The Team Behind The Fans Group
Below you will see the team behind the fans group. We are all passionate supporters of Edinburgh Rugby and have all been fans for many years. If you look around the stands at games you are sure to bump into one of us. After a game some of us even partake in a light refreshment in the Clubhouse bar.

Nicola Garforth
FOUNDER
I have been a fan of rugby most of my life and have been a season ticket holder at Edinburgh Rugby since 2017.
Brought up in Glasgow (near Scotstoun) I suppose I should have been a Warriors fan but my heart lay elsewhere with Edinburgh Rugby.
My favourite Edinburgh players

Kirstie Cooper
FOUNDER
I have always had a love of rugby & enjoyed going to grass roots games when I had time. Since my son could pick up a ball & throw it, our lives have been full of rugby. I am the minis convenor for my 9 year old son Xander’s club Lasswade RFC Minis, which can be a full time job in itself.
I am hugely grateful for

Simon Boothroyd
ADMIN
I was born just a few metres outside the boundary of a certain large city to the west. I went to a rugby playing school and so had no choice but to become a fan of the game. (Expressing an interesting in the round ball game could get you six of the belt, and rightly so!) One of my PE teachers was Ian “Mighty Mouse” McLauchlan.

Susan Burrell
ADMIN
Hi I’m a newish moderator and love this group.
I got into Rugby when I worked for the Edinburgh Evening News as a photographer and I used to cover the games, the more I did the more I loved rugby.
Rugby supporters are like a family that I’m very proud to be a part of

Jenny Casson
ADMIN
My name is Jenny and I love rugby.
I first recall watching international games with my dad. He told me that it was important to watch people at the top of their game, but it never really extended to other sports!
I got more involved when my

Darren Coutts
WEBADMIN
I was born up in the north of Scotland and was a fan of rugby from an early age supporting the Scotland team in the 5 nations, as it was back then. I moved to Edinburgh to study and have lived in the great city ever since. Before the advent of the professional

Joe Jeffrey
ADMIN
Despite playing a lot in my teens, I had a bit of a hiatus from rugby until I started attending Edinburgh games in 2014 after being given a pair of free tickets from a family member. I have been a season ticket holder of both Edinburgh and Scotland since 2017.

Mark MacDonald
ADMIN
I am from just outside Falkirk, I played rugby when I was a little boy for a year or two however my mum stopped me going as she was scared I would hurt someone! Became interested again at high school until girlfriends became more of a priority.