Carluke Tigers are Scottish rugby champions

The Tigers beat Edinburgh Eagles 14-10 in the final on Saturday, held at GHA Rugby Club in Giffnock.

And they will now play in the 2011 Carnegie Challenge Cup — mixing it with the game's biggest clubs including Wigan Warriors, Bradford Bulls and St Helens.

Team manager Bobby Martin is delighted for the hard-working players and coach Morgan Martin.

He said: "We played well and deserved to win. Morgan did a

fantastic job with the players.

"We only formed in 2007 so to win the championship in such a short space of time is unbelievable.

"We now have five Scotland A internationals, which shows the club is growing all the time.

"It's fair to say we had quite a celebration afterwards!"

The Tigers lost out to the Eagles in extra time in last season's final but were on form to avoid the same fate this time round.

For more information on the big match, don't miss this week's Carluke and Lanark Gazette which is in the shops now.