A sunny early spring day at Malleny and we welcomed our visitors from Stewart's Melville. As is always the case when these teams meet, what followed was a fully committed, running and often skillful game of rugby. The match, whilst not without errors, was competitive from the off and both sides had to dig deep [...]
A beautiful late winter's day gave rise to a great game of youth rugby between two very committed squads. It was a pleasure to welcome Earlston HS/Melrose Wasps to Malleny, and our visitors showed a depth of skill and commitment that contributed significantly to an absorbing game. Modelling the newly received Currie Chieftains gear, the [...]
Thanks to the team today for all of their efforts at Perthshire today. It was a very good match between two very committed teams. Our lads showed some great resilience in defence (some of the best defence we have seen from the boys this year) against a powerful opposition but also managed to force Perthshire [...]
The sun (mostly) shone for our long trek north to face Highland RFC in the Shogun Conference. The boys were strangely (?) subdued for our 07.45 meet, but soon the 'craic' started to come to the fore after a pit stop in Pitlochry. Highland RFC have superb new facilities at Canal Park and both teams [...]
It is always a pleasure to travel to Burnbrae and today was no exception. Many thanks to the West of Scotland players, coaches, referee and volunteers for their sport, sportsmanship and hospitality. The Conference fixture started at a tremendous pace. Both sides jabbed and countered to try and fathom out potential areas of attack, and [...]
The match against Ayr RFC represented a tremendous opportunity to see a great demonstration at a high level and both squads did not fail to deliver. A hard fought encounter from the first whistle with no player shirking from the task in hand. Credit credit must be given to all the boys for their display [...]
The match with Biggar was a great example of competitive rugby between two clubs keen to develop their youth sections as much as possible. The level of skill on display was an exemplar of the approach the clubs take, and all involved should take great credit. The game was high tempo, high intensity and played [...]
We all witnessed some rugby fireworks at Bridgehaugh today. Both teams neither asked nor gave anything without having to work (hard) for it. There was some wonderful rugby on display from both teams, and the match was played with a level of sportsmanship that everyone involved with the boys should be proud of. The first [...]
A solid performance against a spirited Hamilton side today at Malleny. The sun shone, the pitch was in great nick and we were given a good display of running rugby, played in a great spirit from both sides. Chieftains had a couple of players back from injury today, but the best outcome was the further [...]
Despite a (much) higher than tolerable penalty count, the boys kept their structure and put together some great cohesive rugby across the pitch. Solid defence is evidenced in the score, but more important was the communication on the pitch to ensure cover was present and tackles were being made. A very strong performance. The final [...]