Cammy Taylor went over for a try in Ayr\'s win over Dundee High
Ayr made it two away wins on the trot as they pipped Dundee High 27-26 at Mayfield - however the visitors were more in control than the scoreline suggests.

Winger Cammy Taylor and scrum-half Alasdhair McFarlane led the charge for the Millbrae men with two tries apiece, while Scott Dalgleish\'s two penalties and conversion proved equally vital.

Graham Thomson also bagged a brace for the Taysiders, the other scores coming from Alan Brown and Ross Lemon to pick up two bonus points. Dave Parkhill converted three times.

The revival of champions Glasgow Hawks hit the buffers in a dramatic finale against Hawick at Mansfield Park.

Hawks had two men in the sin-bin - John Fitzpatrick and Greg Francis - when Greg Thomson pounced for the clinching try in the ninth minute of stoppage time.

Colin Murray added the conversion to his earlier penalty to give the Greens a 10-7 win.

Fitzpatrick\'s score, goaled by Murray Strang, had looked like being enough to keep Hawks in front when it mattered, but then came Thomson\'s stunner to give the Greens their first win of the season.

Aberdeen\'s miserable sequence went on as they were toppled 35-19 by Heriot\'s at Rubislaw.

Cammy Goodall was the destroyer-in-chief, dashing in for two touchdowns for the capital outfit.

The other counters came from Marc Teague, John Houston and Steve Manning, with Graham Wilson adding the boot points.

Rob Currie claimed the only home try, Keith Oddie striking the conversion and four penalties.

Surprise Premiership pacesetters Currie continued their sparkling start to the campaign by sweeping aside the challenge of Boroughmuir at Meggetland.

The Malleny Park brigade produced a powerful first-half display to have the precious bonus point in the bag by the break.

Their touchdowns came from Ross Weston, Mark Cairns, James Taggart, Andy McMahon and Anton Edwards.

Ally Warnock completed the rout of his old team by slotting two conversions and a snap drop-goal to give his team a 32-20 win.

Two of the early tries came when Muir prop Cammy Ward was in the sin-bin and they could only respond with scores by Angus Martyn and Rory Couper, and a series of kicks.

Watsonians surrendered their unbeated record to lose 23-17 to a hungry Melrose at the Greenyards.

But the celebrations of the home troops were dilluted by a serious rib injury to skipper and former Scotland World Cup star Cammy Murray.

Jamie Murray and Scott Wight went over for the Borderers, the latter kicking both conversions and a hat-trick of important penalties.

Andy Skeen notched a touchdown double for Watsons, with Mike Ker adding two conversions and a penalty to salvage a consolation bonus point.

Premiership Division Two

Biggar 12 - Jed-Forest 19

Edinburgh Acads 24 - Stirling County 29

GHA 17 - Cartha QP 17

Gala 35 - Stewart\'s Melville FP 12

Hillhead-Jordanhill 17 - Selkirk 14

Kelso 25 - Hamilton 29

Premiership Division Three

Cambuslang 16 - Livingston 10

Dunfermline 22 - Peebles 3

Ellon 48 - Berwick 15

Murrayfield Wanderers 7 - Kirkcaldy 32

Perthshire 13 - Haddington 36

West of Scotland 12 - Musselburgh 16

This article was posted on 16-Sep-2006, 17:51 by Hugh Barrow.