Gala RFC

Gala Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, founded in 1875, they play their home games at Netherdale.

The team currently plays in the Scottish Premiership Division One and Border League (the oldest established rugby union league in the world).

Notable players

Gala Rugby Club have provided 44 internationalists to the Scottish national side.

• Peter Brown (no 8 capped 28 times)^[1][2]
• David Leslie^[1]
• Jim Aitken (capt 1984 GS & hooker)^[1]
• Jock Turner centre ^[1]
• Duncan Paterson scrum half in late 60s.^[1]
• Gregor Townsend, born within a mile of Netherdale^[1]
• Derek White capped 41 times for Scotland.^[1]
• Nathan Hines
• Chris Paterson
• Noel Kennedy
• John Kennedy
• Colm Reidy
• Malcolm Wilson
• Duncan Paterson
• Tom McMenemy
• John Frame^[2]
• Jock Turner
• Billy Hollands
• Arthur Brown
• Nairn McEwan
• Ken Lawrie
• Gordon Dickson
• Peter Dods
• Michael Dods
• Neil Crooks
• Johnny Gray
• Bob Wilson
• Tom Elliot

In the 1964-5 season, PB Townsend scored 327 points for Gala.^[2]

See also

• Galashiels
• Scottish Premiership Division Two
• Border League
• Borders Sevens Circuit
• Rugby union in the Borders

External links

• Galashiels Rugby Football Club - Official website of the Galashiels Rugby Football Club

References

• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1 86200 013 3)
• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0713718382)
• Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0709153945)

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Bath, p87
2. ^ ^{a b c} Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football, p41