XV-a-Side: No wins for our district rugby clubs over the weekend

TEASERS

Last week’s mystery player was Peter Brown, and it was TRUE - he did captain Scotland to three wins against England.

SIX NATIONS

BBC pundits were asked to pick their team of the tournament and predictably, showed incredible national bias. Sam Warburton (Wales) picked three Welshmen from a team that had finished in bottom place. Can you guess who made it into the Supporters’ Team of the Tournament? There are four Irish players, four French players, three Scots, three Italians and one Welshman. There were no English players.

MAY DAY

Well done to sponsors Arnold Clark and Scottish Rugby for recognising one of the real Unsung Heroes of Rugby. May Sinclair is 83 years young and was totally taken aback when a car arrived at her door in Denholm to take her to the Scotland-France game at Murrayfield as a VIP. Accompanied by her son, who was in on the big secret, May met the players, was given a tour of the dressing room and the Legends Lounge, met many of the players she had coached when she took over from Bill McLaren and was given a pitch-side view of proceedings. May has followed the national team all over the world and has been a fantastic ambassador the game in general. One of her prized possessions was a hand-written note from McLaren giving her instructions on how to coach the primary school team he had just left, and it ended with the immortal words – “Don’t make a guddle of it!”

FIXTURES

The league fixture card resumes after the Six Nations International break. Falkirk 1s are away to Kirkcaldy and the 2s are also away to Dundee Rugby.

Grangemouth 1s are in Cupar to face Howe Crusaders and the 2s are at home to Dunfermline 2s. Linlithgow 1s are at home to Cartha/Queen’s Park.

RESULTS

It was a bad Saturday for the local clubs with not a single win to report. Falkirk 1s lost 57-17 to Dundee Rugby, with the 2s going down 40-38 to the same club.

Grangemouth 1s lost 39-14 to local rivals Hillfoots and the 2s were beaten 61-36 by Dundee University Medics.

In the National Shield, Grangemouth Women lost 31-24 to Greenock Wanderers in a closely contested National Shield match. Linlithgow 1s were beaten 28-27 in an incredibly close contest with Ardrossan Accies.

URC LATEST

Johannesburg Lions were comfortable winners against Edinburgh, and the Scottish side were 35-0 down at half-time. On the other hand, Glasgow did beat Leinster 38-17 at Scotstoun to maintain their top of the table spot.

NATIONS CUP

July sees the start of the new Nations Cup. This replaces the Autumn Internationals which were played as ‘friendlies’. All Six Nations teams will take part along with Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and Fiji. Watch this space.

MYSTERY PLAYER

Who is this ex-Scotland forward?

TRUE OR FALSE? Our Mystery Player never played for the British and Irish Lions?