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Month: October 2017

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Hodge welcomes Bradbury back into Edinburgh ranks

31 October 2017 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Hodge welcomes Bradbury back into Edinburgh ranks

FOUR wins on the spin while two serious crises rocked their squad? Perhaps Edinburgh are not really the fainthearts they are often depicted as being. Indeed, far from being adversely affected by the suspensions of …

Ayr RFC

BT Premiership: Team-of the-week (round nine)

31 October 2017 David Barnes Comments Off on BT Premiership: Team-of the-week (round nine)

WATSONIANS could easily have had seven or eight players in the side this week after their excellent victory away to Ayr on Saturday, but ended up with just four in the shape of full-back Andrew …

International

Huw Jones touches down in Scotland after leaving South Africa in style

30 October 2017 David Barnes Comments Off on Huw Jones touches down in Scotland after leaving South Africa in style

THERE’S no rest for the wicked, or, it seems, for Currie Cup final heroes. Less than 48 hours after scoring two tries for Western Province in their 33-21 success over the Sharks in South African …

Ayr RFC

BT Premiership: Leaderboards (after nine rounds)

30 October 2017 David Barnes Comments Off on BT Premiership: Leaderboards (after nine rounds)

TOP TRY SCORER  10 – Fraser Thomson (Melrose) 9 – Ross McCann and Sam Pecqueur (both Melrose), and Jack Turley (Heriot’s) 7 – Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Hawks) 6 – Frazier Climo (Ayr) 5 – Jordan Edmunds …

Ayr RFC

8 things to take away from round 9 of the BT Premiership

29 October 2017 The Offside Line Team Comments Off on 8 things to take away from round 9 of the BT Premiership

With seven enforced changes from the side which demolished Heriots last week, Melrose celebrated their strength in depth against Hawick at the Greenyards, and, in the second half, showed that they can tough it out when needs must – attributes …

Ayr RFC

BT Premiership: Inspired Watsonians run riot against deflated Ayr

28 October 2017 Matt Vallance Comments Off on BT Premiership: Inspired Watsonians run riot against deflated Ayr

Ayr 12 Watsonians 48   MATT VALLANCE @ Millbrae WATSONIANS produced their best display of the season so far in this six-try demolition of an out-of-sorts Ayr. Such was the visitors’ dominance from start to …

Edinburgh Rugby

Italian mission accomplished for Edinburgh

28 October 2017 The Offside Line Team Comments Off on Italian mission accomplished for Edinburgh

Benetton Rugby 13 Edinburgh 24 DOUGIE FIFE’S remarkable recovery from the rugby scrapheap continued with two tries which took Edinburgh within a whisper of a bonus point victory away to a Benetton Treviso side riding …

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BT Premiership: Melrose maintain 100 per cent record at halfway stage in campaign

28 October 2017 Alan Lorimer Comments Off on BT Premiership: Melrose maintain 100 per cent record at halfway stage in campaign

Melrose 30 Hawick 20 ALAN LORIMER @ The Greenyards MELROSE completed a clean sweep in the first half of this BT Premiership season after achieving what was an almost guaranteed win over bottom-of-the-table Hawick to …

Boroughmuir Rugby Club

BT Premiership: Hawks swoop at the death to defy Boroughmuir

28 October 2017 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on BT Premiership: Hawks swoop at the death to defy Boroughmuir

Boroughmuir 24 Glasgow Hawks 31   STUART BATHGATE @ Meggetland GLASGOW HAWKS have had to endure a couple of late and narrow losses this season, so it was about time that they should grab some …

Currie Chieftains

BT Premiership: Heriot’s bounce back from recent set-backs to topple Currie Chieftains

28 October 2017 Colin Renton Comments Off on BT Premiership: Heriot’s bounce back from recent set-backs to topple Currie Chieftains

Currie Chieftains 14 Heriot’s 15 COLIN RENTON @ Malleny Park HAVING lost against the top two sides over the previous two weekends, Heriot’s bounced back against the team that started the day in third spot. …

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