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Two tickets available for Scotland v Italy 6N 2025 & payment reminder

19/11/2024

The club has two tickets available to members for the Scotland v Italy 6N game on Saturday 1st Feb - £126 each, which need to be allocated & paid for by this weekend.
Please contact Olga Burton by Phone/Text or E-mail if you are interested.

Also, please can everyone who’ve asked for tickets make sure they are either paid for by the weekend or decline them online so we can sell them on to others - otherwise they will be returned to the SRU.

New Rugby Jackets for Youth Boys

12/11/2024

Last week the U13/14, U16 & U18 boys were presented with new rugby training jackets with money fundraised and donated over the summer.

On the 13th and 14th July Orkney Riding Club held their Open Show and WH at Swartland Farm. Sharon Wylie and the Rugby Mums organised and ran the kitchen for the event where they raised £805 for the supply of touchline Sub jackets and kit bags to the U18 and U16 sections.

Under 18s Presentation

Under 16s Presentation

Youth Rugby Match Report | U18s v Ross Sutherland 9-11-24

11/11/2024

Saturday 9 November 2024 was another home game for Orkneys U18s.

This time it was in the inspiresport boys Caledonia Club League A against Ross Sutherland.

Ross travelled north with 9 players collecting 3 from Caithness and Orkney giving players to them to make it 14 a side.

Photo: Rohallion Orkney

With Orkney missing four of their regular players due to other commitments, their forward pack had players playing in positions they have not played this season with Orkneys no8 stepping in to tighthead prop and the blind side flank moving to no8.

50 Club Winners - November 2024

10/11/2024

NOVEMBER 50 CLUB WINNERS!

1st PRIZE - £80 - #29 - Andy Cant
2nd PRIZE - £50 - #139 – Ian Rushbrook
3rd PRIZE - £30 - #10 – Richard Burton
4th PRIZE - £20 - Share #152

Get yourself a Christmas bonus - sign up in time for December’s Draw!

Girls Rugby Match Report | Great North Challenge - Inverness 3-11-24

7/11/2024

On Sunday 3rd of November, the U14s girls were down to Highland RFC for the 4th date of the Great North Challenge.

As usual they met girls from Highland, Lochaber, Ross Sutherland and Caithness for an 8-aside tournament among North West Caledonia clubs, gathering points at each date to progress into the final phases gathering club from the whole Caledonia North region after Christmas.

Orkney, Highland and Lochaber the only three clubs having had a full team regularly, are in tight competition for the top of the table, with Orkney currently in front not far before Highland.

Youth Rugby Match Report | U18s Boys Away v Livingston RFC - Bowl QF - 2-11-24

5/11/2024

After Orkney winning their group in the Boys U18 National Youth Bowl & Quach against Broughmuir away in Edinburgh and East Kilbride at home, their next match in the quarter finals was away to Livingston on Saturday 2 November.

The boys were lucky to be travelling away with a squad of 19 players.

Livingston kicked to get the game underway, they were keen not to give the visitors any leeway and Orkney found it hard to get settled into the game to start with, this allowing Livingston to get to Orkney’s try line.

Match Report | Orkney Dragons Away v Turriff RFC 2-11-24

5/11/2024

Orkney Dragons travelled to Turriff on Saturday 2 November 2024 to which should have been the second meeting but due to insufficient players, Turriff could not travel to Orkney on 26 October 2024 and are unable to commit to a reschedule on our home ground.

The theme of insufficient players continued for Turriff on their home ground with the coach requesting game on principles. This meant the Dragons had to number match and drop to 14 players.

Turriff opted to drop their full back and the Dragons chose to drop a forward utilising impact player availability. It took the Dragons longer than usual to settle adapting to a 14 player strategy rather than a 15 but likewise, Turriff took their time to settle also.