Melrose v Biggar
MELROSE 29 | BIGGAR 45
SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER | THE GREENYARDS
Saturday’s National League 1 match, a match of two halves, was played on a wet afternoon with the floodlights illuminated from the start. With four minutes played, and with the referee playing advantage from a high tackle, the ball was chipped left to Donald Crawford who nipped into the Church Corner for a try. Keiran Clark converted from the touch-line and seven minutes later kicked a penalty. From a scum 5 on the left, at 19 minutes, the ball was passed right, through several pairs of hands, to Connor Spence whose try between the posts was converted by Clark. Five minutes later Andrew Orr completed a penalty lineout rolling maul in the Policeman’s Corner with a try converted by Euan Bogle putting Biggar on the scoresheet. In immediate reply Melrose won a scrum on halfway the ball being passed to Clark who, flirting with the touchline, squeezed up the Stand side crossing to score and convert between the posts then, just at the break, Andrew Jardine fielded a poor Melrose kick out of defence on the Melrose 10m line and, without a hand being laid on him, raced unhindered to score between the posts with Bogle adding the extras.
KIERAN CLARK
MAN OF THE MATCH
Half time – Melrose 24 Biggar 14
One minute into the second half Spence was awarded a yellow card being the latest Melrose player to give away a series of penalties. The kick was sent to the Church Corner and from the resulting lineout rolling maul Orr scored his second try which Bogle converted. The Biggar bonus point try came four minutes later when Rowan Stewart raced into the Church Corner to score and Bogle convert from out wide. With another four minutes played Biggar pressure in St. Mary’s Corner was rewarded with Mark Bertram scoring and Bogle converting. Melrose woes continued when a lineout rolling maul in St. Mary’s Corner, at 65 minutes, was collapsed and Biggar were awarded a penalty try which completed their scoring. Small consolation for Melrose was their bonus point try when Matty Bertram completed slick Melrose passing to score an unconverted try in the Town Corner. Clark’s unsuccessful conversion attempt ended the match.
Melrose 29 Biggar 45
Melrose – Donald Crawford, Keiran Clark, Connor Spence, Roly Brett, James Brown, Douglas Crawford, Bruce Colvine, Will Owen, Ben McLean, Andrew Kirk, Dylan Cockburn, Thomas Brwon, Craig Fairbairn, Finlay Sinclair, Lachlan Gaddie. Replacements – Hamish Derrick, Robbie Robinson, Robin Sharp, Bruno Lambert, Matty Bertram.
Biggar – Euan Bogle, Andrew Lamb, Robbie Orr, Andrew Jardine, Rowan Stewart, Owen McLeish, Luhann Kotze, Ben White, Andrew Orr, Ryan Whitefield, Craig Borthwick, Sam King, Morris McDiarmid, Mark Bertram, Ewan Stewart. Replacements – Paul Davidson, Zander Lyon, Tom Roper, Alistair Sinclair, Gregor Lang.
Referee – Darroch Ramsay.
POINT SCORERS FOR MELROSE:
