Rugby

Saturday's 57-8 hiding at the hands of Ellon leaves Caithness pointless, second from bottom in the north conference of Caley League Division One.

Caithness Krakens ran riot against newcomers Moray, posting a club record 78-17 victory in their Caley North Women's League 2 tussle at Millbank.

Caithness Krakens got off to a false start last weekend when scheduled visitors Fraserburgh called off as they could not raise a team.

Caithness Rugby Club is in turmoil on and off the pitch as a major question mark hangs over the future of first-team men's coach Kenny Russell.

Caithness play at Millbank.

Greens can't stop ruthless Mackie.

Number eight has played his last game for club.

League rugby returns for the Greens this weekend when they hit the road to face a testing opener against Moray, last season's Caley 2 champions.

The Greens head for Invergordon on Saturday to complete their preparations for the start of their Caledonian Regional Division 1 campaign.

Top performers in the girls' section of Caithness Rugby Football Club were honoured at the annual awards ceremony in Thurso's Pentland Hotel.

Caithness Seconds' thrilling three-point victory against their Orkney counterparts in Kirkwall was just enough to claim the Lyle Cup.

Caithness Evergreens head north on Saturday for the second staging of a charity rugby match inaugurated to remember former player Alexander Mill.

Next season will be miles better for Caithness 1st men's rugby side after the latest restructuring of the Scottish league pyramid.

Underdogs Caley Reds produced a rousing display to win a place in the final of the newly reinstated Scottish inter-district rugby championship.

Caithness Krakens rounded off their season on a high when they took the spoils in the Orkney Sevens, overcoming Orkney Dragons in the final.

Caithness rugby starlet Hannah Dunnett has signed off from her stint with Scotland under-18s with a demanding schedule at the Six Nations Festival.

A victory in their final match at home to Strathmore would have seen the Krakens go through in the National Plate as one of the three pool winners.

The Yellows' season lasted over two months longer than that of the 1st XV and, for the first time, they played and won more games than the Greens.

Thurso High School pupil Hannah Dunnett will play scrum-half against England in Scotland's opening match in the Under-18 Six Nations rugby festival.

Saturday's end to their season is coming too early for Caithness 2nd XV given the rich run of form into which they have run.