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  • Reds U18 beaten in last 15 minutes

    Reds U18 beaten in last 15 minutes

    Linlithgow  10 – 26  Currie Saturday, 22 February 2025 Report by Graeme Miller Saturday’s U18 East Cup game against Currie was switched to lower mains park to protect the top pitch for the afternoon league match, because of the poor weather the day before. With the ground heavy for both sides, the rugby was surprisingly…

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  • Young Reds S1s secure another impressive victory with 10 tries

    Young Reds S1s secure another impressive victory with 10 tries

    Linlithgow 70 (35) – 14 (7) Lasswade Saturday, 22 February 2025 Report by Mike O’Hara Originally scheduled to take place at Lasswade, the inclement weather rendered the high school pitches unplayable. Linlithgow Academy therefore graciously agreed to host the fixture, thanks to Tim and Euan’s prompt pitch inspection. Despite the previous day’s heavy rainfall, the…

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  • Wee Reds Minis big day!

    Wee Reds Minis big day!

    Wee Reds Minis sponsor home league match against Hamilton Saturday 22 February 2025 Saturday was our first ever Minis Sponsor Day. You might remember back in November that the initial date for this event and the corresponding Hamilton Bulls fixture  had to be postponed due to arctic weather and frozen pitches. With weather warnings all last…

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  • Ruthless Reds crush Hamilton Bulls with a super 8 try performance

    Ruthless Reds crush Hamilton Bulls with a super 8 try performance

    Linlithgow  61 – 14  Hamilton Bulls Saturday 22 February 2025 Report by David Mitchell and photos courtesy of Graham Black A large crowd watched another highly entertaining win by the Reds as they concluded their home league fixtures for season 2024/25. Fine dry weather greeted both teams and despite a lively breeze, both teams tried…

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  • Combined u18 / u16 give good account of selves

    Combined u18 / u16 give good account of selves

    Dunbar U18 38 – 19 Linlithgow u18/u16 Saturday 15 February 2025 Report by Graeme Miller The U18’s travelled through to Dunbar with a combined U18 / U16 side on Saturday.  This was a real test for the team, missing five u18 regulars who were playing senior rugby for the Reds 1s and 2s that day.…

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  • Reds 2s seal third in league with fine win

    Reds 2s seal third in league with fine win

    Boroughmuir 3s  5 – 40  Linlithgow 2s Saturday 15 February 2025 Report by Des Martin After appealing to the players to ensure we had an adequate team on Thursday night, the coach was delighted with the response. Two senior players made themselves available – Mark Green, after being out for over a year with an…

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  • Reds struggle to overcome Greenock after a flying start

    Reds struggle to overcome Greenock after a flying start

    Linlithgow  40 – 29  Greenock Wanderers Saturday 15 February 2025 Report by David Mitchell Photos courtesy of Graham Black to follow Photo above shows the men-of-the-match Jack Frame (as selected by Greenock Wanderers) and Lewis McGill (as selected by the match day sponsors). Last Saturday saw Greenock Wanderers as the visitors to Mains Park in…

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  • The day of the Reds U18s

    The day of the Reds U18s

    Saturday 15 February 2025 Not one game, not two games, but 3 games featured Reds U18 players on Saturday! Lewis McGill not only started in the Reds National League division 4 match against Greenock Wanderers, but was also named man-of-the-match by the sponsors in the Reds 40-29 home win. You can read David Mitchell’s match…

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  • U16s come out on top in arm wrestle of a game against Melrose

    U16s come out on top in arm wrestle of a game against Melrose

    Linlithgow  14 – 7   Earlston HS / Melrose 8 February 2025 Report by Paul Junik Saturday brought Melrose to Mains Park for the final Reds fixture in Group D of the East Cup. This was the third cup game for the U16s in eleven days after frost and Storm St Ewowyn had affected the…

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  • High scoring Reds demolish North Berwick in a 12 try romp

    High scoring Reds demolish North Berwick in a 12 try romp

    North Berwick 10 – 80 Linlithgow Saturday 8th February 2025 Report by David Mitchell with photos courtesy of Graham Black Recreation Park North Berwick was the venue for the latest Reds outing in Arnold Clark National League Division 4. Having triumphed by 83-0 in the earlier fixture between the sides, the visitors were wary of…

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