FOSROC SUPER6: ROUND 8
Match report from this weekend’s FOSROC eighth Super6 match. Stirling County went up against Watsonians on Sunday afternoon at Bridgehauge.
County’s No.10 Euan Cunningham kicked off the game and within the first minute, Stirling opened the scoring as the ball found scrum-half Caleb Korteweg and he went over the try line with ease. Euan Cunningham added the conversion points. [7-0]
A penalty was awarded to Stirling as the Watsonians were penalised for not rolling away, and stand-off Euan Cunningham extended the hosts lead. [10-0]
HALF-TIME: Stirling County 34-20 Watsonians Rugby
No.18 George Breese stepped on the pitch in the 45th minute to replace No.1 Adam Wood.
Watsonians weren’t letting County out of their sight as another try was scored by Watsonians Michael Badenhorst in the 55th minute and a successful conversion from Joe Reynolds. [41-34]
FULL-TIME: Stirling County 41-39 Watsonians Rugby
Head Coach
Ben Cairns commented on the teams performance and thoughts on the final:
“Watsonians generally manage games very well, and that’s one of their big strengths, and it’s probably our biggest weakness. So you’ve got us playing a lot of good rugby and scoring some quality tries but because we can’t manage the game it still becomes very close. We knew they would come back in the second half.”
“It’s still all to play for, we could also still be in the fifth/sixth play-off, but it puts us in a good position to be thinking about up the table rather than down the table. We have to go again next week, and that’s the beauty of the competition.”
Match report by Eve Allison
MATCH OFFICIALS
Ref: Ian Kenny
AR1: Keith Allen
AR2: Michael Todd
NO4: Willie Anderson
Time: Andy Summers
Stirling County: 15. Craig Robertson, 14. Steven Hamilton, 13. Archie Russell, 12. Grant Hughes, 11. Tom Roche, 10. Euan Cunningham, 9. Caleb Korteweg; 1. Adam Wood, 2. Reyner Kennedy CAPTAIN, 3. Lewis Skinner, 4. James Pow, 5. Josh King, 6. George Arnott, 7. Connor Gordon, 8. Dean Taylor-Menzies
Replacements: 16. Angus Fraser, 17. Billy Dineen, 18. George Breese, 19. Max Williamson*, 20. Callum Cruickshank, 21. Andrew Goudie, 22. Landon Hayes, 23. Ross McKnight*
Watsonians Rugby: 15. Jamie Forbes CAPTAIN, 14. Harvey Elmsm, 13. Lewis Berg, 12. Scott King, 11. Lomond Macpherson, 10. Marc Morrison, 9. Roan Frostwick*; 1. Sam Grahamslaw, 2. Ross Graham, 3. Angus Williams, 4. Luis Ball, 5. Michael Badenhorst, 6. Kwagga Van Niekerk, 7. Karl Main, 8. Sam Daly
Replacements: 16. Cal Davies, 17. Harrison Courtney, 18. Nathan Borel, 19. Kieran Watt, 20. Harry Fisher, 21. Murray Scott, 22. Dom Coetzer, 23. Joe Reynolds
*FOSROC Scottish Rugby Contracted Academy Player
