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Stew Mel vs GHA, 21/1/06
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Squad
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play GHA in the fourth
round of the BT Cup at Inverleith 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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Pete McLean
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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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Graham Lind
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7
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Stuart Clark
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8
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Richie Vernon |
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16
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Andrew Statham |
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17
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Scott Brewster |
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18
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Euan Clark |
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19
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Colin Goudie |
There are a number of changes to the team that started
in our league game against Stirling County last week.
In the backs, Craig Joiner is unavailable, so Shiely replaces
him at inside centre, with fit again Nicky Wood returning
to the Stand Off berth. Pete McLean takes over the starting
wing berth from Colin Goudie, who drops to the bench.
Up front, the return of Shaun from suspension allows us
to field our now traditional front row. Dalgy is carrying
an injury from last week and Ross Rennie is unavailable,
so Alex Clarke and Richie Vernon both start this week.
Scott Brewster and Euan Clark provide back row and backs
cover on the bench, respectively.
It's important that we maintain the momentum that we have
been building up in our league campaign, so a good performance
against Premier 2 side GHA is essential. Please come down
to Inverleith to cheer the boys on.
Nosebag
Riggers'
Review
On the third anniversary of our last defeat
in the month of January, GHA duly achieved a deserved victory
over a lacklustre Stewart's Melville FP team. Indeed, it
was hard to believe it was the same team which had turned
their league fortunes around in the previous three games.
It is really hard to come out with any positives from the
performance, which was probably the poorest we've had since
our traumatic visit to Bridgehaugh in October.
So best not to dwell on it.
I think we should leave the Cup to the School 1st XV and
let the FP team concentrate on the league. If you're free
on Friday evening, make your way along to Murrayfield for
the 7.30 pm kick off and cheer the School team on their
way to what will hopefully be Scottish Cup success. Admission
is free.
It would be wrong not to mention one of the GHA tries,
scored by their 18 year old winger Niall Cassie, which was
worthy of winning many a Cup match. Indeed, all you could
do was applaud the skill of the young winger. If he scores
many tries like that in the rest of his career, it will
be some career. GHA were worthy winners, and good luck to
them in the next round.
This week sees a resumption of league action, with Ayr
coming to visit Inverleith. Once again the game can be classified
in the 'must win' category, and, hopefully, after the debacle
they produced last Saturday, the team will rise to the occasion
and banish the memory of the Cup performance.
See you at Inverleith for a 2.30 pm kick off.
Riggers
Stew
Mel Stats
| Result |
Lost 19-34 |
| Sequence |
0-5,
0-7, 0-12,
0-14, 0-19,
0-22 (half time),
5-22, 7-22,
7-27, 7-32,
7-34, 12-34,
17-34, 19-34 |
| Tries |
Hotili Asi 2 (42 & 70 mins),
Andrew Easson (50 mins) |
| Conversions |
Richard Borthwick 2 (first and
third tries)
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| Penalties |
None |
| Cards |
None
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| Referee |
Keith Montgomery of Dollar Academy FP |
| Single Sentence Summary |
For the first twenty minutes of the game,
it looked like our players had never met each other
before, with GHA bossing scrum and lineout and what
possession we secured being kicked aimlessly away; we
rallied slightly in the second half as GHA tired, but
the best team on the day definitely won |
| Leading Lion |
Tempted to withhold the award after a pretty dispiriting
team performance, but Andrew
Easson deserves credit for his fearsome
tackling, direct running and will to win.
Stuart Clark also gets an honorable mention for,
once again, hurling himself about the park all afternoon
- apart from Andy, big Clarky was probably our most
effective back today ...
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| Bevvy Bulletin |
Thank goodness for the 2nd and 3rd XVs, whose fine
derby wins raised the spirits of those who had been
unfortunate enough to witness the game on Pitch 1,
and provided an ideal excuse to knock back copious
amounts of Magners.
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