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Howe Of Fife vs Stew
Mel, 3/2/07
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Squad
The Stewart's Melville FP RFC team to play Howe Of Fife
in the fifth round of the Cup at Duffus Park on Saturday,
kick off 2 pm, is:
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15
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Jimmy Moran |
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14
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Gavin Sharp |
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13
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Alex Cox |
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12
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Murray Allan |
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11
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Richard Borthwick |
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10
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Stuart Ker |
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9
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Rob Primrose |
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1
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Areta Tanoai |
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2
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Shaun McMurchy |
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3
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Andrew Statham |
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4
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Jebb Sinclair |
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5
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Stephen Dalgleish |
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6
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Phil Hendry |
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7
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Pete McLean |
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8
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Stuart Clark (captain) |
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16
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Adrian Duncan |
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17
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Ally Duncan |
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18
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Sky Laurie |
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19
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Ross Doneghan |
The bus for Cupar will leave Inverleith at 11.30 am on
Saturday if any supporters would like a lift; players are
asked to get to Inverleith for 11 am sharp.
If you're driving, directions to Duffus Park are here.
We may go into this tie as favourites, given the gap between
Premiership 2 and National 2, but the recent successes of
Bell Baxter High School and the Howe youth team underline
that Cupar rugby is very much on a roll at the moment.
We are therefore approaching this tie with appropriate
caution, and hope that a good travelling support will be
in attendance to cheer us on. We can all then cheer on the
national side as they confront the Auld Enemy at Twickers,
thanks to the early kick off in our game.
Malky
Riggers'
Review
The Stewart’s Melville team progressed to the last
16 of the National Cup with a comprehensive twelve try victory
up in Cupar on Saturday. The performance and attitude of
the team was very good from the outset, and, when Murray
Allan and Gavin Sharp both crossed for tries within the
first ten minutes, the prospect of another Stew/Mel cup
shocker receded. The team scored six first half tries, the
pick of which was another solo effort from Stuart Ker, though,
not to be outdone, Howe of Fife scored a well crafted try
in the first half through good interplay by their impressive
back three.
The match was over as a contest within five minutes of
the restart when tries by Stuart Clark and Areta Tanoai
further increased our lead. This was then quickly followed
by our try of the day, when Phil Hendry broke tackles between
our own 22 and 10 metre line then shrugged off a couple
more tackles before using his pace and power to score just
to the right of posts.
The last half hour was solid rather than spectacular, with
some stuffy Howe of Fife defence stopping a fair number
of moves from bearing fruit, but further scores from Alex
Cox, Aidy Duncan and Andrew Statham ensured a comfortable
passage into the next round.
Credit must go to Howe of Fife, who never gave up and scored
a second well worked try just before full-time to give the
score board a bit more respectability, before we all headed
along the High Street to watch Scotland get Johnnied by
England.
A week off next week, with Scotland playing Wales, before
heading down to Selkirk in two weeks' time, when our revival
of form and fortunes will hopefully continue. The Selkirk
game will be a landmark for Peter McLean as he makes his
50th 1st XV appearance, which is a fantastic effort from
our hooker cum winger cum flanker. A real team man!
Riggers
Stew
Mel Stats
| Result |
Won 15-74 |
| Sequence |
0-5,
0-7, 0-12,
3-12,
3-17, 3-19,
3-24, 8-24,
8-29, 8-34
(half time), 8-39,
8-41, 8-46,
8-48,
8-53,
8-55,
8-60, 8-62,
8-67, 13-67,
15-67, 15-72,
15-74 |
| Tries |
Murray Allan (4 mins), Gavin
Sharp (9 mins), Alex Cox 2 (24 & 65
mins), Stuart Ker 2 (26 & 36 mins),
Richard Borthwick (30 mins), Stuart Clark (41
mins), Areta Tanoai (46 mins), Phil Hendry
(50 mins) Aidy Duncan (68 mins), Andrew
Statham (80 mins)
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| Conversions |
Jimmy Moran 7 (first, third, seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth and twelfth tries)
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| Penalties |
None |
| Cards |
None
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| Referee |
David Jack of Madras - nowhere near Cupar,
then ... |
| Single Sentence Summary |
With the sun on their backs and a firm
pitch underfoot, the team continued where they left
off against Hills/Jills last week, playing open attractive
rugby at a pace that the combative Howe of Fife side
struggled to live with |
| Leading Lion |
Once again, a number of contenders, with, up front,
Phil Hendry showing excellent power and pace as he
carried the ball throughout the game and scored a
try from his own half. But, for the second week in
a row, Stuart Ker
performed superbly, notching another brace of tries,
linking well with forwards and backs and generally
running the show.
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| Bevvy Bulletin |
Enough to drown our sorrows after watching the Scotland
debacle – so, plenty!
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| Pie Points |
With Pieman Bill away to Twickers, details of the
scran available in Cupar are somewhat sketchy. But
there were definitely pies, which were either 'OK'
or 'Top', depending who you spoke to. Haggis and neeps
was also on offer, which makes a nice change from
pasta - nae tatties, though!
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