Over the weekend, Scotland rugby players from across the various national squads, along with Scottish Rugby staff, visited ten clubs to lend a hand for their Royal Bank RugbyForce event and help bring in more support from club members and volunteers from the local community.

Royal Bank RugbyForce is a grassroots initiative run by Royal Bank of Scotland in association with Scottish Rugby. The programme is designed to help clubs up and down the country to attract and retain members, develop their facilities and make their club more sustainable for the future.

There was once again a great number of clubs sending in submissions for 2019, with over 140 clubs making an application. Of this number, eighteen clubs (including the two Hero Clubs) will receive a grant of £1,000 with a further 95 clubs receiving £250.

Take a look through some of the stand-out tweets from the weekend

Brechin RFC were shouting loud and proud to encourage members to come to the club for their event that Ross McCann and attended.

Thank you Ness Plant for helping us shout #LoudestandProudest from the rooftops! Helping us get the message out there about @RoyalBank_Rugby #RoyalBankRugbyForce #Fieldofdreams pic.twitter.com/6Bs19lX1rv

— Brechin RFC (SCIO) (@BrechinRugby) August 4, 2019

Howe of Fife RFC welcomed two Scotland Women stars to their event who joined in a Tartan Touch game and answered questions from players at the club.

? Lots of activity at Duffus Park in Cupar for @RoyalBank_Rugby Force Day @HoweOfFifeRFC ???

??????? @Scotlandteam players Siobhan Cattigan & Panashe Muzambe joining in with S1 training led by @GavPA#RoyalBankRugbyForce #LoudestandProudest pic.twitter.com/29iuvwpUZq

— Mark Dobson (@MarkDobsonRugby) August 10, 2019

The work will continue for Allan Glen’s RFC as the rain put a dampner on some of the work they’d lined up to complete at their event.

@RoyalBank_Rugby Force Day is well underway here at The Bearyards ??

The sun has come out against all yellow weather warning odds, however the painting of the clubhouse has been postponed until another day as rain is scheduled later ??‍?? #RoyalBankRugbyForce pic.twitter.com/7HoQbnFw6O

— Allan Glen's RFC (@AllanGlensRFC) August 10, 2019

Ellon Rugby had a good clear-out ahead of the season kicking off, with a BBQ to finish.

A very productive Rugby Force today @EllonRugby lots of helpers to tidy up our containers, equipment, changing rooms, topped with a BBQ! Weather was even kind! #RoyalBankRugbyForce #LoudestandProudest @RoyalBank_Rugby @TheEllonTimes @EveningExpress @ellonmeadows pic.twitter.com/Izs3AFeBK4

— Gareth Kemp (@GDKELLONRUGBY) August 10, 2019

Scotland Women’s players Rachel Malcolm and Sarah Bonar travelled to Stornoway to take part in their Rugbyforce event.

Great few days with @StornowayRFC thanks to #royalbankrugbyforce. A brilliant club with so much spirit – can’t wait to see what’s to come from them in the future! https://t.co/NBCJzGjvyv

— Rachel (@rach_malcolm) August 10, 2019

There was something for all the family at Loch Lomond RFC event with face painting, designing your own rugby ball, tartan touch games and more. Lana Skeldon and Megan Kennedy joined the fun at the club.

Lots of activity today @LochLomondRFC for the @RoyalBank_Rugby Force Day!

Touch games, wrestling, kicking, assault course & even Yoga inside ??? a real day #celebrating #grassroots Rugby!#RoyalBankRugbyForce pic.twitter.com/yFABfXBBbJ

— Thomas Davidson (@thomaswdavidson) August 11, 2019

@RoyalBank_Rugby A superb Boot Camp trial #RoyalBankRugbyForce @LochLomondRFC run by @CBF_Helensburgh Seniors, Coaches, kids and parents all got put through their paces in the rain #LoudestandProudest pic.twitter.com/z6y9ihYm3F

— LochLomondRFCjnrs (@Lochlomondjnrs) August 11, 2019

Check out more tweets and images from a brilliant weekend on the @RoyalBank_Rugby and @Scotlandteam accounts, and on the #RoyalBankRugbyForce hashtag.

What a great day one of #RoyalBankRugbyForce, clubs across Scotland putting in a great days work. We had so much fun we are doing it all again today?for ☀️. @scotlandteam clubs and supporters are ?% the #loudestandProudest pic.twitter.com/6Bx5Tw6VgV

— Royal Bank Rugby (@RoyalBank_Rugby) August 11, 2019

#RoyalBankRugbyForce | Over the weekend, current and past @scotlandteam members will be attending clubs across Scotland meeting members, volunteers and players and rolling up their sleeves where needed to help with DIY or coaching. #LoudestandProudest #AsOne pic.twitter.com/piiwb3EhYw

— Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) August 10, 2019