Author: pauldiamondlrc
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Victory on the road for U15s against St Leonards
St Leonard’s / Madras U15 33 – 46 Linlithgow U15 We had a great location for our first bus trip of the season – playing across the road from the 17th green and old course hotel at St Andrews. The mood was high on the trip up with DJ Singh in full force, however…
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Reds 2s run Currie close at Malleny
Currie 3s 17 – 15 Linlithgow 2s Saturday 05 October 2024 Report by Des Martin The Reds departed for Malleny Park the home of Currie Rugby Club with 17 players thanks to last minute additions. Findlay Chadwick and Andrew Archer had answered the manager’s plea and made themselves available later in the week and both…
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Reds win at Stewartry with final kick of game
Stewartry 29 – 30 Linlithgow Saturday 05 October 2024 Report by Matt Dixon This was a game that the Reds had in the bag and almost let it slip, with captain Jack Frame slotting a penalty with the last kick of the game to give the Reds a good away win in the Arnold Clark…
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XCiting times for Primary 6
Sunday’s P6 tournament was held away from the hubbub of Mains Park in the wide open spaces of Linlithgow Leisure Centre. But there was nothing leisurely about the day’s rugby as we welcomed Currie, Lasswade, Biggar and Boroughmuir to the Royal Borough. A packed schedule was well policed by our volunteer pitch coordinator and all…
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Reds U16 maintain strong start to the season with win against dogged Dunbar side
Linlithgow U16 45 – 21 Dunbar Saturday 5 October 2024 Report by Nick Smith A midweek epidemic of “sore knees” put pay to some players involvement in today’s game. However our strength in depth meant we had no problem fielding a full 22 man squad – which could not be said for Dunbar. They arrived…
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Hard fought victory sees U18’s overcome Haddington
Linlithgow U18 29 – 21 Haddington / Dunbar Saturday 05 October 2024 Report by Graeme Miller The U18’s won a closely fought game at home on the top pitch, 29-21 against Haddington / Dunbar. The visitors scored first after 20 minutes and very deserved with all the possession they had despite Linlithgow’s great defending. We…
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S2 Tour to Northern Ireland
Early morning baths were in order ahead of the S2 trip to Northern Ireland. However, despite the 7am meet at the club, eyes were bright rather than bleary and excitement was high. Little did anyone, coaches or players, know what a fantastic experience awaited them. Cairnryan was soon reached, although packed lunches had largely been…
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Victory at Leith confirms Reds’ 100% win record in the league
Leith 7 – 47 Linlithgow Saturday 4th May 2024 Report by David Mitchell, Photos by Graham Black The Reds made the journey to Leith last Saturday in the quest to make it 14 wins from 14 games in East Region League Division 1 in what was the last league fixture of the 2023/24 campaign. Already…
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Alfie Muir shines for Edinburgh U17
Young Reds U18 back Alfie Muir was back at Murrayfield on Sunday for the final games in this year’s Fosroc Academy season. In sunny but blustery conditions, Edinburgh U17 came out on top of a very competitive and high quality match versus Glasgow, with some cracking tries including a score in the corner for Alfie.…
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Brave Reds foiled in last minute of National Shield semi-final
Moray 39 – 37 Linlithgow Saturday 13th April 2024 Match report by David Mitchell The Reds made the long trip to Elgin last Saturday to play Caledonian North side Moray in the semi-final of the National Shield. A close encounter was expected as both sides battled to reach a National Final at the Hive stadium.…
