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Stew Mel vs Haddington,
13/12/03
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Squad
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play Haddington RFC
at Inverleith on Saturday, kick off 2 pm, is:
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15
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Nick Wood
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14
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Tyronne Anderson
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13
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Fraser Deeming
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12
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Stuart Donald
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11
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Mike Elliott
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10
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Graham Shiel
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9
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Stuart Thom
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1
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Paul Wharakura
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2
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Andrew Kelly
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3
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Stephan de Beer
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4
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Stuart Clark
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5
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Stephen Dalgleish
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6
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Nick Penny
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7
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Paul Sullivan
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8
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Graham Lind |
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Malcolm MacColl |
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Alex Edmonstone |
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Ben Leathes |
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Jed Gordon |
One of the two new(ish) faces introduced to the Stewart's
Melville starting line up this week is somebody who hasn't
featured for us since we beat Strathmore on 9th February
2002. Andrew Kelly, fresh from being involved in the Edinburgh
Gunners squad that defeated Toulouse last Sunday, gets the
opportunity of some game time and starts at hooker. Alex
Edmonstone drops down to the bench to accommodate him.
The other change is at Scrum Half, where Euan Clark has
picked up a knee injury and is replaced by Stuart Thom.
The other changes are positional, with Stuart Clark and
Nick Penny swapping places in the back and 2nd row. Graham
Lind moves to No. 8 to allow Nick onto the blindside flank.
Sandy Storrar has also picked up a knee injury, and is
replaced on the bench by Ben Leathes.
A vote of confidence has been given to the backs that were
on duty last weekend. Whilst not their best performance,
they still created enough opportunities to warrant another
go. We can only hope that a ruthless streak has been instilled
in them since last week and that they take their chances,
if and when they come.
With Haddington having leapfrogged us in the league after
their fine win over Gala last weekend, this is an important
game for the Lions, so please come down to Inverleith and
offer your support.
Riggers'
Review
Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is the return of the Stewart's
Melville team that was playing so well about a month ago.
I am quite willing to swop the hesitant and nervous team
we currently have for them.
Please can you also give the boys back the confidence
that has deserted them in the last couple of weeks and allow
them to go out and put teams to the sword like we used to.
Also, please, let us convert even half the chances that
we create.
Also, extra sticky rugby balls so we don't drop them as
often would be nice, too.
I know Christmas isn't until a week on Thursday, but, if
you could please deliver this in time for us to go to Grangemouth
next Saturday, I would be really, really grateful.
If you do this for me, I promise you'll see Macca, Benzo
and Allan crack a smile at Christmas.
Many thanks,
Gordon
Stew
Mel Stats
| Score |
Lost 10-13 |
| Sequence |
0-3,
5-3 (half time),
5-6, 10-6,
10-11, 10-13 |
| Tries |
Paul Sullivan (37 mins), Stuart
Clark (58 mins) |
| Conversions |
None |
| Penalties |
None |
| Cards |
Dalgy saw yellow on 63 minutes for alleged
fisticuffs. A Haddington forward had been binned for
similar reasons three minutes earlier. |
| Referee |
Ian Rodgerson of Selkirk - poor, but consistently
so |
| Single Sentence Summary |
Fighting Ken, walking his dog Murphy on
the far side of the pitch during the match, was clutching
an object that summed up our 'performance' today: a
bag of shite |
| Leading Lion |
Given that none of the players really did much to
rave about, Nobby picks
up the award for having the cojones to wear
shorts and slip-ons on a day that had the rest of
us running for the stand
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| Bevvy Bulletin |
Not a lot, since cyanide is mercifully
not yet available on draught at Invers |
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