News from the pitch

Thank you to Brenda and her team at Fintry Sports and Recreation Club for catering for so many people. Also, many thanks to Strathendrick Rugby Club for their support on the day.

We were delighted and proud to host a touring rugby team from Sacramento, California, USA. We know, as previous tourists ourselves, the importance of looking after the international rugby family and making them feel welcome. 

On Friday 3rd April we hosted Granite Bay RC and their large touring entourage along with our nearest neighbours at West of Scotland Rugby Club for an afternoon of rugby, food and fun.

In weather conditions that were more Caledonian and Californian, some brilliant if tight rugby was played. Our guests were wonderful to have and the boys made some friends for life.

Many thanks to Nick Hawkins and Cammy Bruce for refereeing in such challenging weather conditions.

We closed out the 2025-26 rugby season playing in several 10s tournaments.. The final was held on Saturday 7th March and down to three teams; ourselves, St Columba's School and Queen Victoria School. We had something to prove against both teams since earlier in the season the former blocked our dream Murrayfield final and the latter's victory over us in the last conference game prevented us being crowned league champions.

Indicative of the determination and this team's drive to constantly improve, we came out winners in both games; beating St Columba's 20-0 and QVS 7-19. However, it was not just the victories that impressed the travelling supporters but the aggressive, unrelenting style of play we deployed, giving us the platform for some incredibly creative attacking flair.

Our most recent fixture in this national tournament was the semi-final against old rivals, St Columba's School. It was a hard fought, low scoring battle with tight defences on both teams giving nothing away. Sadly, despite spending the majority of the match camped in the opposition half, we could not find the creative edge to break them down. With a final score of 10-3, the players and coaches were gutted to have been only minutes away from a final at Scotland's home of rugby, Murrayfield.

Inspiresport Schools Conference (West): Second Place

The Inspiresport Boys' U18 West Schools Conference consists of six teams: Jordanhill, Lenzie, Lomond & Helensburgh, Cumnock, Queen Victoria School and ourselves. We played each team twice (home and away) over the course of season. The boys went into the last game of the season knowing a win would be enough to make them Conference Champions. Sadly it was not to be, losing an incredibly tense, end to end game versus Queen Victoria School. However, our performance and results over the course of the whole season helped contribute to Strathendrick RFC/ Balfron HS being crowned whole school champions.