Edinburgh Accies - National 1 Champions 2017/18.
Massive congratulations to the whole squad, coaching team & support staff on a superb season
Premiership here we come!
#champions
Doddie Weir was special and was dear to so many. Scotland mourns the loss of a giant.
Our sincere thoughts and condolences are with Doddie’s family at this difficult time.
Calcutta Cup back at Raeburn Place & in the hands of
@Scotlandteam
's Grand Slam winning captain
@davidsole678
. Come & have your photo taken with the silverware
Full time in
@Melrose7s
:
Accies 12-29
@LSFCOfficial
.
Excellent afternoon of 7s from our whole squad.
Congratulations to Richard Mill who was selected as the tournament Man of the Match
Massive congratulations from everyone at Accies to
@callumblack2
, who qualified as a firefighter in the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service on Friday - before coming off the bench for us on Saturday. Talk about dedication! We are all so proud of you, Cal 👏🏼🎉
Massive congratulations to John from everyone at the Club on winning a Spirit of Rugby Award. A truly deserved recognition of John's selfless dedication to and passion for Accies,
@EdinBATs
& the wonderful game that is rugby. Cheers, John! 🏆🎉🍾
🏆 | Our second
@SPEnergyNetwork
Spirit of Rugby Award goes to John Wright of
@EdinBATs
and
@EdinburghAccies
who has given a lifetime of dedication to club rugby and the development of young players and great citizens. Congratulations!
#ClubAwards
👏
Tomorrow will mark 150 years since Raeburn Place hosted the first international rugby match. We won’t be able to celebrate there tomorrow so we are going to imagine what it was like. Tune in tomorrow where we will ‘live’ tweet
#TheGreatGame
as if we were sitting at RP in 1871.
Congratulations to
@JedforestRFC
on winning both their 7s and the K7s title and to
@EdinburghAccies
for taking the Macari Cup for highest placed team outside the Borders. We'll have highlights for you tomorrow from the Jed 7s.
- Edinburgh Accies ➡️ Hartpury College ➡️ Canberra ➡️ Newcastle Falcons ➡️ Edinburgh Accies
Congratulations on 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 1st XV appearances
@jamiesole33
👏
Follow the link in our bio to read the full article.
Great to hear of Euan McVie’s well-earned selection to the Edinburgh Under-18 squad to face The Borders this weekend. Euan is a product of
@EdinBATs
,
@TrinityAc_Edin
and joined our ACE program this season.
🏴
@Scotlandteam
Club XV Head Coach Scott Wight has named his squad to play
@IrishRugby
Club XV in the first leg of the Dalriada Cup at Netherdale.
For more on the team👇
#KeepItSCRUM
150 years ago, around 4,000 spectators would be leaving Raeburn Place after enjoying the first ever international rugby match. We hope you enjoyed our re-telling and that we can celebrate the history of the game, where it all began, in the near future!
#150yearoldtweets
#SCOvsENG
MATCH DAY | Our 1st and 2nd XV for today's matches:
1st XV vs
@MarrRugby
, KO 3pm
2nd XV vs Boroughmuir 2A, KO 3pm
You can support the Club and players at
Congratulations to yesterday's Man of the Match against Heriot's - Club Captain,
@JamieSole2
, leading by example again. Jamie is kindly sponsored by
@DropkickMurphys
Iain Chisholm
@Chisnauskas
will join
@EdinBATs
from his role as Development Officer and Director of Rugby with
@HighlandRFC
For more information on the appointment as well as training times please click on the link below
Another good campaign this afternoon
@HawickRFC
7s but unfortunately we couldn't secure another win, finishing as runners-up to
@BmuirSports
. Final score Accies 5-26 Boroughmuir
Yesterday was an incredible occasion to be part of 🏉☀️
Thanks to our supporters for the noise 👏🏻
A fantastic high scoring match between two good teams. All the best in the final
@ChieftainsRC
Congratulations to James Pearse, today's Man of the Match, for his outstanding performance. James is kindly sponsored by Mr & Mrs Sole (
@davidsole678
)
Jamie Sole is back in the list of top try scorers, with 12; Richard Mill is still top individual points scorer; & the team is top for team tries - scored by no less than 31 different players across our league games. Good job lads!
"𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫"
Recorded last year, Tom Smith reflected on his incredible journey. An icon of our game, also described by Sir Ian McGeechan as "the greatest Scot of the professional era to date."
RIP Tom Smith. Lion
#668
⭐️
On 26 Dec 1857 we started our first game, it lasted 4 weeks, being brought to a close on 16 Jan 1858!
Be there 160 years later - Boxing Day, Accies v Crusaders, ko 2pm - same pitch - walk on the original acres - bring you kit and perhaps get a game on this historic day!!
All the best to
@MarrRugby
,
@HawickRFC
and
@ChieftainsRC
.
Two cracking matches on offer and plenty more for supporters planned by each host. Get yourselves down if you can!
Delighted to welcome
@goodbadrugby
to RP on Friday 4th March. Main Club sponsors
@polaris_books
present the show with all proceeds going towards the Club and
@EdinBATs
.
Tickets available now so please come and join us!
MATCH DAY | Our 1st, 2nd XV and 3rd XV for today's matches:
1st XV vs Selkirk, KO 3pm
2nd XV vs Selkirk A, KO 3pm
3rd XV vs Jed-Forest A, KO 3pm
Congratulations to Ben Appleson who will make his 50th 1st XV appearance today.
On this day in 1991, we won the Alloa Brewery Cup with a 20-10 win over
@StirlingCounty
. The national knockout competition was a forerunner to today's Scottish Cup.