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Stew Mel vs Glasgow
Hawks, 15/11/09
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Squad
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play Glasgow Hawks
at Inverleith on Sunday, kick off 2 pm, is:
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15
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Hayden Lingard
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14
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Richard Borthwick (captain)
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13
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Alex Cox
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12
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Craig Marshall
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11
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Harry Boisseau
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10
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Jamie Allan
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9
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Stuart Ker |
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1
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Ryan Grant
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2
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Callum Mackintosh / Sam Blackwood
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3
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Colin Phillips
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4
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Paul Voy
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5
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Scott Brewster
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6
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Harry Bonn
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7
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Blair Tweedie
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8
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Phil Hendry |
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16
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Ross Merrilees |
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17
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Sam Blackwood / Callum Mackintosh |
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18
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Ross Sutherland |
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19
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Euan Clark |
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20
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Liam Steele |
The usual handful of changes for the first of the season's
'flipside' fixtures, against teams we have already played.
The only change in the backs sees fit again Hayden replace
Liam at 15, with Liam dropping to the bench.
In the pack, Ryan Grant is released to us and starts in
the front row, with Ross dropping to the bench to accommodate
him. Paul and Harry replace Ben and Big Clarky, respectively,
with Pip moving to Number 8 as a result.
Ross Sutherland returns to the squad after appearing for
the 2s in recent weeks following his return from injury.
The starting hooker will be decided upon once we are able
to assess injuries picked up at training tonight.
Hope to see a decent crowd down to cheer the boys on against
a Hawks side that has stuttered somewhat in recent weeks.
If you are coming down, please bring a camera -
Bill is missing the game this week, so would welcome any
action photos (or even a match report!) You can mail your
contributions to him here.
Mike
Match
Report
Our first fixture against Hawks on the 5th
of September was, in retrospect, a bit of an embarrassment;
we didn't compete in the backs and the game ended strangely,
with Scott Brewster receiving his red card for … nobody
knows.
So, in the words of the RFU's Rob Andrew,
this game represented progress, in that the losing 'gap'
of 6 points represents a much more competitive game than
the 'gap' of 46 in September. It is a measure of how far
we have come since the start of the season that everyone
was a bit disappointed to lose, rather than taking heart
at the improvement. We have started to realise that we can
compete at this level.
The game started well enough for us, although on arriving
it was a disappointment to see that Ryan Grant (who did
play well for us in the first game against Hawks) was unable
to play, and that Pip was a late flu victim. Pip, Clarky
and Blair are actually a match for any back row in Prem
1.
Hawks, although misfiring in the back line, reached half
time 12-6 up with two tries to our two penalties, and, soon
after the break, they increased their lead with two penalties.
The Stew/Mel team at the start of the season would promptly
have folded, but a burst out of our 22 from Harry and Hayden
was finished off by Blair to see us only seven points adrift.
Disappointingly, the conversion was missed, and Hawks regained
the initiative through a penalty.
We were not finished, however, and substitute Liam fashioned
some space from our own half to release Borth, who drew
the full back in textbook manner to give Coxy the run to
the line. Stu slotted the conversion and we were three points
adrift - game on! Hawks, however, completed the scoring
with a further penalty and so the game ended with two tries
each but Hawks the victors.
To be honest, we had played better the previous few weeks,
and it looked as if our exertions over these weeks had caught
up with us. We looked a bit tired - however, on the positive
side, Paul looked good with the ball in hand on the charge
and Blair has taken a leaf out of Scott Brewster's book
in deciding that Prem 1 holds no fears and enjoys the scrap.
Hayden looked a better full back than the Hawks pro Adamson
and all our backs gave Hawks little space.
A thought occurs to me, in that, if we had brought over
a player from the Southern Hemisphere, we would have probably
gone for a front row forward - yet it is our front row that
has consistently been our strength this season, and Callum
and Sam are obviously benefiting from the coaching they
are getting.
Sadly, this was the last outing meantime for Jamie and
Harry, as they are unable to find work in the Edinburgh
area; both are hardy boys and are more than welcome back
if their situation changes.
Gavin Calder
Superb match photos care
of Dave Patterson
Stew
Mel Stats
| Ball Sponsor |
John Heaphy
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| Result |
Lost 18-24 |
| Sequence |
3-0,
3-5, 6-5,
6-12 (half
time), 6-15,
6-18, 11-18,
11-21, 16-21,
18-21, 18-24 |
| Tries |
Blair Tweedie (65 mins), Alex Cox (72 mins)
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| Conversions |
Stuart Ker 1 (Coxy's try) |
| Penalties |
Stuart Ker 2 (2 & 22 mins) |
| Cards |
We were, once again, squeaky clean, with the only
card going to the Hawks 12 on 39 minutes for not rolling
away from the tackle
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| Referee |
Cammy Rudkin (Hawick) |
| Single Sentence Summary |
A bit of a lacklustre performance, by
all accounts, with Hawks making the most of the high
penalty count against us and our patchy tackling - yet
another game that was there for the taking |
| Leading Lion |
Moff named Harry as his man of the match in the paper
this week, and I gather that Scotty put in another
massive defensive performance - he must be getting
tired of collecting the Big Hit Fund every match day!
But I'm going to go with the advice of the Vatican
Ultras this week, as they seemed pretty unanimous
in declaring Hayden Lingard
our star performer against Hawks.
Hayden was involved in our first try, literally jumping
out of tackles before offloading to Blair, and was
at the heart of our best moves throughout the game.
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| Bevvy Bulletin |
Invers seemed pretty quiet by the time
I pitched up around an hour after full time - well,
it was a Sunday, after all, and most of the usual suspects
seemed to have drunk themselves to a standstill during
the customary Friday the 13th festivities two days before
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| Pie Points |
I gather that there were pies - and that
Lindsay Muir had delivered the coup de grace
to any that had made it through to the Committee Room
after the game. Bad, beardy man! |
Thanks to Riggers and
Mike Sims for compiling this week's Stats
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