Paisley RFC

For the former rugby union and shinty club, see Paisley Football and Shinty Club.

Paisley Rugby Football Club

Full name	Paisley Rugby Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Founded	1982
Location	Paisley, Scotland
Region	Renfrewshire
Ground(s)	The Anchor Recreational Ground
President	Ronald McNeil
Coach(es)	Grant Sweeney and Leslie Wilson. Joan Hutchison.
Captain(s)	Jim McKellar & Cathrine Powrie
League(s)	West Division 2
2024-25	10th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.paisleyrugby.org.uk

Paisley Rugby Club is a Scottish rugby union club, based at the Anchor Recreation Grounds[1] in Paisley, Scotland. The club is currently in the West Regional League West Two.

The club runs both senior Men & Women sections, a host of youth teams along with a mixed touch section. The senior men's squad is co-coached by Grant Sweeny and Leslie Wilson & The women's squad is coached by Joan Hutchison.

With a mix of youth and experience, Paisley's 1st XV are an established team in West Regional League West Three. Paisley finished 10th in the season 2023/24 in division 2.

Squad

2024/25 Senior Squad: Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Jim McKellar Hooker Scotland Neil Ritchie Prop Scotland Mick McCabe Prop Scotland Rab Wilson Prop Scotland Adam Plunkett Prop Scotland Ronald McNeil Prop Scotland Gavin Postlethwaite Prop Scotland Paul Reid Prop Scotland Scott Sutherland Lock Scotland Cameron Barclay Lock Scotland Michael Somerville Lock Scotland Paul Synnott Lock Scotland Colin Wightman Lock Scotland Scott Millar Lock Scotland Gregor Queen Flanker Scotland Iain Loach Flanker Scotland Duncan Adam Flanker Scotland Lee Haughey Flanker Ireland Jim Knight Flanker England Mark McKinnon Flanker Scotland Tom Edgar Flanker Scotland Calum Hall Number 8 Scotland David Dodd Number 8 Scotland

Player Position Union Kieran Baxter Scrum-half Scotland Ted Glover Scrum-half Scotland Euan Stuart Fly-half Scotland Cameron Cobb Fly-half England George Wood Centre Scotland Ben Frost Centre England Aaron Di Comberti Centre Scotland Simon Duff Centre Scotland Arran McMillian Centre Scotland Jack Valentine Wing Scotland Ross Quinn Wing Scotland Shaun Brittain Wing Scotland Sean Thorburn Wing Scotland Dan Caine Fullback Scotland

Jim McKellar has been named captain for the 2024/25 season with Jack Valentine and Kieran Baxter being co-vice captains for the 2024/25 season.

Honours

• Glasgow Warriors Community Hero of the Year 2020-21
  • David Parr

References

1. "Google Maps". Google.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

External links

• Paisley RFC official website
• Scottish Rugby Union official website
• West Regional Division 2 2019/20
• West Reserve League Division 3 2019/20