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  • Reds bounce back with strong performance against Moray 

    Reds bounce back with strong performance against Moray 

    Linlithgow  42 – 22  Moray Saturday 28 September 2024 Report by David Mitchell After successive defeats in the last 2 weeks, the Reds needed to put in a winning effort against Moray in this Arnold Clark National League Division 4 encounter and they did so in some style. Moray were the only team to defeat…

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  • Big away win for U18s on former international pitch

    Big away win for U18s on former international pitch

    Stewarts Melville U18 ‘B’  5 – 57  Linlithgow U18 Saturday 28 September 2024 Report by Graeme Miller U18’s travelled through to Stewarts Melville and won 5-57 with the game being cut short with 5 minutes to go because of going over 50. Our boys, complete with their new strips, worked well throughout the game scoring…

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  • Reds U16 progress to last 16 of national schools’ cup

    Reds U16 progress to last 16 of national schools’ cup

    Linlithgow U16 44 – 8 St Columba’s School U16 Wednesday 25 September 2024 Report by Malcolm Dunn with photos from Neil Robertson The Reds U16s had a comprehensive 44-8 win over St Columba’s School U18 on Wednesday at Mains Park in Round 2 of the Scottish Schools’ U16 Cup.  Having had a fantastic day out…

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  • Wins for U16s and U18s and big improvements for U15s plus S1 report!

    Wins for U16s and U18s and big improvements for U15s plus S1 report!

    This week we have full reports from three Young Reds’ matches – the U16s, the U15s and the S1s P(pictured above), but first here are all the scores: Reds U16s keep up winning habit Reds U16s  53 – 7  Watsons U16B Saturday 21 September 2024 Report by Nick Smith “Dreich” was probably the most overused…

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  • Reds complete pre-season with two wins

    Reds complete pre-season with two wins

    The Reds completed their pre-season games with two wins giving a run-out to 33 players in the process. Saturday 24 August (Upper Mains Park) 2pm KO Linlithgow 34 – 33 Murrayfield Wanderers A good run-out for the Reds, missing quite a few players, with two evenly matched teams. For the record, the Reds try scorers…

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  • Fine win for U16s

    Fine win for U16s

    Linlithgow  36 -12  Peebles Saturday 24th August 2024 Report by Nick Smith According to Visit Scotland, Peebles is “certainly no ordinary town with its spectacular scenery, shopping, cafés, events and outdoors activities to keep you entertained all year”. According to Linlithgow RFC Under 16s Peebles is “certainly no ordinary team with an array of fast…

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  • U18s cruise to win on back of pack performance

    U18s cruise to win on back of pack performance

    Linlithgow 40 – 5 Peebles Saturday 24th August 2024 Report by Phil McCavish It was a game for the non-festival goers at Mains Park on Saturday as the remnants of the Linlithgow and Peebles squads who hadn’t gone to Leeds to do battle with storm Lilian took to the field. The absences meant that there…

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  • Rugby Club AGM

    Rugby Club AGM

    The Linlithgow Rugby Club Annual General Meeting was held on Friday 21st June at 7-30pm in the Clubhouse. Minutes of Meeting including Director’s Report and Financial Statements The minutes of the meeting, including the signed and independently examined Director’s Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 April 2024 can be downloaded by clicking…

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  • Vintage Reds age well

    The precursor to the RedsFest 7s tournament was a round-robin set of fixtures for Walking Rugby teams from Linlithgow (Vintage Reds), Forth Valley Fossils and Murrayfield Wanderers. Although not competitive in theory – try telling that to some of the players – the Vintage Reds were unbeaten in their 4 matches, with 3 wins and…

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  • Murrayfield Wanderers claim RedsFest 7s win!

    Murrayfield Wanderers claimed their third 7s trophy in a row when they deservedly won the inaugural RedsFest 7s Tournament at Mains Park. They had previously won both the Penicuik and the Musselburgh 7s before going on to make it three wins in a row at Mains Park. In Pool A, the Linlithgow 7 won all…

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