Match Reports from Season 2019-2020
Saturday 11 January
All Matches OFF
Waterlogged Pitches
Saturday 04 January
Reds Open Year with Win Over Local Rivals
Livingston 0 – 31 Linlithgow
The Reds travelled across to Almond Park, for their Annual New Year match against Livingston played for the West Lothian Cup. After repelling a strong start from the home team, the Reds began to assert their authority and, in the end, ran out comfortable winners with 5 tries from Michael Doneghan (2), Jack Frame, Mark Caddle and captain and man-of-the-match Euan Mochrie (see above). The other points came from conversions by Jack Frame (2)and Russell Murdoch.
Saturday 21 December
Bonus Point Away Win for Reds
Hawick Linden 10 – 31 Linlithgow
The Reds travelled down to Hawick for the second successive week for a Tennent’s East 1 league match. With a good number of players unavailable this close to Christmas, the Reds team contained a strong core of 2nd XV players, who all stepped up to contribute to a fine bonus point win. There were tries for Euan Murray (2), Cammy Murrie, Stuart Cunningham and Kieran Cochrane, with Struan McLean kicking 3 conversions.
Get well soon Ally!
Saturday 14 December
There were only three matches at the weekend. The Young Reds’ S2s were at home on Saturday morning against Morrison’s Academy, which resulted in a fine win for the Young Reds. The matches scheduled at Crieff were cancelled because of frozen pitches.
In the afternoon, both senior teams were away in the Borders, the Reds claiming a late four try bonus point in a heavy defeat at Hawick Quins, while the 2s produced an excellent performance in Kelso against Kelso 2s, only losing out to two late tries.
Reds Rally after Poor Start
Hawick Quins 48 – 22 Linlithgow
The Reds conceded three early tries before they worked the bus journey out of their system, from which they never recovered. They did, however, secure a try bonus point with tries from Mark Caddle, Ross Plenderleith, Michael Doneghan and Euan Mochrie.
Reds 2s Match Up to Kelso 2s
Kelso 2s 31 – 17 Linlithgow 2s
The 2s produced an excellent performance against Kelso 2s in Kelso, with tries from Euan Murray and Stuart Sommervail, coupled with 7 points from the boot of Cammy Walker. A late try flattered the home team who were under pressure from the Reds for much of this match.
Young Reds S2s Sparkle
Linlithgow 77 – 19 Morrisons
Despite the bitterly cold weather, the Young Reds brought festive cheer and sparkle with their performance against Morrisons’ Academy, running in 13 tries over the three periods.
Saturday 07 December
Wee Reds Light Up Murrayfield
It was a busy weekend for Linlithgow Rugby Club, despite the poor weather. To kick things off the Wee Reds P5s formed the guard of honour on Friday night at BT Murrayfield to welcome Edinburgh and Wasps on the the pitch for their European Challenge Cup match. After a fairly turgid first half, which Edinburgh edged 10-6, the Wee Reds P6s and P7s lit up BT Murrayfield with some scintillating rugby and cracking tries during the half-time break! Inspired by the youngsters and not to be out done, Edinburgh came out in the second half and scored three cracking tries of their own to swat the Wasps 31-18 in a fine bonus point win.
Then on Saturday morning it was the turn of the Young Reds who turned in 3 fine wins (S1, S2 and U15) from 4 matches, with the U18s disappointed to be edged out 17-10.
Reds Beat Weather and Porty
Linlithgow 15 – 7 Portobello
On Saturday afternoon, as the weather turned wet, the Reds welcomed Portobello to Mains Park and both sides should take great credit for trying to play rugby in the horrible conditions. In the end, the home team pack were just too strong for the visitors and the Reds ran out deserved winners at 15-7, with tries from Mark Caddle (see above) and skipper Euan Mochrie. Struan McLean kicked one conversion and John Chapman landed a massive long-range penalty to complete the scoring.
The 2s were awarded full league points as their opponents Gala 2s called off late on Friday to leave them without a fixture.
The Wee Reds matches against Livingston, scheduled for Sunday, fell victim to the weather, but the Indoor Training Centre once again came into play with a full series of training sessions across the age groups over the course of the morning.
