 Here's the Orkney RFC first 15 to make the long journey to play league leaders Newton Stewart on Saturday.
The game kicks off at 2pm at Bladnoch Park, Wigtown, Newton Stewart Orkney Women are on the road too, playing Banff Ladies at 12 noon on Saturday.  Photo: Liam McArthur Under 16 Rugby
Thurso, Sunday 23rd September 2018 Caithness U16s 55, Orkney U16s 19 The first third started in light rain. Caithness opened the scoring within the first 5 minutes. They then followed up with 2 more tries, Orkney defended hard but Caithness managed to break them down. At the beginning of the second third the rain had stopped and the sky had cleared up. A beautiful cross field kick from Ewan Stevenson, after a quick penalty, landed in the goal zone and was brilliantly followed up by Findley Cooper. Caithness responded by scoring 2 more. Tom Mcarthur ran through the opposition line with a mazey run and secured a try by diving over the head of the Caithness full back in the corner of the pitch. To round off the second third Caithness scored a sixth try. Caithness dominated the final third and scored another 3 tries. Kieran Barclay finished off the game with another Orkney try. Jacob Heale and Tom Mcarthur each converted a try. T.M. Photo: Back row: Caithness Sub, Findley Cooper, James Donohoe, Morgan Dennison, Connor Macleod, Jamie Hutchison, Marcus Cclater, Henry Odling, Jonathan Heale (coach) Front row: Caithness Sub, Ewan Stevenson, Jacob Heale, Kieran Barclay, Tom McArthur, Craig Brough, Archie flett Under 14 Rugby Thurso, Sunday 23rd September 2018 Caithness U14s 50, Orkney U14s 59 Orkney Under 14’s met at the Hope at 7.15am to head to off for their 3rd away match in a row with the short hop to Thurso to play Caithness. A squad of 25 players headed over and with Caithness short of players the squad was rotated to provide enough players for a full match to be played. The match was played over 2 halves of 30 minutes each.  Orkney started well and a good run worked by the backs resulted in Oscar Payne going close and being brought down near the line. The forwards worked the ball back and Travis Davis made a good run in for the first score which was converted for a 7 – 0 lead to Orkney.
This evening's joint Youth Rugby training session has been moved indoors to Picky.
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 Under 14 Rugby
Invergordon, Saturday 15th September 2018 Stornoway U14s 52, Orkney U14s 49 Orkney Under 14’s met at the Hope at 7.15am to head to Invergordon to play Stornoway with a squad of 21 players with 1 player making his debut, Alfie Reid. The match was played over 3 periods of 20 minutes. As Stornoway only had 14 players it was agreed that Orkney would give 3 different players to them for each of the 20 minute time periods.
 The Bar Rota has been updated for the new season.
Could all club members please check the bar rota page. We have 6 teams with 2 team leads and if anyone needs to swap weeks, they should contact their team lead or find someone to swap with. Thanks, Nickie Milne  With Caithness RFC gaining promotion to National League Division 3 this season, their visit to Orkney on Saturday will see the first derby between the clubs at National level in almost 14 years, when both sides were in the old National Division 4.
The most recent Caledonia league game at Picky in 2014 resulted in a 21-3 win for Orkney, so the 1st XV will be hoping for more of the same this weekend. The game kicks-off at 1pm, so please come along and show your support for the boys. Meanwhile the under-14 & 16 sides are returning to Invergordon again this Saturday, this time to play Stornoway with Ross Sutherland RFC acting as a neutral venue. The games will kick off around 12 - 12:30pm depending on travel times, so if you’re in the area or passing by feel free to pop along and cheer them on! |
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