On 11 February 1977 the Aberdeen Press and Journal reported:[2] Two Aberdeenshire stalwarts Jim Black and 3rd XV captain John Fraser are behind the move and to gauge likely interest they have organised a meeting in the Kintore Arms Hotel in Inverurie on Monday week at 8pm.

[4] The rugby club serves the rural Aberdeenshire area; and in particular the towns of Inverurie, Oldmeldrum, Kemnay, Kintore and Kinellar.

[7] The men's side played an annual match with the 'Oil Blacks' - a group of Southern Hemisphere players based in Aberdeen.

[10] Coaches Stuart Corsar, Anna Newsome and Courtni Fritts won the Scottish Rugby Union Diversity and Inclusion Award in June 2021 for setting up the Garioch girls side.

[16] Garioch rugby stalwart Tommy Robertson, who died at the age of 89 in 1996, played for the first Aberdeen Exiles versus Select match at Rubislaw in 1929.