Saturday 30 November
Blank Weekend
A cold snap and frozen pitches resulted in all matches for both Young Reds and Reds being cancelled.
Tuesday 26 November
School Cup Semi-Finals
Despite plucky performances, both Young Reds teams lost their semi-final matches on Tuesday at Crieff (U16 in Bowl competition) and at the Greenyards, Melrose (U18 in Plate competition).
Saturday 23 November
Another 2 Point Win for Reds
Linlithgow 22 – 20 Forrester
Spectators were left with no nails, as the Reds first squandered an early 14-0 lead to fall behind, in this Tennent’s East 1 league match, leaving it late to regain the lead and the win with a superb try from full back Jack Frame. Early tries came from Neil Lockhartand Mark Caddle (shown above in his scoring break) in this match played under very dreich conditions.
2s Slip Up to League leaders
Linlithgow 2s 0 – 17 Peebles 2s
Despite the damp conditions and very heavy pitch, both sides served up an enthralling and competitive match on Lower Mains Park. Peebles deserved their 17-0 win, with 3 lovely tries, showing why they currently sit on top of Tennent’s Reserve East 2 league.
Young Reds v Watson’s ‘B’
There were some excellent performances on Saturday morning with wins for the S1s, S2sand u15s in the final set of Mitsubishi Grandis Conference matches.
Saturday 16 November
Two Fine Nail-Biting Wins!
Both the Reds’ 1st XV and 2nd XVs won on Saturday by a combined total of three points in two cracking matches! Both wins were built on fine rugby with good gritty performances against strong opposition.
Linlithgow 31 – 29 Duns
The Reds welcomed Duns to Mains Park in Tennents East 1 and both teams served up a superb match which the Reds edged 31-29 thanks to a Jack Frame penalty with only a minute to go! Man-of-the-match Ross Martin (pictured above) was outstanding at the heart of a fine Reds’ pack performance. Reds’ tries came from Cammy Murrie, Cal Thomson and Ross Plenderleith.
PL 2s 12 -13 Linlithgow 2s
Meanwhile the 2s travelled through to Preston Lodge and came away with a 13-12 win in a hard fought encounter, with Russell Murdoch claiming the Reds’ try in the first half and kicking the winning penalty 10 minutes from the end of this Tennents Reserve East 2 league match.
Young Reds v Lasswade:
U15s’ Stand-Out Performance
Normally all the chat on Saturday mornings is about how the other age group teams have done, however it’s great to be able to headline the Young Reds’ u15s this week after their excellent 7 try win over Lasswade. The S1s continued their fine season with a 20-8 win on the road, but the other teams didn’t fare so well in the Mitsubishi Grandis Conference matches against Lasswade HS.
Saturday 09 November
Victorious Young Reds’ S2s with Jack’s boot
Youngsters Play, but no Seniors
The weather took its toll on Saturday as the Hawick 4G pitch was frozen and so the Reds’league match against Hawick Linden was postponed. The 2s were also without a match as Walkerburn, who had offered to host a friendly match, were unable to raise a team.
However, the youngsters were able to get some rugby, with the Tiny Reds (pre-school) indoor on the 3G and the Young Reds(secondary school age) outdoor against St Leonard’s / Madras College (SLM) on Saturday morning and the Wee Reds(primary school age) outdoors at Mains Park against Stirling County on the Sunday.
3 out of 4 for Young Reds
On Saturday, the Young Reds took on St Leonard’s / Madras in the Mitsubishi Grandis Conference. There were wins for the S1s and S2s and the U18s claimed the points as their opponents called off on Saturday morning as they were short of players. The U15s played their match on Upper Mains Park and gave an excellent account, with the game much closer than the scoreline suggests.
Read reports from Phil, Mark and Gordon
Friday 01 November
Clean Sweep for Young Reds
Following the big cup wins midweek from the U18s and U16s, the S1s, S2s and U15s all came awy with wins on Friday afternoon. A huge well done to the U15s who, with a full complement of 15 players for the first time this season, claimed their maiden win, with a 5 try performance against Trinity.
