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The Rugby Club will be open from 3:30pm this Saturday for the FINAL of the Rugby World Cup. 
 
New Zealand v’s Australia
 
Kick Off at 4pm.
 
Come along and enjoy the craic in the comfortable surroundings of the recently refurbished Club lounge on our two huge televisions.

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Orkney RFC will be hosting Scottish Rugby from the 11th - 13th of December for a condensed UKCC Level 2 award. The course outlines all of the necessary skills required to coach and referee the 15-a-side game. Interested players, volunteers, alongside active and aspiring coaches are encouraged to sign up online! 


For more information on the Coaching Youth Rugby Union (UKCC Level 2) award, you can visit Scottish Rugby on the link below: 

Find out more - Coaching Youth Rugby Union (UKCC Level 2)



Looking to sign up? You can register on Eventbrite via the following link:

Register Here!




If you would like more information or have any queries, please contact Tom Hughes via email at: rdo@orkneyrfc.co.uk

Sunday saw Dounby, St Andrews & Kirkwall lineup their P4/P5 & P6/P7 teams in the opening round of the Jack Rendall Memorial Cup. With all teams kicking off at 10:30, Dounby quickly capitalised on their home turf advantage with wins at both age groups, while St Andrews and Kirkwall were hard pressed in a muddy tussle at Orkney RFC - seeing both teams come away with a win! 

Results for the first round can be seen below:

Orkney were defeated 16-8 by table-toppers Dumfries Saints at Pickaquoy on Saturday afternoon.

It was a match played in 'four seasons in one day' conditions with torrential rain giving way to sunny skies.

Dumfries showed why they are undefeated at the top of National League Division 3, and were a well-disciplined unit all round. They had the bulk of possession and territory in both halves and Orkney were perhaps fortunate not to lose by more, the visitors missing a couple of penalties and conversions.

​Orkney had their best spell late in the second half, when they scored their only try, but it was too little too late.

Kirkwall Mini’s & Rookies Re: Weekend 24th & 25th
 
ROOKIES
On Saturday the 24th in Kirkwall Rookies will take place as normal from 11:00am to 11:45am.
 
MINI’S
On Sunday this is the first of the Home & Away fixtures for the Minis in the Jack Rendall Memorial Cup.  The teams for the Kirkwall sections in P4/5 & P6/7 are as undernoted.
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If your young player is unable to attend any of the planned fixtures or is not listed in the teams below then please let Brian know as soon as possible on 870593.  This is an exciting opportunity to get as many mini players involved in this new league set-up that will take place on 6 Sundays throughout the season.

Once again. Orkney Rugby Club invites you to join us for another Rugby Activities Day for P1-P3 & P4-P7s. Please download the form below for additional information and registration.

Remember, you can register and pay on the day!

P1-P3 10:00am-12:00pm @ ORFC (Registration 9:45am)
P4-P7 1:30pm-3:30pm @ ORFC (Registration 1:15pm)

Sat 10th October's seconds game is now an Inter County vs Caithness

They are bringing 12 players and arriving on the Pentalina at 10.30

Kick off is 12 noon at Picky so please come along and everyone will get a game

Ian Carse is looking for anyone available to pick players up from the Hope to call him on 07415 680706 and he also requires lifts back to the 16.50 Pentalina

Dear Coaches,

Scottish Rugby is now running the RugbyRight course online as a free ready to coach program, all active coaches will need to complete the course for 2015/2016 by the end of October.

For more information, please contact Tom Hughes on ​rdo@orkneyrfc.co.uk

BT National League Division 3
Pickaquoy Infield - Saturday, October 3
Orkney RFC 34, West of Scotland RFC 24

This wasn’t one for the faint-hearted. Orkney had to battle all the way against a fast and feisty West of Scotland side that made them work for every point they scored on the way to a 34-24 win at Pickaquoy on Saturday afternoon.

The referee was also made to work for his money in this National League Division 3 clash, pulling in the captains and various players during the match to keep a lid on things. Discipline was ragged at times and one off-the-ball incident mid way through the second half saw Orkney’s William Thomson and West of Scotland's coach/sub sidelined for 10 minutes in a double yellow-carding.

Mini Rugby Players this season will be battling it out for the Jack Rendall Memorial Cup in memory of one of ORFCs stalwart members. Each section will find themselves getting a slice of the youth and senior leagues by representing their section in both Home and Away fixtures at P4-P5 and P6-P7 age groups.

The finale will see all sections playing at ORFC, followed by a Cup Presentation on April 10th, 2016

For more information, please see below: