Highland Rugby Football Club is a rugby union

Rugby union

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 amateur club from the city of Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...

 that compete in the Caledonia Regional League Division 1

Caledonia Regional Leagues (Rugby Union)

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, the Highland Alliance League

Highland Alliance League

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 and the Caledonia Three Northwest

Caledonia Regional Leagues (Rugby Union)

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 (as the Highland Reds). They have a number of teams taken from different age groups including micros and minis, S1 and S2, Under-15, Under-16, Under-18 and senior first and second teams. They play their rugby at canal park in Inverness

Inverness

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.

2010-2011 Reds Success

During the 2010-11 season the Highland Reds became champions in the Caledonia Division 2 Northwest league although they could not be considered for promotion due to them playing as a second XV side. Due to this, Moray RFC progressed to the play-off stage for a chance at promotion to Caledonia Division 1 in which they triumphed over Aberdeen Wanderers. The Reds however still got the chance to become Division 2 champions by playing Aberdeen Wanderers, a game in which they also achieved success.

Rugby development in Inverness

Highland RFC have been celebrating recently as they announced the appointment of a jointly funded development officer enabling the club to more actively grow rugby across all ages. The Canal Park Club demonstrated their commitment to the game, and the revised development structure, when they teamed up with Scottish Rugby and the Highland Council to fund the new post which brings thousands of pounds of investment into rugby in the area.
Development Officers (DOs) are dedicated to recruiting and retaining rugby players, coaches, referees and volunteers in and around their local communities working continuously to create links between schools and clubs to maximise the opportunities to play rugby in their area. There efforts have been awarded in the 2010-11 season when they given the SRU club of the month award for November.

Training

The senior and Under-18 teams hold training sessions on Tuesdays and Thursday starting at 7pm sharp until around 8.30pm. The Under-15 and Under-16 teams train on a Wednesday night at the same time. The club welcome all prospective players to attend.

Notable players

• Nairn McEwan
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• John Barr
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  , International shinty
  Shinty
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   player
• Moray Low
  Moray Low
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  , Currently playing for Glasgow Warriors
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   in the Magners League and Internationally for .