GLASGOW HAWKS v JED-FOREST: 29 SEPTEMBER, 2012

Playing with the wind on a bright afternoon, there were only 3 minutes on the clock when Hawks scored their first try .......prop Steven Findlay barging over. His try was duly converted by Mike Adamson, who quickly followed up with a penalty to take the score to 10 – 0 after only 8 minutes. Jed then had to re-jig their backs when centre, Robert Hogg, left the field with a leg injury; Ryan Miller was his replacement. Playing some exciting, open rugby, Hawks went on to score a further four tries in the first half, with two from scrum half, Haddon McPherson, and one each for Tony Herron and David Milne, two of which were converted by Mike Adamson, taking the half-time score to 34-0 and with the try bonus point already having been secured.

Things didn't get much better for Jed in the second half when Hawks opened the scoring after only 4 minutes, left wing Tom Steven breaking through several tackles to score a sixth try. Hawks then made several changes to their line up which allowed Jed into the game, with the wind at their backs. Their fly half, Ewan Scott, managed to elude the cover defence on the Hawks line in the 47th and 60th minutes, both scores being converted by Iain Chisholm. However, Tony Herron soon outpaced the stretched Jed-Forest defence for Hawks’ seventh try and his own second, with Mike Adamson successfully converting. Hawks had the final say in the game when replacement hooker, Callum Kerr, showed typical determination to touch down on the 78th minute mark, leaving the final score: Glasgow Hawks 51 Jed-forest 14.
Glasgow Hawks: 15. Mike Adamson 14. Tom Steven 13. Tom Preece 12. David Milne 11. Tony Herron 10. Andy White
9. Haddon McPherson 1. Steven Findlay 2. Jack McFarlane 3. Chris Barnes 4. Ruaraidh Wilson 5. Andy Kirkland
6. Rory McKay 7. Stephen Leckie 8. Grant Strang (C) Replacements (all used): 16. Callum Kerr 17. Paul Henderson
18. Ally Maxwell 19. Harry Walker 20. Sean Yacoubian Man-of-the-match per Thistle Golf: Haddon McPherson

This article was posted on 1-Oct-2012, 20:22 by Hugh Barrow.