Category: Young Reds

  • Young Reds S2s strong showing against Peebles

    Linlithgow 40 – 60 Peebles  Saturday 2nd March 2024  Linlithgow started the game, on a sunny cold crisp morning, as they did in the warmup, not switched on. The Reds were struggling for numbers, due to a number of sickness call-offs, leaving two forward substitutes available. Peebles were well organised and scored two tries within

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  • Excellent away win for Young Reds S2s 

    Lenzie  28 – 46  Linlithgow Saturday 24 February 2024 Report by Nick Drainey It wasn’t quite a mud bath at Lenzie on Saturday morning but hippos would have been moderately happy with the conditions. The overhead conditions, however, were bright and clear and after an extremely “switched on” training session earlier in the week the

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  • S1 – S3 Match Reports – Weekend of 03/04 February 2024

    Young Reds U15s dig deep to secure the win Morrisons Academy  21 – 28  Linlithgow Saturday 3rd February 2024 Report by Malcolm Dunn Linlithgow Reds U15s travelled to Morrisons with optimism high after a strong outing the previous week against North Berwick. The weather too had come through for us and we arrived in Crieff

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  • Linlithgow P7’s and McLaren away to Kinross

    Sun 28th Jan 2024 To keep all the players warm they played half matches, then rotated between clubs. Results: Game 1 McLaren 4 – 3 KinrossGame 2 Linlithgow 3 – 0 KinrossGame 3 Linlithgow 6 – 0 McLarenGame 4 McLaren 6 – 1 Kinross (Aggregate 10-4)Game 5 Linlithgow 2 – 2 Kinross (Aggregate 5-2)Game 6

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  • U18’s dominant in Haddington

    The U18’s travelled to Haddington on Saturday morning with a full squad super excited to play. However, Knox didn’t have a front row but did have 15 players. This led to us giving them players throughout the match which was important to keep both teams playing but did led to disruption for playing continuity. Our

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  • Young Reds U15s carve out another excellent win

    Linlithgow  44 – 21  North Berwick Saturday 27 January 2024 Report by Malcolm Dunn North Berwick are a great club and tough rivals, with a visit from them always set to be a stern examination. We’ve  met many times and the spoils over the years are probably honours even, so we knew Saturdays game would

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  • P7 vs Stew Mel Lions – 21st January

    The Linlithgow P7s gathered on a soggy Academy pitch on Sunday to take on Stew Mel Lions for their first match of 2024. Linlithgow’s last competitive game was way back on 26th November where they had earned a well-deserved away victory at Falkirk. The referees whistle sounded for the first of three short games…… and

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  • Young Reds start the year with dominant performances across all age groups

    Young Reds weakened S3 squad delivers at Trinity Trinity  26 – 76  Linlithgow Saturday 13 January 2024 Report by Malcolm Dunn Of the 13 days of 2024 this was unrivalled with both blue sky and a balmy 5 degrees with not a breath of wind. The setting wasn’t bad either under the gaze of Hogwarts

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  • Dominant display from much changed U15 team

    A much-changed U15 team rolled in to Lasswade High School for a friendly fixture to end their stratospherically successful 2023.  No fewer than eight players started the game out of their usual position, in part due to player availability on the weekend but mainly reflecting a desire from the coaches to help develop the players

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  • Young Reds U15s unbeaten champions!

    Knox Academy (Haddington)  17 – 50  Linlithgow Saturday 09 December 2023 Report by Nick Smith So at the third time of asking we made it to Haddington for the big and final game with Knox.  The weather can be described as “slightly warmer” than the subzero temperatures of the last two weeks, but not by

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