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Linlithgow 2nd XV 18 – 23 Stewart’s Melville 2nd XV Friday 27 October 2023 Report by David Mitchell Lower Mains Park was the venue for this East Region Reserve League Division 1 fixture under the floodlights last Friday evening. Despite the rainy weather, there was a good sized crowd in attendance, including former British and…
After the heavy rain and wind of Storm Babet, the sun came out over Mains park for the visit of Dunfermline. We’ve had a number of good games against the Fifers over the last year and this was another enthralling contest. Dunfermline had enough players for two teams so it was a good morning’s work…
Linlithgow 52 – 24 Forrester Saturday 21 October 2023 Report by David Mitchell Old foes Forrester were the visitors to Mains Park last Saturday and they provided the usual stern test to the Reds in the latest East League Division 1 fixture which completed the first half of the campaign. After the recent deluge of…
Linlithgow 32 – 24 Haddington Saturday 14 October 2023 Report by David Mitchell After a break week, rugby returned to Mains Park with the visit of East League Division 1 leaders Haddington. Both teams had perfect 5-0 records so far this season and the large and vociferous crowd were expecting a tight contest in good…
Linlithgow 2s 33 – 27 Boroughmuir 2s Saturday 14 October 2023 Report by Des Martin It was a great autumn day with the sun shining for this home game at Linlithgow. There was a great buzz of excitement as the First XV were playing the league leaders Haddington and all the sponsors had been invited…
Linlithgow Reds U18s lined up for their postponed conference game v Peebles B on a damp and blustery Lower Mains Park on Thursday evening. A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered in the hopes of seeing an exciting match and a Reds victory. They got one of them. Peebles suffered some late call-offs but gamely travelled…
Linlithgow 35 – 19 BerwickSaturday 30th September 2023 This week saw arguably the U15s biggest game to date, a top of the table clash with a very handy Berwick outfit with both teams starting the day unbeaten…. Berwick had travelled a fair distance and it had been an early start for them. We however, having…
Langholm 21 – 24 LinlithgowSaturday 30th September 2023Report by David Mitchell After a nervy start and to the relief of the driver and passengers, the bus managed to leave Mains Park in what was the first testing moment of the day. The 2 hour journey to darkest Border country was uneventful and the party arrived…
On Thursday, late afternoon, the u18’s travelled into Fettes College in Edinburgh to contest the 2nd round of the Scottish Cup. The home side started brilliantly through their talented, extremely fast back line scoring their first 3 try’s within 10 minutes. 19-0. Our boys didn’t really get the chance to run any plays but struggled…
Trinity 7 – 45 Linlithgow U16 Saturday saw an eventful trip into Edinburgh for the Young Reds to face a Trinity U16 team. Most of the boys had heard of Craiglang but found that Craighall was a very different place, marvelling at the sports facilities available for state schools in Edinburgh. The 5:2 bench split…
