This weekend we travel to Bridgehaugh to face Stirling County, Kick off 3pm.

TEAM NEWS|

Vince Wright returns to the pack, replacing Richie Vernon who is unavailable, which allows Mike Vernel to revert to his preferred position of blindside flanker, Rhys Davies shifts to 8. Charlie Shiel returns to the back line. Hastings and Tagive are unavailable so Jamie Forbes moves to 10, Matt Hooks starts at 13 and Glen Faulds gets an opportunity on the wing having played there for Scotland U20s during the week. The bench remains unchanged from the squad listed for our postponed fixture versus Hawks last weekend.

1Kris Burney15Ben Robbins2Fergus Scott ©14Glen Faulds3AP McWilliam13Matt Hooks4Hamish Bain12Robbie Nelson ©5Vince Wright11Cammy Gray6Mike Vernel10 Jamie Forbes7Thomas Gordon9Charlie Shiel8Rhys Davies Replacements16Graeme Carson19Scott McGinley17Callum MacKintosh20Matt O’Neil18Stephen Ainslie

COACHES COMMENTS ON THE MATCH

Disappointing not to play last weekend. We were keen to keep our run going however, it has given us a chance to refocus for a big challenge away at Bridgehaugh. Stirling have been on the wrong end of several close matches this season including their last match versus Ayr and our previous encounter at Malleny, where they nearly produced an outstanding comeback. Bridgehaugh is a great place to go and play rugby, it is likely to be pretty heavy due to the inclement weather, so we know we will have to scrap for 80 minutes if we are to get the result we desire to stay in the hunt for a playoff spot.