Wednesday 30 October
U16s Win Their Quarter-Final
Linlithgow 50 – 12 Selkirk
The day after their senior school colleagues tasted victory in their quarter-final, the U16s followed suite with a fine display of attacking rugby at Mains Park. In all, the Young Reds scored 8 tries, 5 of which were successfully converted.
Tuesday 29 October
Young Reds Progress to Semis
Linlithgow U18 26 – 14 Royal High U18
The Young Reds progressed to the Scottish Schools Plate following a second win in four days over Royal High U18s, under the new lights on Lower Mains park.
Saturday 26 October
Poor Defence Costs Reds
Royal High 41 – 12 Linlithgow
The Reds travelled to Barnton on Saturday in the Tennent’s Edinburgh SHIELD, but despite playing some attractive rugby which resulted in tries for Russell Murdoch and Cal Thomson, their defence let them down as they conceded 6 tries.
2s Hold On for Good Win
Linlithgow 2s 23 – 19 Lasswade 2s
There were some powerful performances in a much changed 2s side, with the Walker brothers, Ally and Cammy, again on the scoresheet. Duncan McClymont also crossed the whitewash for the Reds and Chris Ronalson kicked 8 points to complete the scoring.
Young Reds v Royal High
There were good wins for the U18s, S2s and S1s on Saturday in matches against Royal High School in the Mitsubishi Grandis Conference.
U18s Win Big in Plate
Linlithgow 33 – 5 Hillhead / Jordanhill
In wet conditions, the Young Reds played some excellent rugby to win this cup match in the Scottish Schools U18 Plate Competition, scoring 5 tries in the process.
Saturday 19 October
Reds Edged out by Haddington
Haddington 22 – 10 Linlithgow
After a pitch inspection at 11am the match went ahead despite the rainfall that led to many postponements elsewhere. The pitch held up surprisingly well and did not really affect the result. It was a fairly even match with the home side just edging out the Reds in the end. Ross Tulloch claimed the try and Jack Frame kicked a conversion and a penalty.
Saturday 12 October
Jack Keeps Reds in the Frame
Linlithgow 24 – 24 Royal High
Reds full-back Jack Frame contributed 19 points in this exciting draw at Mains Park, as the Reds came back from a 6-21 deficit. Aside from scoring one of the Reds’ two tries – the other coming from Ross Plenderleith – he kicked 4 penalties and one conversion in this Tennents East 1 league match.
2s Too Strong for Hillfoots
Hillfoots 0 – 60 Linlithgow 2s
A fine team performance from the Reds 2s saw them claim a big win in this friendly at Tillicoultry. There was a hat-trick for Chris Bredin and a brace for Kye Lenders in the tries scored by the 2s.
Thursday 10 October
U18s Win Big in Plate
Linlithgow 33 – 5 Hillhead / Jordanhill
In wet conditions, the Young Reds played some excellent rugby to win this cup match in the Scottish Schools U18 Plate Competition, scoring 5 tries in the process.
Saturday 05 October
Reds Edge Win on Road
Broughton 13 – 15 Linlithgow
In atrocious weather, the Reds came from behind to edge a good win on the road, with tries from Cammy Murrie and Mark Caddle, to make it 4 wins from the first 5 games in Tennents East 1.
2s Edged by Watsonians
Linlithgow 2s 18 – 27 Watsonian 2s
Watsonians brought a strong side to Mains Park, with a number of young aspiring first team players, and the result was an excellent game with Linlithgow 2s refusing to buckle. The Reds try scorers were Drew Sommerville and Adam Scott, with captain Russell Murdoch kicking 2 penalties and conversion. The match saw a welcome return to action, off the bench, for Chris Bredin.
Young Reds Step Up to Plate
Linlithgow v Watson’s College “B”
Another cracking set of performances from the Young Reds, with two hard fought wins and a sparkling performance from the S2s.
Read match reports on U18s, S2s and S1s
Wee Reds Washed Out
Unfortunately the Wee Reds home Tournament had to be called off because of waterlogged pitches on Sunday 06 October.
