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Boroughmuir vs Stew
Mel, 7/1/06
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Squad
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play Boroughmuir
at Meggetland on Saturday, kick off 2 pm, is:
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15
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Richard Borthwick
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14
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David McCall
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13
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Andrew Easson
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12
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Graham Shiel
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11
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Colin Goudie
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10
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Nicky Wood
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9
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Ross Samson |
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1
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Paul Wharakura (captain)
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2
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Shaun McMurchy
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3
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Hotili Asi
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4
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Alex Clarke
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5
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Ben Leathes
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6
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Stephen Dalgleish
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7
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Ross Rennie
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8
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Graham Lind |
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16
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Pete McLean |
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Andrew Statham |
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Richie Vernon |
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Craig Joiner |
I am delighted to say that we are able to field a side
largely unchanged from the one that defeated Biggar in our
last game before the short Winter break.
The backline is as it was against Biggar, although, in
the pack, some reshuffling has been necessary as Stuart
Clark has been sidelined by a bout of food poisoning. Alex
Clarke and Ben Leathes will therefore make up the boiler
house for the 'Muir game, with Dalgy moving to the back
row. Richie Vernon will provide cover from the bench this
week.
As you may have seen from the article in last night's 'News',
our hosts on Saturday are eager to gain revenge for the
defeat they suffered in the first 'leg' of this fixture
back in September at Inverleith. We know it's going to be
a tough game, but our squad for Saturday is arguably the
strongest we have fielded this season, and, with your support,
we are well capable of getting the result that we need to
continue our progress up the league table.
Malky
Riggers'
Review

Happy New Year from HQ, and what a way to start. What would
have been the odds of doing the double over Boroughmuir
at the start of the season?
Well, the lifeline we threw ourselves against Biggar continues
to grow. At the end of the day, all we can do is win, and
the focus in the huddle after the final whistle at Meggetland
was immediately shifted onto next Saturday at Inverleith.
Saturday's result won't mean much if we lose against Stirling
County.

Yesterday's game saw us exert pressure up front in the
first twenty
minutes, but also saw a return to some of the 'Keystone
Cops' play in the the backs. Indeed, referee Rob Dickson
commented after the game that it was like there was a high
voltage running through the ball, such was the unwillingness
of any of our backs to keep hold of it for any length of
time.
The game changed after twenty minutes with the sending
off of Boroughmuir Second Row Greig Scott for apparent use
of the elbow. I couldn't see much from where I was standing,
and the feeling afterwards was that a red card may have
been a bit harsh, but we'll take any breaks we can get.

The sending off seemed to kick us into life, and, for the
next twenty minutes, we dominated proceedings. Paul and
Shiely both went over and we were held up over the line
on a couple of occasions, but perhaps the most significant
factor of the sending off was that Ben Fisher, the powerful
'Muir Number 8, was
moved into the Second Row and his threat from scrums was
diluted.
At 17-0 at half-time, the more optimistic of the Stew/Mel
faithful were thinking try bonuses. Unfortunately, all I
could recall was the Cup tie fifteen months ago, when 'Muir
played forty minutes with 14 men, came from behind and snuffed
us out of the game. Also, last time out, 'Muir had been
20-0 down before coming back to win 22-20 against Stirling.
It was far from over.

And so it proved; in a disappointing half of rugby from
a Stew/Mel point of view, we failed to string any phases
of play together, and spent forty minutes mainly defending
in our own half.
Having got to 39 minutes in the second half with the score
17-10, things looked to be going in our favour, and then
the interception from Olo Brown threatened to destroy all
our hopes. Thankfully, Dave McCall covered back to force
the conversion out wide, and it was missed.
We then held on in injury time and managed to secure a
victory that could mean much in the coming months. Let's
hope so. It was a good all round performance yesterday,
with many players standing up and producing when required.

Life just gets tougher with Stirling County visiting next
Saturday, and, after our last two visits to Bridgehaugh
and their Championship clinching win at Inverleith last
season, it would be nice finally to get a win against them.
A much needed win.
See you next Saturday to help cheer on the team in their
battle to avoid the drop.
Riggers
Stew
Mel Stats
| Result |
Won 15-17 |
| Sequence |
0-5,
0-7, 0-12,
0-14, 0-17,
3-17 (half time),
8-17, 10-17,
15-17 |
| Tries |
Paul Wharakura (26 mins), Graham
Shiel (30 mins) |
| Conversions |
Richard Borthwick 2 |
| Penalties |
Richard Borthwick 1 (35 minutes) |
| Cards |
Shaun yellowed for killing the ball on 12 minutes,
then Ross Rennie yellowed on the verge of half time
for offside. In between times, 'Muir lock Scott saw
red for elbowing, then Andy Hadden was yellowed for
dissent just before full time.
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| Referee |
Rob Dickson of Madras FP |
| Single Sentence Summary |
Some of the best attacking rugby we've
played all season in the first half, then some of our
best defence of the season in the second half; OK, we
rode our luck as the conversion that would have tied
the game sailed wide, but this was an impressive result
by the boys |
| Leading Lion |
Good performances from a lot of the guys, particularly
in the first half, but got to go for Dalgy
today - he put big hits in all over the pitch throughout
the 80 minutes, and repeatedly made the hard yards
when the ball came to hand
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| Bevvy Bulletin |
Drove to Meggetland, so no - not even a cheeky wee
gloatpint after the game
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| Pie Points |
No pies in evidence down by the pitch,
and didn't fancy the trek to the old clubhouse at half
time, so nul points |
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