We were founded in 1969 by a group of local rugby loving business men and the club played on various temporary pitches over the years until 1984 when the local council commissioned an official rugby pitch (15 years after the Club was reformed). We have a great reputation for being a small friendly/rural club with great food being served to visiting teams after the match and one of the best views from our pitch and Clubhouse of Ben Nevis.

Lochaber Rugby club has always been fortunate to have volunteers and members with a ‘can do’ attitude who are willing to help with the running of the club and over the next three years a huge amount of hard work was put in, to raise funds to build our first Clubhouse, much of the work was carried out by our players, many of them tradesmen, who made lots of good memories in ‘The Gang Hut’.

The first clubhouse was built with old cabins purchased from the BA at the end of the contract for the new Furnace Room. This was always seen as a temporary measure and in 1997 with a combination of external funding packages the new Clubhouse was opened. Our club celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2019

The club fields a Snr Men’s and Ladies Team (formed in 2021) as well as Youth Teams from P4 – U18 (girls & boys). The part of the club has grown substantially due to our part time Community Coach, Stevie McAleer who visits schools around the Lochaber area.

We are very proud to boast that 3 Youth female players from Lochaber R.F.C. who progressed their career in rugby to earn International Caps, i.e. Rachael (Nicolson) Whyte, Katie Dougan and Helen Nelson. Helen went on to Vice Captain Scotland, then Captain, as well as Vice-Captain of the Barbarians team and is still currently playing