Highland Rugby Football Club is a rugby union amateur club from the city of Inverness that compete in the Scottish National League Division One. They have a number of teams taken from different age groups including micros and minis, S1 and S2, Under-15, Under-16, Under-18 and senior first and second teams. They play their rugby at Canal park in Inverness.

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Full name	Highland Rugby Football Club
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Location	Inverness, Scotland
Ground(s)	Canal Park
Coach(es)	Davie Carson
League(s)	Scottish National League Division One
2021–22	Scottish National League Division One, 6th of 12
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Official website
www.highlandrugbyclub.com

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The club celebrated when they announced the appointment of a jointly funded development officer enabling the club to more actively grow rugby across all ages. The Canal Park Club demonstrated their commitment to the game, and the revised development structure, when they teamed up with Scottish Rugby and the Highland Council to fund the new post which brings thousands of pounds of investment into rugby in the area. Development Officers (DOs) are dedicated to recruiting and retaining rugby players, coaches, referees and volunteers in and around their local communities working continuously to create links between schools and clubs to maximise the opportunities to play rugby in their area. Their efforts were rewarded in the 2010–11 season when they were given the SRU club of the month award for November.

In 2020 Highland RFC launched a club lottery in association with Our Club Lotto which continues to help fund rugby development in Inverness.^[1] Draws take place every Wednesday night with all profits reinvested into the club and prizes up to £20,000 available to be won.^[2]

The club run the Inverness City Sevens. The club's sevens tournament was renamed in 2022. Formerly it was known as the Highland Sevens.^[3]

The rugby club's ground, Canal Park, has been their home since their founding in 1922. Following their surge into higher levels of Rugby, their ground was upgraded in 2017 from grass to a 4G pitch, and the club house majorly improved upon. In 2020, local football club Clachnacuddin F.C., were put into a temporary groundshare agreement after a fire at their ground, Grant Street Park, on Christmas Eve 2019, in order to keep the Highland League running smoothly. On Clachnacuddin's opening game at Canal Park against Fort William F.C., they drew a crowd of approximately 700, which was a significant improvement on their usual attendance at Grant Street, however, Fort William won the game 1–0.^[4] It was used for a second time against Forres Mechanics F.C., in which Clachnacuddin lost 3–2.

The ground is often used by the youth and reserve teams of Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

• Moray Low, currently playing for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership and internationally for Scotland. Before Exeter he played for Glasgow Warriors (2006–2014)
• John Barr – International shinty player
• Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors
• Bruce Flockhart – Glasgow Warriors
• Jamie Gillan – Punter for Cleveland Browns in the NFL
• Patrick Kelly – Glasgow Warriors
• George Mackie – Scotland
• Ernie Michie – Scotland, British Lions
• Nairn McEwan, Scotland

• Highland / Inverness City Sevens
  • Champions: 1932, 1953, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1991, 1994
• Scottish National League Division Three
  • Champions (1): 2017–18
• Caledonia League Division One
  • Champions (1): 2015–16
  • Runners-Up (1): 2014–15
• Scottish Rugby Shield
  • Runners-Up (1): 2015–16
• Inverness Craig Dunain Sevens^[5]
  • Champions: 1992
• Aberdeen Sevens^[6]
  • Champions: 1934
• Stornoway Sevens^[7]
  • Champions: 1977
• Lochaber Sevens^[8]
  • Champions: 1991
• Orkney Sevens^[9]
  • Champions: 1981
• Clarkston Sevens^[10]
  • Champions: 1976, 1977
• Caithness Sevens^[11]
  • Champions: 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1980
• Ross Sutherland Sevens^[12]
  • Champions: 1966, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1994, 2022
• Moray Sevens^[13]
  • Champions: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989
• Kirkcaldy Sevens^[14]
  • Champions: 1975, 1980, 1981
• Mull Sevens^[15]
  • Champions: 2023
• Kirkcaldy Sevens^[16]
  • Champions: 2024