Match report: Birkmyre 61 – 0 Clydebank
Birkmyre 61-0 Clydebank
Arnold Clark West Division 2
Saturday, 7th September 2024
Birkmyre picked up their first win of the season with a convincing performance against Clydebank 61-0. “The Bears” were on top form from the opening minutes of the match and never looked back.
From an attacking lineout deep in opposition territory, Birkmyre secured the ball at the back of a maul. Seeing a gap down the blind side, scrum half Tom McGeoch darted through and round under the posts to score. Lewis Higgins converted.
From the resulting kick off, the Kilmacolm side went the full length of the park to win another lineout 5m out. Again, the resulting maul saw hooker, Ross Adam break away at the back to power over.
Inside 15 minutes it was 21-0. Skipper, Ross Moglia, picked up a loose ball on the edge of the 22, broke a tackle and went in under the posts. Moglia then added his second before Ali Dickson extended the score even further. The only blip in the Birkmyre performance was a yellow card for Angus Rintoul just before the half.
The second half started much as the first had. Birkmyre won an attacking scrum on the Clydebank 22. The ball founds its way to Moglia in the centre who broke two tackles for his hat-trick try under the posts. However he wasn’t finished there as a few minutes later, scored an equally impressive 4th try, weaving his way through defenders.
The captain then completed his scoring with his 5th try of the day. This time he collected a pass just inside his own half and stepped down the line avoiding defenders to run in under the posts.
Before the final whistle, vice captain, Paul Carruth scored with a run from his own half to take the final score to 61. Higgins slotted over 6 conversions and Moglia 2.
The victory lifts Birkmyre towards mid table with a tough away fixture next week against old rivals Irvine.
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