# Strathmore Silverbacks

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For the Rugby Union side, see [Strathmore RFC](/source/Strathmore_RFC).

**Strathmore Silverbacks** are a Scottish rugby league team, part of Strathmore RFC, based in [Forfar](/source/Forfar), [Angus](/source/Angus,_Scotland). They play in the [Scottish National League](/source/Scottish_National_League_(rugby_league)). Their home ground is Inchmacoble Park.

## History

The Silverbacks were formed in 2015 by former rugby league professional and [Scotland A](/source/Scotland_A_national_rugby_league_team) internationals David Vernon, and Stuart Gray of [Strathmore RFC](/source/Strathmore_RFC). In their debut 2015 season under head coach Vernon they won the Edinburgh 9s and finished runner-up to champions [Aberdeen Warriors](/source/Aberdeen_Warriors), even beating the champs twice, including in their last game of the season 39-32. The following season saw them once again finish runner-up to the Warriors in the league and in the Grand Final played at [Montrose](/source/Montrose,_Angus) they were beaten 32-48. In 2017 the Silverbacks were crowned Scottish Champions after a quality 32-30 victory over Edinburgh Eagles in Edinburgh, earning the right to represent Scotland in the 2018 Challenge Cup.[1]

## Internationals

Despite their short history the club has already produced some Scottish internationals. In September 2015 Murray Mitchell was called up to the Scotland U19s for their match against Cumbria.[2] The following year in July three players Ewan Maguire, Jack Wilson and Darren Bell played in the Scotland U19s defeat to England U19s at [Post Office Road](/source/Post_Office_Road), [Featherstone](/source/Featherstone).[3] In 2017 Niall Hall was called up to the Scotland students train on squad in preparation for the end of season World Cup in [Australia](/source/Australia). in November 2017 Murray Mitchell, Niall Hall and Ali Olivier were selected for the Scotland Under 23 team for the Commonwealth 9s in February 2018.[4]

## Honours

- **Edinburgh 9s** (1): 2015
- **Strathmore 9s Runners-Up** (1): 2016
- **Scotland 9s** (1): 2017
- **Scottish Cup Runners-Up** (1): 2019
- **Scottish Runners-Up** (3): 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021
- **Scottish Champions** (2): 2017, 2019

## See also

- [Rugby league in Scotland](/source/Rugby_league_in_Scotland)
- [List of rugby league clubs in Britain](/source/List_of_rugby_league_clubs_in_Britain)

## References

1. [http://www.pitchero.com/strathmorerfc](http://www.pitchero.com/strathmorerfc) [dead link]

1. ["SCOTLAND CAST NET FAR AND WIDE FOR U19'S"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151226161558/http://www.scotlandrl.com/article/13694/scotland-cast-net-far-and). *www.scotlandrl.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.scotlandrl.com/article/13694/scotland-cast-net-far-and) on 2015-12-26.

1. [http://www.facebook.com/silverbacksRL](http://www.facebook.com/silverbacksRL)

1. ["League Management"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150716223034/http://scotlandrl.com/scotland/scotland_students). *www.scotlandrl.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.scotlandrl.com/scotland/scotland_students) on 2015-07-16.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/strathmorerfc)

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