The team was established in 1977 and play their home games at The Meadows. The club itself has a well established youth and junior section with players ranging from 4 to 18 years regularly playing rugby.
The club has recently rebranded itself as Ellon Rugby.
For the 2023/24 season, Ellon will compete in Caledonian Div 1. Under 18, Under 16 and Under 15 Youth sides will compete in the inspiresport Boy's National 2 Club Conference, while the Under 14 and Under 13 Youth sides compete in the Tier 1 North Club Conference.
Ellon Golden Oldies side were the 2017 hosts for the 9th Scottish Golden Oldies Festival held on 6 May 2017.
They won the BT Bowl in 2002 and reached the final of the BT Shield in 2006.
2004/05 season
Competitions: National League 1 & Scottish Cup
2005/06 season
Competitions: Premiership 3 & Scottish Cup
2006/07 season
Competitions: Premiership 3 & Scottish Cup
2007/08 season
Competitions: Premiership 3 & Scottish Cup
2008/09 season
Competitions: Premiership 3 & Scottish Cup
2009/10 season
Competitions: National League 1
2010/11 season
Competitions: National League 1
2011/12 season
Competitions: National League 1
The league was restructured after this season where National 1 was dropped in favour of regionalizing it.
National League Division 1
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Hawick YM (P)
22
21
1
0
98
Musselburgh (P)
22
20
2
0
94
Murrayfield Wanderers (P)
22
14
8
0
75
Dunfermline (P)
22
16
6
0
75
RHC Cougars (R)
22
13
9
0
62
Kilmarnock (R)
21
11
8
2
56
Ellon (R)
22
9
13
0
43
Langholm (R)
21
8
13
0
37
Edinburgh University (R)
22
7
14
1
35
Linlithgow (R)
22
5
16
1
27
Garnock (R)
22
4
17
1
23
Livingston (R)
22
0
21
1
0
2012/13 season
Competitions: RBS Caledonia Division 1 & RBS Shield
Played 22, won 10, lost 12
Ellon lost the final of the RBS Caledonia Shield to Aberdeenshire.
RBS Caledonia League Division 1
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Aberdeenshire
18
16
2
0
79
Caithness
18
11
7
0
55
St Andrews Uni
18
9
8
1
49
Gordonians
18
9
9
0
46
Orkney
18
8
10
0
42
Mackie Academy FP
18
8
10
0
42
Strathmore
18
8
9
1
38
Ellon
18
7
11
0
36
Highland
18
7
11
0
33
Hillfoots
18
5
11
2
32
2013/14 season
Competitions: RBS Caledonia Division 1 & RBS Shield[4]
Played 19, won 5, lost 13, Drawn 1
Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the RBS Shield by Dunfermline.
Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the BT Shield by Glenrothes.
2015/16 season
Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Shield[6]
Played 17, won 4, lost 13
Pretty much a season to start rebuilding the squad with a number of departures after getting relegated from Div 1. More further away travel required than the 1XV had previously been used to with travel to Shetland and Stornoway.
Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the BT Shield by Dunfermline.
BT Caledonia League Division 2 North (North)
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Deeside
16
14
2
0
70
Aberdeen Wanderers
16
13
3
0
62
Garioch
16
12
4
0
59
Ross Sutherland
16
11
5
0
51
Moray
16
7
9
0
37
Shetland
16
5
11
0
24
Ellon
16
4
12
0
23
Stornoway
16
3
13
0
17
Lochaber
16
3
13
0
17
2016/17 season
Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Bowl[7]
Played 16, won 9, lost 6
With 12 teams entered into Caledonia Div 2 North, it was decided to split then into two leagues, East and West. Once each league played each other home and away, the top 3 of each will play each other for promotion and the bottom 3 of each will play each other for relegation. Any points earned from the other two from the original league were carried over. Ellon played in the East league the first half of the season.
Ellon eventually withdraw from the BT Bowl in the second round.
Although eventually finishing 2nd in the league, ended up gaining promotion after no team were relegated from National 3 and the 2nd placed team in Caledonia Div 2 (Midlands) declined a playoff.[9]
Ellon were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Caledonia Bowl against Aberdeen University.
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Garioch
17
13
4
0
70
Ellon
18
13
5
0
66
Highland 2XV
16
12
3
1
64
Mackie Academy FP
18
12
6
0
63
Moray
18
10
8
0
53
Ross Sutherland
18
9
8
1
50
Aberdeen Grammar 2XV
17
7
9
1
39
Shetland
15
4
11
0
19
Deeside
17
2
14
1
14
Stornoway
18
2
16
0
11
RAF Lossiemouth
0
0
0
0
0
Aberdeen Uni Medics
0
0
0
0
0
RAF Lossiemouth withdrew from league due to operational reasons. Aberdeen Uni Medics removed from league for failing to fulfil fixtures.
Competitions: Tennent's Caledonia Division 1 and National Shield[15]
Played 12, won 8, lost 4
Ellon were knocked out in the second Round of the National Shield by Moray.
Due to National League restructuring, Ellon played Stewartry to see who got promoted. Ellon lost 24-30 in a game played at Burnbrae.[16]
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Dunfermline
10
8
2
0
43
Ellon Rugby
10
8
2
0
41
Grangemouth
10
6
3
1
32
Aberdeenshire
10
4
6
0
25
Caithness
10
3
6
1
18
Aberdeen Wanderers
10
0
10
0
-2
Hillfoots disqualified from the league 20/03/23
2023/24 season
Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 1[17] and BT National Shield
Played 13, Won 7, Lost 6
Ellon withdrew from the National Shield in Round 2
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Moray
12
10
2
0
51
Aberdeenshire
12
9
3
0
45
Highland 2XV
12
8
4
0
44
Mackie
12
4
8
0
28
Caithness
12
5
7
0
27
Ellon
12
6
6
0
26
RAF Lossiemouth *
0
0
0
0
0
Aberdeen Wanderers
12
0
11
0
-8
* RAF Lossiemouth withdrew from league due to operational duties.
Top 3 teams from conference will play home and away against midlands conference to decide league positions.
2024/25 season
Competitions: Arnold Clark Caledonia Division 1[18] and BT National Shield[19]
After the play-offs were complete, Ellon were crowned winners of Caledonia Div1 and earned promotion to National 4!
Ellon were knocked out by Lenzie in the semi-final of the National Shield who went on to win.
Played 20, Won 15, Lost 5
Arnold Clark Caledonia Div 1 (North Conference)
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Aberdeenshire
12
9
3
0
45
Ellon
12
9
3
0
45
Mackie
12
7
5
0
43
Highland 2XV
12
6
6
0
38
Ross Sutherland
12
4
8
0
22
Caithness
11
3
8
0
17
North Police
11
3
8
0
7
Top 2 teams from conference will play home and away against midlands conference to decide league positions.
After making the top two of the North Conference, home and away games were played against Perthshire and Blairgowrie. Results from the Aberdeenshire games were carried forward to the play-offs.
Arnold Clark Caledonia Div 1 (Play-Offs)
Team
P
W
L
D
Points
Ellon
6
5
1
0
27
Perthshire
4
2
2
0
23
Blairgowrie
4
1
3
0
18
Aberdeenshire
2
0
2
0
1
Aberdeenshire withdraw from the playoffs. 10 points awarded to Perthshire and Blairgowrie.
Notable former players
Scotland Internationalists
The following former Ellon players have represented Scotland at full international level.
