Stirling Away August 2019

Today was our first game in the Shogun Conference against Stirling County.

A sunny Sunday afternoon with the temperature in the mid 20’s.

Unlike last week the team started really well pushing forward against a strong opposition and scoring a great team try. From a breakdown the forwards gained yards and then with the backs drawing defenders and offloading the ball got to the wing quickly creating an overlap.
Stirling scored a try within a minute of the restart.
Perthshire were back in front with another well worked try and this time scoring the conversion, but again they let Stirling score again not long after the restart.
With the last play of the half Stirling scored again.

Some really good rugby from shire and the rucking was definitely better than the week before.
Recent training sessions have focused on the ruck as the team have shown reluctance to accept responsible and commit. This showed results with all the players challenging well is this area, and the statistics of 3 own rucks lost to 16 won backed this up.

The second half didn’t go our way with Stirling running in another 3 try’s but the team battled on playing some good rugby and just falling short on a number of occasions. FT Stirling 30 Perthshire 7

It was a hard game but Perthshire never stopped competing, keep their heads up to the whistle, but towards the end the heat and fitness levels took their toll.

Special mentions to Christie whose work rate never faulted and the Man of the match today was Fin G, he took his game to another level, putting in some great tackles, runs and never gave up.