Christmas came early for the girls of Cambuslang Rugby Club’s under-16s as they lifted the National Cup at Murrayfield.

They came from being behind to Biggar at the interval to storm to victory in the National Cup, playing on the main field at Scotland’s home of rugby.

Later in the day, the U18s couldn’t quite make it a double as they fell to Dumfries. But the girls deserve great credit for battling through to their age group Shield Final to ensure it was a historic day for the club as they had never before had any girls team make it through to the National Finals.

Cambus coach Kris Hellis was almost lost for words after the brilliant display.

He said: “The girls deserve so much credit to be able to come to Murrayfield and put in that type of performance against an excellent Biggar team.

“This was the first Cambuslang youth team in the club’s 121-year history to be in a national final and I hope the girls made people proud because I certainly am.

“To also have an under-18s team here on finals day means the future is bright for girls rugby at Cambuslang.”

Cambuslang Under-16s came from nine points behind at the break to score 36 points in the second half and win an entertaining clash.

In total Cambuslang bagged nine tries and four conversions, with Captain Gemma Gordon and winger Rose Scott scoring five tries between them.

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It was a big day personally for Rose who also picked up the award as the Player of the Final.

Cambus had to dig deep for victory, going 14-0 down early on and even though they rallied to put points on the board, they trailed 26-17 at the interval.

The crucial first score of the second half came from Cambuslang, and when they added another try soon after, they led for the first time.

Biggar struck back with another try to regain the lead, but the Coats Park girls were not to be denied. They went on to score 26 unanswered points to secure victory by 53-33.

And Director of Youth Rugby at Cambuslang, Stewart Barnett, was immensely proud of the huge strides taken developing girls rugby at Coats Park.

Stewart commented: “From a standing start three years ago, we now support the development of around 50 girls between the age of 12 and 17 and a coaching team of six which is an incredible achievement.

“That success is down to lots of hard work and dedication from the entire support team. And the section is still growing, with spaces available for girls to join our under-14 team which trains on a Tuesday evening and plays games on a Sunday afternoon.

“A massive thanks is due to all the dedicated coaches whose hard work doesn’t go unnoticed.”

While the occasion was undoubtedly one for the girls at Cambuslang, Stewart added that the entire junior section was going from strength to strength, with more than 350 young boys and girls learning the rugby crafts from around 50 volunteer coaches.

The under-18 girls also did the club proud in getting to the final at Murrayfield as well, but unfortunately lost out to Dumfries.