Saturday 28 September
Late Try Secures Reds’ Win
Linlithgow 29 – 27 Hawick Quins
In an enthralling game, the Reds took the lead for the first time with only a couple of minutes to go to defeat the league leaders at Mains Park. Jack Frame contributed 19 points, kicking 7 out of 7 (five penalties and two conversions), while Cal Thomson and Cammy Murrie were the try scorers.
Reds’ 2s Just Fall Short
Lasswade 2s 22 – 19 Linlithgow 2s
With a number of key players missing through non-availability, the Reds’ 2s were still able to travel with a strong squad to Lasswade, where the home team squeezed a win despite tries from Adam Scott and Guy Sutherland to add to a penalty try.
Young Reds v Lasswade
Lasswade provided strong opposition in this round of the Mitsubishi Grandis Conference. The Young Reds U18, playing with only 13 players against 15, were narrowly shaded, while there were good wins for the S1s and S2s.
Read match reports from these games
Saturday 21 September
Reds Concede 17 Penalties
Portobello 35 – 32 Linlithgow
Despite scoring 5 tries to their opponents 2, the Reds lost out through indiscipline as they conceded a total of 17 penalties to the home side. As a result what should have been another 5 point victory turned into a two point defeat, as the Portobello kicker punished the Reds with a total of 25 points from the boot.
Reds 2s Too Strong for Ross High
Ross High 2s 0 – 71 Linlithgow 2s
The Reds 2s were again disappointed by another Borders’ team call off – this time Kelso failed to raise a second string side. However, Ross High rose to the challenge and gave the Reds’ 2s a match in Tranent – chapeau to Ross High as they say en France!
The 2s ran out good winners, as their powerful backs and forwards showed off their skills on a glorious autumn sunshine day.
Young Reds Too Strong for Beachcombers
School vs St Leonards / Madras
There were fine wins for the Young Reds S1 and S2 teams at home and the U18s away in St Andrews on Saturday morning.
Read reports from Graeme, Mark and Stewart
Wee Reds Host Falkirk
Many thanks to all our volunteers for their help on Sunday. The Falkirk coaches were very complimentary about our welcome and cafe/catering. We raised another ~£130+ in the cafe.
Saturday 14 September
Reds Run in Seven Tries
Linlithgow 45 -12 Ross High
The Reds turned in a sparkling performance to run in seven tries in their home opening league match in Tennent’s East 1. Six players got on the scoresheet with tries, with Man-of-the-Match Ross Tulloch claiming a brace and narrowly missing out on a hat-trick. Ross Martin kicked 5 conversions to complete the scoring.
Thursday 12 September
U18s Too Strong for Trinity
Linlithgow u18 60 – 10 Trinity u18
The Young Reds u18 ran out clear winners in this evening match, rearranged following the late postponement of Saturday’s Conference match, caused by Trinity’s bus not turning up. In all, the Young Reds scored 10 tries, five in each half.
Saturday 07 September
Reds Open with BP Win
Forrester 10 – 32 Linlithgow
Tries from Michael Doneghan, Mark Green, Jack Frame and Cal Thomson saw the Reds kick off their league campaign with a good away win against a stuffy Forrester side, with Jack Frame adding 12 points from the tee.
2s Also Claim Bonus Point Win
Linlithgow 2s 31 – 21 Forrester 2s
Late call-offs and call-ups to the 1sts left the Reds with only 14 regulars for a tough home opener against Forrester. Up stepped Hugh ‘Shug’ Cochrane and John ‘Smudger’ Smith to put in cameo half-match performances to make up the 15. With the Walker brothers both claiming a brace and ‘Muzz’ chipping in with a fifth try it was a good result on the back of a stuffy performance for the Reds’ 2s.
2 out of 3 for Young Reds
The Young Reds took on Trinity Academy on Saturday, but unfortunately the Trinity bus failed to turn up so the U18 match didn’t go ahead. However, the S1s, S2s and S3s all managed to play their matches, resulting in two wins and one defeat for the Young Reds.
