Paisley RFC

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Paisley
Full name	Paisley Rugby Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Location	Paisley, Scotland
Ground(s)	Anchor Recreational Grounds
President	Jack McKechnie
Captain	Paul Johnstone
League	West League Division Two
2007–08	4th
Official website
www.paisleyrugby.org.uk

Paisley RFC is an amateur rugby union club based at the Anchor Recreation Grounds in Paisley. The club is currently in pool 1 of the West League Division 2.

The club is the home of the Scottish Rugby Legend Gavin Newlands, known to his friends as 'porky'. Gavin's on-field exploits were only surpassed by his tremendous appetite for the famous anchor pie. It has been argued by many that if it were not for the kicking of the non-tackling fly half the club would not have achieved the heady heights of West division 2. Several of the clubs senior members have been heard , on many occasion, crediting Gavin with the current league position. Gavin's picture appears regularly in the local Paisley Daily Express and is the all time highest points scorer for PRFC with 83 points in 162 appearances for the club. Upon retiring from all levels of representative rugby, Gavin was asked to chair the SRU's disciplinary panel but refused due to current conflicts of interest.

[edit] Season 2006/07

Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	TB	LB	PD	Pts
1	Braidholm	10	9	1	197	74	4	1	123	41
2	Paisley	10	7	3	185	100	1	2	85	31
3	Strathaven	10	5	5	173	174	3	2	-1	25
4	Hughenden	10	4	6	175	121	2	3	54	21
5↓	Carrick	10	4	6	129	203	1	1	-74	18
6↓	Bishopton	10	1	9	105	292	1	3	-187	8

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
09/09/06	Braidholm	15-20	Paisley
23/09/06	Bishopton	7-14	Paisley
21/10/06	Paisley	9-10	Braidholm
27/01/07	Paisley	19-11	Hughenden
17/02/07	Carrick	18-8	Paisley
03/03/07	Paisley	12-15	Paisley
17/03/07	Paisley	15-7	Carrick
24/03/07	Hughenden	5-8	Paisley
31/03/07	Strathaven	5-14	Paisley
21/04/07	Paisley	66-7	Bishopton