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10 May 2008

RHC Cougars 1st XV -v- Greenock Wanderers

Final league game of the season at Fort Matilda in Greenock

Kick off 1:30 pm: Note the early start !

Travelling by car (no bus). Contact Donald Macintyre if transport needed

To get directions to the playing fields enter "Octavia Terrace, Greenock" in the "TO" box of the map page; click here

Please Note: All those who have outstanding payment due for ZOTI Kit please ensure that it is paid Thursday night or weekend latest

Autumn Tests - Tickets

Robin Boog has emailed application forms to those who applied last year.

If you want a form tell him. (robinDOTboogATaegon.co.uk )

As in the past we are guaranteed first choice of the seats up until a certain date and then it is pot luck. He will take post-dated cheques but they have to be dated no later than 25th October.

Note that only Under 18's get a concession for New Zealand and Under 18's and Students qualify for South Africa.

Tickets bought through the club will get priority for 2009 Six nations tickets.

The form for applications is available by clicking here.

Game Reports

(Wednesday 23 April 08)

Cougars FP XV - Royal High School

Cougars Squad: 15. M Scott (Capt), 14. P Allanson, 13. M Hanning, 12. B Tavadia, 11. D Sherman, 10. M Maiden, 9 J Brennan, 1. G Tweeddale, 2 I McGrath, 3. A Philip, 4. R Copeland, 5. M Clayton-Smith, 6. I Dinwoodie, 7. S Lynes, 8. F Morrison. Subs: C McLeod, Gary?, Lumley?, L Hanlin, M Cant, C McPherson, S Furbank, S Morrison, D Burr & S Hunter (all used)

An amazingly bright evening saw a (mostly) young Cougars squad take the field in the traditional shambolic manner to play the school team. The school side is young this year but were expected to give the usual 120% effort. The Cougars took early control of the game and tries from forwards Grant Tweeddale, Fraser Morrison and Max Clayton Smith allied to 2 drop goal conversions from Sparky gave us a 19 – 0 lead after about the first 15 minutes. The game broke up a bit following this with some of our forwards find the pace hard and their keenness to get their hands on the ball in open situations meant that Jamie B spent more time going into rucks to win the ball than moving it out to our “bulging” backline. The school had 2 good opportunities to score but last minute errors meant these were missed with no more scores for either side in the first half.

The second half took about 10 minutes before the scoreboard got moving again when Fraser Morrison crossed for his second with Duncan Sherman getting the first backs try. One conversion was added to make the score 31 – 0. The comings and goings of players was now reaching epic proportions when mid way through the half Shola got the first try for the school after a missed tackle by Andrew Philip (Ed to Andrew - told you I would mention this). The game was fast and very loose but Gary (sorry I didn’t get his surname) scored a very good wings try for the Cougars which Sparky converted to take it to 38 – 5. Fittingly the school had the last word with Neil Dennis crossing the line following some pressure close to our line. With the conversion missed the final score was 38 – 10 in favour of the “old” boys.

A game played in great spirit. Some humorous moments from Marc Cant that would have been worth the admission money alone (if it had been charged). Hopefully both the match and post match activities will have convinced those leaving school that the Cougars are a side worth joining and we look forward to welcoming all new faces to pre season training.

Thanks to Malcolm Stent for refereeing and Eddie for providing the post match food at short notice.

Report By Dave Brennan

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