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Month: September 2017

Currie Chieftains

BT Premiership: Melrose march on as the Chieftains rue set-piece failings

30 September 2017 Alan Lorimer Comments Off on BT Premiership: Melrose march on as the Chieftains rue set-piece failings

MELROSE 41 CURRIE CHIEFTAINS 10 ALAN LORIMER @ The Greenyards MELROSE cruised to their fifth win in the BT Premiership to consolidate their table-topping position, again demonstrating that they are the team to beat in this …

Glasgow Hawks

BT Premiership: Hawks make life hard for themselves at muddy Balgray

30 September 2017 David Barnes Comments Off on BT Premiership: Hawks make life hard for themselves at muddy Balgray

GLASGOW HAWKS 26 HAWICK 19   DAVID BARNES @ Balgray IT was a case of job done and move on for Glasgow Hawks as they scrambled to a bonus point victory which keeps them in …

Ayr RFC

BT Premiership: Ayr start slowly before finding their groove against Stirling County

30 September 2017 The Offside Line Team Comments Off on BT Premiership: Ayr start slowly before finding their groove against Stirling County

AYR 46 STIRLING COUNTY 33   DOUGLAS ROSS @ Millbrae AYR will be hoping that this game is a metaphor for the rest of their season; poor to start with but champagne rugby to finish. …

Boroughmuir Rugby Club

BT Premiership: Johnny Matthews is Boroughmuir’s superman

30 September 2017 Colin Renton Comments Off on BT Premiership: Johnny Matthews is Boroughmuir’s superman

BOROUGHMUIR 34 MARR 32 COLIN RENTON @ Meggetland BOROUGHMUIR tasted victory for the first time this season when they squeezed home in an edgy affair, which was decided in the 86th minute of a match …

Heriot's Blues

BT Premiership: Watsonians 10-22 Heriot’s

29 September 2017 David Barnes Comments Off on BT Premiership: Watsonians 10-22 Heriot’s

DAVID BARNES @ Myreside A TETCHY, TENSE ENCOUNTER which fizzed like a firecracker with a faulty fuse, meaning that it never quite got round to going pop, ended with Heriots’ greater experience giving them a …

Glasgow Warriors

Warriors battle to bonus-point win over Benetton

29 September 2017 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Warriors battle to bonus-point win over Benetton

GLASGOW WARRIORS 37 BENETTON 20 STUART BATHGATE @ Scotstoun SOMETIMES the unglamorous wins are the most satisfying – in retrospect if not at the time. Glasgow toiled for much of the game to put away dogged …

Edinburgh Rugby

Plenty of fighting spirit but no bonus point for Edinburgh in Dublin

29 September 2017 The Offside Line Team Comments Off on Plenty of fighting spirit but no bonus point for Edinburgh in Dublin

LEINSTER 19 EDINBURGH 13 LEINSTER had their British and Irish Lions back but Edinburgh made a pretty good fist of preventing this from becoming a triumphant homecoming for Jonny Sexton, Sean O’Brien and Tadhg Furlong. In …

Interviews

It’s a MAD world for Melrose midfielder Craig Jackson

29 September 2017 David Barnes Comments Off on It’s a MAD world for Melrose midfielder Craig Jackson

THE pain of last season’s BT Premiership play-off Grand Final defeat to Ayr is still raw enough to ensure that nobody at The Greenyards is reading too much into Melrose’s early season form, which has …

Ayr RFC

BT Premiership: Round five preview – runners, riders and verdict

29 September 2017 The Offside Line Team Comments Off on BT Premiership: Round five preview – runners, riders and verdict

ANOTHER weekend of intriguing encounters starts with a bang tonight [Friday] when Watsonians host their old friends and rivals Heriot’s under the lights at Myreside. Pace-setters Melrose will have their hands full when defending their …

Glasgow Warriors

Glasgow Warriors aim to make it five out of five as Ryan Grant re-signs

28 September 2017 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Glasgow Warriors aim to make it five out of five as Ryan Grant re-signs

PERHAPS the most impressive aspect of Glasgow Warriors’ season to date is that they have run up four wins in a row in the PRO14 without some of their biggest players. If they make it …

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