Category: Match report
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Reds open League campaign with 6 try win over Leith
Linlithgow 34 -15 LeithSaturday 02 September 2023Report by David Mitchell Linlithgow made a solid start to their East Region League Division 1 season with a comfortable win over Leith and could have won by more but for some uncharacteristic handling errors in the 1st half. A late injury to Scott Aitchison required a change to…
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Linlithgow U18’s strong pre-season continues with win against Edinburgh Academy B
Saturday 2 September 2023 Report by Graeme Miller Linlithgow U18’s travelled through to play Edinburgh Academy B this weekend in their second fixture, and again ran out winners scoring 8 trys and 6 conversions. 52-0 the final score. The home side held us to a 14-0 lead at half time but we were to strong…
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Reds hold on for victory over National League 4 opposition
Linlithgow 43 – 35 Murrayfield Wanderers Saturday 26 August 2023 Match report by David Mitchell The Reds completed their pre-season fixtures with a hard fought win over old foes Murrayfield Wanderers. In a game of much higher quality than last week’s against Cumbernauld, the home team started well and dominated the first half action but…
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U18s too strong for BATS in first game of the season
Saturday 26 August 2023 Report by Graeme Miller The U18’s travelled into Edinburgh to play their first game of the season against BATS. We arrived to find they only had 13 players so we agreed to play three twenty minute sessions giving them 2 different players each time from our squad of 21. Although BATS…
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Reds kick off the new season with scrappy performance against Cumbernauld
Linlithgow 34 – 7 Cumbernauld Saturday 19 August 2023 Report by David Mitchell The Reds took the field against West 2 club Cumbernauld in the first of their 2 pre-season games on a blustery but dry day at Mains Park. As is usual in such games, the sessions were 4 x 20 minutes rather than…
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Young Reds U15s Start the Season with Fine Away Win
West of Scotland U15 21 – 47 Linlithgow U15 Sunday 20 August 2023 Burnbrae, Milngavie Report by Nick Smith Many of us have been lamenting the passing of summer so soon, with the kids back at school this week. However every cloud (and there have been plenty of them this summer) has a silver lining.…
