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| 1XV v Wigtownshire 18/10/08 Lochinch 27-14 On a sunny day with a half gale blowing down a very soggy pitch the MIB kicked off with the wind. Wigtonshire started off well against a generally disorganised home side and for the first 15 minutes dominated most aspects of the game but it became a question of which side was winning the mistake count. Some 20 minutes into the game the MIB made inroads into the Wigtonshire half down the left half side and after some good pick and drives the ball passed to Chris who rounded 4 or 5 of the opposition to score. This settled the home side who were being shunted back in the set scrum but still managed to maintain possession by some good work by Stuart G relishing the No. 8 role and PP at scrum half. Some 10 minutes later Alan increased the lead with a well taken penalty. Shortly before half time, ground gained from a penalty and some good work and a nicely angled run by Danny who scored near the posts. Goaled by Alan. Much to the surprise of everyone who thought there was not enough time left for another score the MIB did. From the restart the MIB were awarded a penalty and from territory gained attacked, rucked to some 20 metres out, a good shout by Boom Boom, a long pass from PP which gave Boom Boom enough room to beat two defenders to touch down near the posts and give the home side a comfortable half time lead. 3 minutes into second half from a quickly taken penalty on half way line the Wigtonshire winger ran in unchallenged to score. The score against galvanised the MIB who started to work together and worked their way upfield where 15 metres out Captain Kirk went into orbit, beat 5 klingons but on re-enty, crash landed, spilling the ball over the line. From mistakes made by Wigtonshire the MIB returned to the Wigtonshire 22 and from a set scrum pick up, PP mesmerised the Wigtonshire defence and ghosted over for a try . Bonus points won. Halfway through second half with Wigtonshire on attack and at a ruck, one of their players threw a punch and then used the knee. After a long talk and warning from the referee he was lucky to remain on the field but instead of giving a penalty to the MIB he awarded a scrum to Wigtonshire from which, after some good back row play, their no. 8 scored. This galvanised the away side but errors started to appear, missed passes and good chances to score going abegging. For the home support, visions of Uddingston where we just managed to hold on to a 28 - 14 lead with a nailbiting last 20 minutes . However the MIB rallied and with Marcus outstanding in defence finished the game in the comfort zone. Why we could not play like this throughout the game is a mystery. MoM was between Super Mario Marcus who ran, supported and tackled like Super Mario and Stuart Gillies. Special mentions for Paul Sinatra Patterson the comeback king who incurred the wrath of the away support but not the referee for mixing it with his opposite number and back row and turning over so much ball in that area and for generally dictating play and also a mention for multi-positional Keeno for a very secure performance at stand-off. Team: Watson, Mayo, Butler, Bruce, Taylor, Keenan, Paterson, NcNaughton, Aikman, Waddell, Littlejohn, Gibson, Henderson, Thomson, Gillies. Subs used Cheshire, Gowan. Hardly used McLeod. |