Lismore Rugby Football Club

About

Lismore RFC support the delivery of Rugby in local High Schools, Liberton, Castlebrae and Portobello. We employ two Development Officers to support the delivery. The neighbourhood covers the wards of Craigmillar, Moredun, Gilmerton, Inch, Liberton, Gracemount, Burdiehouse, Duddingston and Portobello. Within the South Edinburgh area there are 10 wards which feature in the Scottish Executive Index of Multi Deprivation Index 'worst' 500. These wards contain health risks much higher than the average for Scotland. We run a successful Performance Pathway and School of Rugby Programmes. These Programmes are based in Liberton High School, Castlebrae High School and Portobello High School as well as Lismore Rugby Club. Liberton High School is 6th on the SID scale and Castlebrae has the highest SID rating in Edinburgh. Lismore created the Edinburgh Harlequins, a combination of the High School to facilitate competitive rugby for both girls and boys from S1 through to S6.

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