Wee Reds Enjoy NB Sun
On Sunday the wee Reds travelled through to North Berwick to take part in their annual Mini Rugby Festival. They all had a great time and everyone was highly complimentary of the organisation and running of the festival by North Berwick Rugby Club. Thanks for a great day!
Ronnie Hastie MotM
A last minute interception and length of the pitch walk for the match winning try earned Ronnie Hastie a deserved man-of-the-match accolade at Walking Rugby on Monday.
Scotland World Cup Squad Introduced in Linlithgow
Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend introduced his final Rugby World Cup squad players at a public event at Linlithgow Palace – birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots – on Tuesday 3 September.
The event was attended by youngsters from the Linlithgow Academy School of Rugby and P7s from all the local cluster primary schools, who had earlier taken part in a rugby festival on the Peel organised by Club Development Officer, Dougie Thomson.
Reds Run Up 50 against Trinity
Trinity Accies 7 – 50 Linlithgow
On a very windy day, the Reds travelled through to Bangholm in Edinburgh to take on Trinity Accies in a friendly match arranged as both teams had byes in the first round of the Edinburgh Shield.
View Graham Black’s match photos
Strong Start from Young Reds
The Young Reds kicked their season off with matches across the board against Royal High School in the Mitsibishi GRANDIS Conference. There were wins for the U18s, U16s, S2s and S1s (photo above), with a commendable performance from the S3s.
You can read full reports with photos from the following matches:
- Royal High u18 7 – 36 Linlithgow u18
Read Graeme’s report - Fine opening win for S2s
Read Mark’s report - Great first outing for S1s
Read Stewart’s report
Reds Kick Off Season
Linlithgow Reds kicked off their rugby season at Mains Park with pre-season matches on successive nights, with the 2nd XV playing Falkirk 2s on Thursday night, followed by the 1st XV playing Perthshire on the Friday night.
View match photos:
2s v Falkirk
Reds v Perthshire
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Club Awards 2018-19
On return to Mains Park on Saturday night, the players enjoyed the annual Club Dinner and Awards with the following prize winners:
Player of the Season – Colin Devlin
Young Player of the Season – Kieran Cochrane
Most Improved Player of the Season – Kieran Cochrane
2nd XV Player of Season – David ‘Jeff’ Martin
Youth Dinner and Awards 2018-19
The Youth Dinner and Awards was held on Wednesday night (03 April) in the Clubhouse. The award winners were:
S1 PP Daniel McKay; CP Logan Rusack
S2 PP Alex McHardy; CP Aidan McGurk
S3 PP Jamie Woodhouse & Oisin McVeigh
CP Oscar Davies
U16 PP Lewis Wells; CP Callum Richardson
U18 PP Aidan Wan; CP Andrew Graham
Team of the Year – S1
View Graham’s photos of the evening
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Reds Fixtures for 2018-2019
Reds Fixtures and Reports for 2017-2018
Saturday 26 August 2017 match reports
Saturday 09 Sept match reports
Saturday 16 Sept match reports
Saturday 23 Sept match reports
Saturday 30 Sept match reports
Sunday 01 Oct Wee Reds Tournament
Saturday 07 Oct match reports
Saturday 14 Oct match reports
Saturday 21 Oct match reports
Saturday 28 Oct match reports
Saturday 04 Nov match reports
Saturday 11 Nov match reports
Saturday 18 Nov match reports
Reds Fixtures 2017-2018
The 2nd Round SHIELD fixture on Saturday 6th January is AWAY against Ross High.
The fixture list for BT East 1 league has finally been issued. The Reds kick off the new season with a HOME match on Saturday 26 August against North Berwick.
The delay in issuing the fixtures was caused by a split in the RHC Rugby Club, with the former Royal High Club “grouping”, including most of the RHC 1st team players, the Ladies team and the Royal High youth rugby, splitting out and establishing themselves as Barnton RFC.
