Ross Sutherland RFC

Ross Sutherland RFC
Full name Ross Sutherland Rugby Football Club
Union Scottish Rugby Union
Nickname(s) The Stags (First XV)
Founded 1927
Ground(s) Naval Grounds, Invergordon
President Scotland Alan MacLean
Coach(es) England Rob Parkes
Captain(s) Scotland Ruaridh Waugh
League(s) RBS Regional Caledonia League Division 2 North
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/rosssutherlandrfc

Ross Sutherland RFC is a rugby union club based in Invergordon, in Easter Ross in the Highlands of Scotland. The first XV play in Caledonia League 2 North and the 2nd XV in Caledonia League 3 NW. The club also runs a number of junior sides and has a well-established mini rugby section for Primary school children.

History

As rugby made its way north it took hold in Inverness in the early 1920s. Shortly afterwards a Ross and Sutherland contingent broke away to form Ross Sutherland RFC. Records begin in 1927 although the club may have been running a few years earlier. The club spent some time in Dingwall and Strathpeffer before coming to the Naval Grounds in Invergordon where they have one of the finest pitches in the north of Scotland and excellent facilities. The club's most famous player were Duncan Macrae who played for Scotland and the British Lions on the 1938 tour of South Africa.[1]

Ross Sutherland are proud to have started the careers of many fine players who have gone on to play high level rugby for clubs all over. Ross Sutherland consistently produce junior players year on year who represent the club at regional level as part of the SRU pathway programme to identify the talent of the future.

References

www.ross-sutherland.com


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