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2s lose out to late try
Whitecraigs 28 – 21 Linlithgow Saturday 01 March 2025 Report by Des Martin, photos courtesy of Graham Black A great day for rugby and a bus trip to Whitecraigs in Newton Mearns in Glasgow. What’s not to like! The manager and coach struggled to get a quorum all week but eventually ended up
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Try fest at Whitecraigs
Whitecraigs 41 – 34 Linlithgow Saturday 01 March 2025 Report by Craig Young, photos courtesy of Graham Black Linlithgow made the journey to Whitecraigs for their penultimate league fixture knowing that their league status in National 4 was already secured. Following the withdrawal of North Berwick from the league the points difference has taken a
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5 tries apiece but Reds u16s just lose out
West of Scotland 36 – 33 Linlithgow Sunday 23 February 2025 Report by Nick Smith There are days when one’s love of rugby can be put to the test – particularly as a spectator. This Sunday was one of them. The forecast over in the wild west was nothing short of awful, but with West
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Reds U18 beaten in last 15 minutes
Linlithgow 10 – 26 Currie Saturday, 22 February 2025 Report by Graeme Miller Saturday’s U18 East Cup game against Currie was switched to lower mains park to protect the top pitch for the afternoon league match, because of the poor weather the day before. With the ground heavy for both sides, the rugby was surprisingly
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Young Reds S1s secure another impressive victory with 10 tries
Linlithgow 70 (35) – 14 (7) Lasswade Saturday, 22 February 2025 Report by Mike O’Hara Originally scheduled to take place at Lasswade, the inclement weather rendered the high school pitches unplayable. Linlithgow Academy therefore graciously agreed to host the fixture, thanks to Tim and Euan’s prompt pitch inspection. Despite the previous day’s heavy rainfall, the
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Wee Reds Minis big day!
Wee Reds Minis sponsor home league match against Hamilton Saturday 22 February 2025 Saturday was our first ever Minis Sponsor Day. You might remember back in November that the initial date for this event and the corresponding Hamilton Bulls fixture had to be postponed due to arctic weather and frozen pitches. With weather warnings all last
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Combined u18 / u16 give good account of selves
Dunbar U18 38 – 19 Linlithgow u18/u16 Saturday 15 February 2025 Report by Graeme Miller The U18’s travelled through to Dunbar with a combined U18 / U16 side on Saturday. This was a real test for the team, missing five u18 regulars who were playing senior rugby for the Reds 1s and 2s that day.
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Reds 2s seal third in league with fine win
Boroughmuir 3s 5 – 40 Linlithgow 2s Saturday 15 February 2025 Report by Des Martin After appealing to the players to ensure we had an adequate team on Thursday night, the coach was delighted with the response. Two senior players made themselves available – Mark Green, after being out for over a year with an
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The day of the Reds U18s
Saturday 15 February 2025 Not one game, not two games, but 3 games featured Reds U18 players on Saturday! Lewis McGill not only started in the Reds National League division 4 match against Greenock Wanderers, but was also named man-of-the-match by the sponsors in the Reds 40-29 home win. You can read David Mitchell’s match
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U16s come out on top in arm wrestle of a game against Melrose
Linlithgow 14 – 7 Earlston HS / Melrose 8 February 2025 Report by Paul Junik Saturday brought Melrose to Mains Park for the final Reds fixture in Group D of the East Cup. This was the third cup game for the U16s in eleven days after frost and Storm St Ewowyn had affected the
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