Scottish Rugby’s Championship Committee in conjunction with the legal and governance group had to determine which team was entitled to play in which league. The eventual outcome is that Barnton will restart in BT East 2, with the Union Park (Corstorphine) based RHC Club being allowed to keep their BT National 3 status. However, the RHC Club has sought and been granted voluntary relegation to BT East 1 – the league in which the Reds play.
Both North Berwick (2nd last season) and Hawick Harlequins (3rd) were offered promotion to BT National 3 to fill the vacant slot. However they both declined which leaves BT East 1 at 11 teams for this season – hence two blank weekends to accommodate the odd number of teams.
Perthshire, who finished 3rd bottom in BT National 3 last season, have accepted the offer to stay up, maintaining BT National 3 at 12 teams.
Reds Fixtures, Results and Match Reports for Season 2016 – 2017
The Reds fixtures and scores are shown below. Click on any link to access the match report.
A 03 Sep L Dunbar (L 20-34)
H 10 Sep L Penicuik (W 31-18)
H 17 Sep L M’field Wanderers (L 10-33)
H 24 Sep L Duns (D 9-9)
H 01 Oct L North Berwick (W 26-8)
H 08 Oct L Hawick Quins (L 20-51)
A 15 Oct L Berwick (L 33-36)
H 22 Oct L Ross High (D 24-24)
H 29 Oct L Forrester (L 15-17)
H 05 Nov L Dunbar (W 18-17)
– 12 Nov
A 19 Nov S Dalkeith (postponed)
– 26 Nov
A 03 Dec L Penicuik (W 17-11)
A 10 Dec L M’field Wanderers (L 5-41)
A 17 Dec S Dalkeith (W 54-19)
H 02 Jan F Livingston (W 26-21)
A 07 Jan S Dunbar (W 51-19)
A 14 Jan L Duns (postponed)
A 21 Jan L North Berwick (W 26-12)
A 28 Jan L Hawick Quins
– 04 Feb
A 11 Feb F AS Minorange (France)
H 18 Feb S Murrayfield Wanderers (BT Edinburgh SHIELD Final)
H 24 Feb F Furnace RFC (Wales)
A 04 Mar L Ross High (W 42-24)
A 11 Mar L Duns (L 3-36)
– 18 Mar
A 25 Mar L Forrester (W 16-12)
H 08 Apr L Berwick (W 42-24)
BT East 1 League
BT East 1 League Fixtures, Results and Table
BT East Reserve League Division 2
Young Reds Team Wins in France
AS Minorange 15 – 19 Linlithgow
After several years without a win in this annual fixture, the Reds claimed the honours on Saturday in Guyancourt.
Euan ‘Grand Fromage’ Mochrie claims his man-of-match award after his brace of tries.
Fine Festive Fayre Served Up at Boxing Day Match
Reds (u19s) 19 – 27 Blues (u23s)
Storms Barbara and Conor relented enough to let the annual Boxing Day match go ahead and a fine game was served up with 8 tries in total. Sean Hagerty, shown above, scoring for the u19s continued his recent impressive form with a fine display in the New Year derby match against Livingston.
Original Fixture List for Reds and 2s
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Season 2015-16The Reds finished their BT East 1 league season in third spot, following their home win over second placed North Berwick, who went on to inflict the only defeat on champions St Boswell’s. They won 11 matches and finished the league season with 53 points. BT East 1 League Results and Table The Reds 2s finished fifth in their league, amassing 49 points with 10 wins.
Last Season’s Match Reports (2015-2016)05 September 2015 12 September 2015 19 September 2015 26 September 2015 Saturday 03 October 2015 Friday 09 October 2015 Saturday 17 October 2015 Saturday 24 October 2015 Saturday 31 October 2015 Saturday 07 November 2015 Saturday 14 November 2015 Saturday 21 November 2015 Saturday 28 November 2015 Saturday 05 December 2015 Saturday 12 December 2015 Saturday 09 January 2016 Saturday 16 January 2016 Saturday 23 January 2016 Saturday 23 April 2016 How Others See Us!Read the report on the Duns match (link above) this page and then compare it to the article on the same match in the Berwickshire News! Saturday 30 January 2016 Saturday 07 February Saturday 21 February Last Season’s Match Reports
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