THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER


Scotland Under 19 recorded their third win in a row by scoring three tries against Samoa tonight to finish ninth at the IRB U19 World Championship in Dubai.

The 18-12 win saw tries from Richard Vernon, Dave Lambert and Daniel Levison complimented by a Cameron Ferguson penalty saw the Scots compose themselves against a very physical Samoan outfit.

Head coach Peter Wright said: “The boys played with fantastic attitude and were pretty awesome throughout the whole game.

“The game was so physical that we had two guys taken off with concussion but the boys played with real passion and I am very proud of their performance tonight.”

Scotland’s results in the tournament were:

Pool stages
Scotland 3, Australia 78 – Wednesday 5 April, Sharjah Wanderers RFC
Scotland 5, Wales 35 – Sunday 9 April, Dubai Exiles RFC
Scotland 48, Japan 0 – Thursday 13 April, Sharjah Wanderers RFC

9th-12th place play-off
Scotland 38, Romania 10 – Monday 17 April, Sharjah Wanderers RFC

9th-10th place play-off
Scotland 18, Samoa 12 – Friday 21 April, Sharjah Wanderers RFC

Scotland U19: Colin Goudie (Stewart’s Melville FP); Richard Mill (Stirling County and Central Scotland Institute of Sport), Cameron Ferguson (Dundee HSFP) CAPTAIN, Andrew Easson (Edinburgh Gunners, Stewart’s Melville FP and East of Scotland Institute of Sport), Alex Grove (Rugby School); Graham Hogg (Hawick and East of Scotland Institute of Sport), Murray Bringhurst (Watsonians and East of Scotland Institute of Sport); Alan Dymock (Dundee HSFP and Tayside & Fife Institute of Sport), Pat MacArthur (West of Scotland), Ross McCallum (Ardrossan Academicals and West of Scotland Institute of Sport), Dave Lambert (Loughborough University), Richie Vernon (Stewart’s Melville FP and Tayside & Fife Institute of Sport), Daniel Levison (Dundee HSFP), Graeme MacGilchrist (Watsonians), Roddy Grant (Gala)
Substitutes from: Nick Hart (Watsonians), Mark Peace (Stewart’s Melville FP & Northumbria University), Willie Lipp (Ellon), Gordon Reid (Ayr and West of Scotland Institute of Sport), Jamie Hunter (Hillhead/Jordanhill and West of Scotland Institute of Sport), Ross Curle (Hillhead/Jordanhill), Callum Anderson (Peebles and East of Scotland Institute of Sport), Stuart McGee (Stirling County)

This article was originally posted on 21-Apr-2006, 18:41 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 21-Apr-2006, 18:42.