Old heads show Hawks the way

A try from Rory Kerr helped Hawks to a bonus point win
The old heads came up trumps for Glasgow Hawks as they halted their sequence of poor results with a well merited 24-10 success against in-form Hawick at Old Anniesland.
Former Glasgow pros Kenny Sinclair and Rory Kerr scored first-half tries, along with current full-timer Colin Shaw.

Scrum-half Sinclair broke the deadlock in the seventh minute, with full-back Shaw following suit - his effort being converted by Ian Noble.

Hawick, fresh from their clinical derby triumph over Melrose, got off the mark with a penalty by Craig Neish, who then converted a try from Wilson to burst the contest wide open.

But just before the break, Kerr snapped up an opportunist touchdown, Noble adding the extras.

And when prop Gary Strain claimed the bonus-point try in the 73rd minute there was no way back for the deflated Borderers.

Boroughmuir took another stride towards Premiership glory with a clinical display to sweep aside the challenge of under-strength Ayr at Meggetland.

With the wind at their backs, Muir feared a seven-point interval advantage might not have been enough, but a burst of tries by Olo Brown and Angus Martyn effectively sealed the contest.

The other scorers for the hosts were Freddie Lait, Graeme McCallum and Elgan O'Donnell - who also landed vital kicks.

Ayr replied with a try double from Damien Kelly, while Kenny Diffenthal slotted a penalty and conversion leaving Muir to run out 32-15 winners.

Melrose bounced back to form as they crushed GHA 33-17 at the Greenyards - thanks mainly to an early flurry of points.

Scott Wight, Scott McCormick and Calum Anderson claimed the quickfire tries, with John Dalziel and David Whiteford going over in the latter stages.

Wight added the remainder of the points with the boot.

Andy Boag scored a brace of touchdowns for the Glasgow troops, skipper Rory Watson also breaking through with Niall Cassie converting once.

Premier One

Boroughmuir 32 - Ayr 15

Dundee HSFP 23 - Heriot's 26

Edinburgh Acads 26 - Currie 27

Glasgow Hawks 24 - Hawick 10

Melrose 33 - GHA 17

Stirling County 19 - Watsonians 20

Premier Two

Aberdeen GSFP 32 - Hamilton 3

Cartha QP 11 - Selkirk 17

Jed-Forest 41 - Hillhead-Jordanhill 11

Musselburgh 10 - Haddington 55

Stewart's Melville FP 32 - Kelso 12

West of Scotland 18 - Biggar 23

Premier Three

Ardrossan Acads 12 - Irvine 5

Berwick 5 - Kirkcaldy 25

Gala 34 - Perthshire 11

Livingston 11 - Morgan Academy FP 24

Peebles 59 - Ellon 10

This article was posted on 27-Oct-2007, 20:55 by Hugh Barrow.