ROUND THREE NATIONAL CUP DRAW; ROUND ONE NATIONAL PLATE DRAW
Posted: 01/Nov/06
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The National League clubs enter the fray for the third round draw of the National Cup which was made at Murrayfield today.

The draw was made by Oban Lorne back-row forwards, twins Cameron and Struan Smith, and Panmure full-back Jonathan Norrie.

Both clubs posted victories in the second-round – Oban Lorne accounting for the Isle of Mull and Panmure pipping Alloa after a close-fought encounter.

Cameron and Struan, fourth-year engineering students at Heriot-Watt University, are looking forward to Oban’s third round tie, away to Edinburgh University. “We played them recently for Heriot-Watt in the BUSA League and they just won,” Cameron said.

“I would think the Oban forwards will dominate them but the Uni backs will be pretty lively,” he added.

Panmure also find themselves travelling for the third round draw. They’ll be playing Highland in Inverness.

Jonathan Norrie said: “Our scrum-half, who is now refereeing, Garry Grant, used to play for Highland for a number of seasons so his knowledge could come in handy.”

The full National Cup third round draw (ties to be played on Saturday 9 December) is:

Ardrossan Accies v Kinross
RAF Kinloss v Langholm
Hawick YM v East Kilbride
Caithness v Dumfries
Allan Glen’s v Mackie Academy FP
Orkney v Hillfoots
Blairgowrie HSFP or Strathmore v Strathclyde University
Garnock v Hawick Linden
Preston Lodge v Morgan Academy FP
Irvine v Lasswade
Waysiders Drumpellier v Greenock Wanderers
Kilmarnock v Forrester FP
Marr v McLaren FP or Millbrae
Strathendrick v Aberdeenshire
Falkirk v Glasgow Accies
Highland v Panmure
Lismore v Lenzie
Dalziel v Whitecraigs
Linlithgow v RHC
Annan v Strathclyde Police
Grangemouth v Cumbernauld or Wigtownshire
Edinburgh University v Oban Lorne
Madras College FP v Glenrothes
North Berwick v Broughton FP
Howe of Fife v Trinity Accies
Stewartry v Clydebank
Portobello v St Andrews University
Ross High v Strathspey
Newton Stewart v Penicuik
Duns v Helensburgh

Meanwhile the trio also made the draw for the first round of a new competition, the National Plate, for teams that lost in the first two rounds of the Cup. The Plate competition is regional at this juncture. Ties to be played on Saturday 9 December

National Plate East Region – Round 1

Byes – Dunbar and Walkerburn

Liberton v Earlston
Edinburgh Northern v Moray House
Heriot-Watt University v Leith
Dalkeith v Inverleith
Eyemouth White Horses v Gala YM
Hawick Harlequins v St Boswells

National Plate West Region – Round 1

Bye – Calder

Uddingston v Bishopton
Cowal v Carrick
Glasgow Caledonian University v Glasgow University
Strathaven v Clydesdale
Isle of Mull v Moffat
Mid Argyll v Hughenden
Cumbernauld or Wigtownshire v Shawlands FP
Cumnock v Hyndland
Loch Lomond v Linwood
Paisley v McLaren FP or Millbrae
Braidholm v GHK

National Plate Caledonia Region – Round 1

Byes – Garioch, Stobswell, Peterhead, Crieff and Strathearn, Alloa and Aberdeen University

Waid Academy FP v Bannockburn
Carnoustie HSFP v Stirling University
Blairgowrie HSFP or Strathmore v Arbroath
Gordonians v Montrose
Aboyne v Aberdeen Wanderers
Lochaber v Ross Sutherland

This article was posted on 1-Nov-2006, 14:37 by Hugh Barrow.