- Frustration for Melrose at the Greenyards – but, in fairness, if a player thinks a pitch is dangerous, then there is no way he should allow himself to be pressurised into playing on it.
- Ayr’s mistake was maybe not taking a harder line earlier – but presumably they were looking to give the playing surface every chance.
- With Ayr and Currie Chieftains both having their games postponed, the five points Heriots grabbed from Glasgow Hawks is money in the bank. They are going well and are now comfortablyplaced in the play-off zone – but they have a tough run-in with their final three games being against Ayr, Melrose and Chieftains.
- After Currie Chieftains’ disappointing show at Myreside last week, Ben Cairns was probably not unduly discomfited by a spare week in which to reinvigorate his troops and re-establish their ‘resilience’ – though the Malleny faithful would surely have been whetting their lips at the prospect of Adam Hastings and Charlie Shiel operating in tandem.
- Bringing the bacon home against Stirling County has pushed Watsonians far enough up the food chain for them to be a reasonable outside bet for the play-offs – but Stevie Lawrie surely needs to find a starting slot for Euan Dods somewhere in the back five of his scrum.
- Against Watsonians, Stirling County’s defensive frailties were again exposed – a ‘defeat snatched from the jaws of victory’ according to Dougie Ross – and it is now hard to see them making the play-offs.
- If ‘Finn Gillies seems to be getting slightly more philosophical about the vagaries of life as a rugby coach’ – then it is as well – because he certainly has not had his tribulations to seek. But he, and the team, are hanging in there. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
- Lady Fortune finally smiled on Boroughmuir at Malleny, when Jack Frost absolved them fromthe twin threats of Hastings and Shiel. But results elsewhere mean the pressure is building.