Caledonia Reds

This article is about the professional district side. For the amateur district side North and Midlands, now known as Caledonia or Caledonia Reds, see North and Midlands.

Caledonia Reds
Nickname(s)Reds¿¿
Founded1996
Disbanded1998; 26 years ago (1998) (merged)
LocationAberdeen and Perth
Ground(s)McDiarmid Park (Capacity: 10,696)
Team kit
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Caledonia Reds were a Scottish rugby union team. They participated in two seasons of the Heineken Cup. They evolved from one of the traditional four amateur districts of Scotland, North and Midlands, in 1996.

Their home games were shared between Aberdeen and Perth. Previous Scottish national coach Frank Hadden once held the assistant coaching position with the Caledonia Reds.[1]

In 1998, the SRU decided to merge the side with the Glasgow Rugby team, who today are known as the Glasgow Warriors.

The Caledonia district still exists: it does not field a side in the United Rugby Championship league, but it does have competitive age grade teams in Inter-District Championships.

  1. ^ McRae, Donald (21 February 2006). "Teacher's measures put a glow in the Scots". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 April 2010.