellence, which was the first in the country.
North Inch
Perthshire play their home games at the North Inch beside the River Tay in Perth.
Notable players
Perthshire has provided Scottish internationalist with the first being Dr R W Irvine and Dr Charles Reid during the 1880s. Welsh captain J A G William played for the club in the early 1950s. Jimmy Greenwood was the club's last international cap. He toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions in 1955.