Rowland Fraser (10 January 1890 – 1 July 1916) was a rugby union player, who played as a forward for Scotland, and also for Cambridge University RFC.

Born in Perth, Scotland, he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1908, where he played in the Varsity Matches of 1908, 1909 and, as captain, 1910.

At the start of the First World War, he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade, and was eventually promoted to captain in November 1915.

Soon after getting married in June 1916, his regiment participated in the Battle of the Somme, and he was killed in action on the first day, hit by a bullet and shrapnel.

[3] According to E. H. D. Sewell, the contemporary rugby journalist, he was not to blame for his lack of wins, being a "hard-working [forward]... a good dribbler, and a magnificent tackler.