North Berwick Rugby Club’s 1st XV is something of a band of brothers this season – and one pair of siblings have scored more than half the team’s points.

Joining prop Lee Inglis and his younger back-row brother Ben as regulars in the 1st XV have been fellow forwards Iain and Jamie Dove, whose father, also Iain, is the club president, but neither of those pairs of siblings have had as big an impact as the West brothers.

Between them, stand-off Liam and flying winger Murray have amassed over half of the club’s points this season, scoring more than 200 points in a combined 22 appearances to date this term.

Liam is a regular in the club’s number 10 jersey, where he has fought off competition from Grant Craig in recent weeks to cement his place as the club’s starting stand-off, while his 20-year-old brother Murray is a prolific finisher on the wing.

He has crossed 18 times in just 12 appearances, including six times in the 111-7 demolition of Portobello at the beginning of the season, and twice in the club’s most recent win, as his brace helped them to a 44-0 win on the road at Duns on Saturday.

And similarly prolific, Liam has crossed for eight tries in his 10 appearances, while four conversions and a pair of penalties in the win over Duns took his tally with the boot through three figures.

He told Courier Sport: “It’s been brilliant [playing alongside Murray] this season – it’s the first time we’ve been able to do it for a long time.

“It definitely helps the team, too. For example last weekend, before we played Berwick, on the Friday night we spoke about trying a cross-field kick, and at the weekend [in the win over Duns] it worked perfectly.” And the 22-year old admits that he is delighted to have overcome his own injury issues.

“I struggled a lot last season with injury, and I was in and out of the team a fair bit, but I’ve been able to go away and get fit, and it definitely helps the team having the same 10 every week; I’m really enjoying it,” he said.

North Berwick head coach Rhodri Thomas has been delighted with the brothers’ contribution to the club this season.

He told Courier Sport: “Both of them have been performing consistently well this season, with Murray scoring plenty of tries, while Liam has been a constant threat to opposition defences.” But Liam admits the club’s focus has drifted in recent weeks, with a league loss to Berwick now making their Shield exploits the priority, as they stand just one win away from a national final at Murrayfield.

“A lot of boys’ heads have gone down [since the Berwick loss] but I reckon if Berwick slip up and we keep picking up bonus points, then the league is definitely still there for us.

“I know a lot of the boys will be really targeting the [Shield] final though, because we’re just one win away from playing at Murrayfield.” And he admits that running out onto the hallowed turf of the national stadium alongside his younger brother would be the icing on the cake for what has been a great season.

“We’ve both talked about it a lot already – it would be brilliant,” he added.

The brothers’ remarkable scoring achievements so far this season are comparable to the tallies of some entire teams. County strugglers Haddington have managed only 177 league points all season, with the West brothers’ total now surpassing that of their rivals.

The three sets of brothers at North Berwick are among a host of county rugby siblings.

This includes at Haddington, where club captain Garry Cockburn, himself a former North Berwick High School pupil, is joined by older brother Calum in the Reds’ squad, while James and Alex Ferguson, locks Charlie and Harry Hamilton and scrum-halves Dougie and Richard Crichton are also in the squad.

Musselburgh have the Hook, Slaven and Owenson brothers while at Dunbar there are the brothers Donnellan, Peebles, Peters, Courtney and Wightman, in addition to head coach Callum Low being son of team manager Billy.

And the family feel continues at Preston Lodge, where Jonathan Brash, son of president Shona, is also a regular in the 1st XV.