Weekend Sport – Sat 15th Dec. Substantial win for 1st XV before Christmas break

Stewart’s Melville RFC   58     Lasswade   7

Doug Randall crosses for Stew Mel’s second try

The 1st XV finished their pre Christmas National League 2 campaign in freezing cold weather and virtual darkness with probably their best performance of the season scoring nine tries with four converted maintaining third place in the league.   Two early scores the second by Doug Randall (above) gave Stew Mel an early 12-0 lead which was pulled to 12-7 after a Lasswade interception.  Three more tries with two being converted took the half-time lead to 31-7 but with the prospect of playing against the whipping wind in the second half.   Despite facing the wind Stew Mel continued their adventurous brand of possession rugby adding five more tries and a further conversion to make the final score 58-7 – a great way to finish the first part of the season.  With the other matches  in the league being cancelled StewMel closed the gap to second placed Highland to seven points though with a game more played.

Good too to see sixty guests attending the pre match lunch two weeks on from 120 attending the lunch before the Biggar match.

The season resumes on Saturday 12th January with a match v Preston Lodge away.   PL are doing a pre match lunch at Pennypit Park and anyone wanting to attend it should contact Bill McNie.   If there is sufficient take up the club will provide transport.