It’s a fact – the older the Guernsey Rugby Club becomes, the bigger and better it gets. But reaching over 100 has not been easy – far from it in fact – and today’s grand surroundings at Footes Lane and first XV plying their trade as high as National Three is quite remarkable. Rugby was being played in the island well before organised football, in the late 19th century, but it was not until 1913 that the Guernsey Rugby Club was formed and, in truth, even then little happened within the club until after the Occupation.