North and Midlands

North and Midlands - and now known as Caledonia - is a select provincial amateur rugby union team that draws its players mainly from north of Scotland, roughly corresponding from around Stirling northwards.

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

Scotland
Full nameNorth and Midlands District / Caledonia Reds
Foundedamateur 1954 (1954)
Coach(es)Colin Sangster
Captain(s)Sean Blair
League(s)Scottish Inter-District Championship
2022-231st
Current season

Historically the North and Midlands team played matches against touring teams visiting Scotland from abroad, and also competed in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.

When the professional Caledonia Reds provincial side folded in 1998, the North and Midlands amateur district was resurrected and renamed Caledonia. The team played as Caledonia in three seasons of an amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship from 1999 to 2002. The amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship was revived for 2022-23 season, and the Caledonia district now plays there.

The Caledonia region also still plays at age-grade.

The Caledonia region now contributes professional players to the provincial Glasgow Warriors side.

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