Haaick RFC

Haaick RFC is a rugby union fitbaw team frae Haaick, in Ee Mairches. Thir hame grund is Mansfield Pairk. Ee club wis foondit in December 1873, whan ee Haaick aun Wilton Cricket club, in 1872, decidit att thay shuid encourage thur members tae play fitbaw during ee winter tae keep fit. Thur wis advocates fir baith associatioun fitbaw aun rugby union fitbaw. Ee club played at Buccleuch Pairk, ee hame o tha cricket club until 1885, whan ee club rebrandit as Haaick Fitbaw Club aun wur gien use o ee Volunteer Pairk, then in 1888 ee club moved tae thur current grund at Mansfield Pairk; aifter being admittit tae ee Scottish Fitbaw (Rugby) Union in 1886. 1945 - 1972 - Scottis Dominatioun Atween 1945 aun 1972, Haaick RFC estabilishit itsel as yin o ee leaders o Scottis Rugby. Thay won ee unofficial championship echt (8) times, takin ee Border League title feifteen (15), aun ernin fame as a sevins specialist. In ee 1950s, aw feifteen (15) o Haaick RFC players wur approached bi rugby league scouts frae Yorkshyre. Ower iss period o time, Hugh McLeod, George Stevenson, Adam Robson, aun Derrick Grant won yin hunder (100) internatiounal caps atween thaim, aun feifteen (15) ither Haaick players alsae pleyed fir thair countrie. 1972 Onworth Ee Official Scottis championship began in e 1973-74 season aun since then Haaick hus won ee championship oan twelf (12) occasiouns. Ee proud record o winnin ee firs Border league in ee1902-02 season aun e firs Scottis championship in ee 1973-74 season wis addit tae whan in ee 1995-95 season Haaick wur e firs club tae win ee Scottis Cup. Haaick RFC completit ee treble in ee 2002-03 season whan thay won e Scottis League Championship, Scottis Cup aun ee Border League Championship. Howevyr, in 2009 ee club wis relegatit tae ee secont teir fir e firs time in thur history. Ee followin season thay wur promotit back tae Premier 1, afore gittin relegatit again aifter ee 2011-12 season. Haaick regained thur place in ee Premiership aifter ee 2012-13 seaon wae a 39-38 playoff victorie ower Dundee HSFP. Haaick hus remained in ee premiership since. Honours Scottis Unofficial Championship Ee Scottis Unofficial Championship ran frae ee 1865-66 season til ee 1972-73 season. Haawick RFC won ee championship Fourteen (14) times, sharin e title fowr (4) times. Ee unofficial championship wis discontinued aifter ee 1972-73 season whan ee SRU (Scottis Rugby Union) introduced ee league structure. Scottis Premiership Haaick huv won ee Scottis Premiership thirtein (13) times: 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 Borders Sevens Events 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 Haaick 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 Haaick 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 Haaick 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 Haaick Linden Sevens Champions (1): 2019 (won by Haaick Force) Haaick and Wilton Sevens Champions (3): 1886, 1887, 1888 References