Current Situation
The Club was the 2009 Scottish Hydro Electric Bowl winner defeating Aberdeenshire RFC in the final played at Murrayfield. When playing in Club league Rugby - as opposed to University fixtures, the 1st XV is referred to as the 'Blues' or 'EU Blues'. Players can only be selected if they are Edinburgh students and are available for matches on both Wednesdays and Saturdays.
In total EURFC runs 5 teams: The 1st XV currently competes in Scottish National League Division 1. The 2nd XV currently competes in Scottish Reserve League East Region Division 1. The 3rd XV currently competes in Scottish Reserve League East Region Division 2. The club also runs two further teams consisting mainly of first year students, the Freshers 1st XV(or 4th XV) competes in the SUSA championships like the 1st to 3rd XV's and in the Student & U20s Development League Edinburgh; and the Fresher's 2nd XV(or 5th XV) competes in the intermural championship run by Edinburgh University Sports Union during the week.
In 2011, EURFC gained promotion to the BUCS Premier League B, they are the first Scottish side to feature that high for a few years, where they will compete with teams such as Nottingham Trent, Birmingham and Loughborough.
EURFC has also fielded an EURL (Edinburgh University Rugby League)team in the BUCS competitions.
Edinburgh University also has two ladies teams, run as separate club EULRFC. The first XV were 2009 semi finalists of the British Universities Championships, and have reached the quarter finals in both 2010 and 2011. They compete in the BUCS Northern Premier Division and Scottish Premier League. The 2nd XV team currently compete in the Scottish Universities Championship and the National Development League.
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