Colts Dinner and AwardsThe Annual Colts Dinner and Player Awards were held at the Cubhouse on Friday evening (20th April). A good meal and speeches were the order of the night before the awards were made. The Player of the Year was Robbie Swann. There was a tie for Player's Player of the year between Andrew Fleming and Danny McGinn. Story date: 22/04/2012 Colts Training
The Colts are reminded that training is now only on Thursday evenings Story date: 25/03/2012 Colts Training
The Colts are reminded that training is now only on Thursday evenings Story date: 25/03/2012 Colts Report for 24th March 2012Boroughmuir 15 Biggar 7 In an excellent game of rugby through at Meggetland, the Colts came close to securing their first win over Boroughmuir this season in the Edinburgh Shield. The match was close throughout, but Boroughmuir turned round at half-time 10-0 ahead as they took their chances to score. The second half was the same but Biggar opened their account after twenty minutes after some good support play resulted in Robbie Swann crashing through three defenders to score beside the post. Craig Parker added the conversion to set up an exciting last fifteen minutes. However, it was Boroughmuir who took the chance and secured victory in the final five minutes. All who attended the game were very proud of the Colts, their commitment to the task, the style of rugby and their behaviour ion and off the pitch - a great credit to the club. Story date: 25/03/2012 Colts Report for 17th March 2012Dunbar 12 Biggar 31 The Colts continued their Edinburgh Shield campaign with a good away win at Dunbar. Dunbar only had 13 players, so conceded the game but accepted two of Biggar’s subs so that the game could go ahead. Biggar started well and opened the scoring after taking a 5m scrum against the head allowing No 8 Robbie Swann to pick up from the back of the scrum and power over. However this just stirred Dunbar who responded with two good tries to take a 12-5 lead. On the stroke of half time, Biggar pulled one back after several good phases of play sucked in the Dunbar defence allowing Graham Jamieson the score in the corner.
The second half was closely fought for the first fifteen minutes, and then Biggar cut loose with three unanswered tries. Jamie Orr stole the Dunbar line out and fed the ball to Danny McGinn who fed the ball out the line. Graham Jamieson can into the line at pace and was held up 2m from the line, but offloaded to the supporting Callum Whyte to score. Jamie Orr then stole another Dunbar line out ball and Danny McGinn passed to Callum Whyte on the blindside to make a good break. He passed to Stephen Campbell to continue the break who passed back inside to Callum Whyte for an excellent score. The final try came from a No8 pick-up from James Simpson who broke up the blindside and outpaced the cover for a fine individual try under the posts. Craig McDonald converted three of the tries for a final score of 31-12 to Biggar. Story date: 18/03/2012 Colts Reunion anniversary
Yogi’s Colts Reunion : 5th May Story date: 17/03/2012 Club News for 12th MarchComic Relief Mile ; the Biggar mile! Have you signed up yet? This is the first time the Comic Relief mile has come to Biggar and the club are looking for as many to turn out at Hartreemill as possibly can. You can pick a 1-mile, 3-mile or 6-mile course – basically whatever you think you can complete. Fancy dress would be good too and why not chase or race the McSween Haggis! If you are running BRING a FRIEND!!! The more the merrier.
Yogi’s Colts Reunion : 5th May Midi section raise a fantastic sum on Sunday Congratulations to all the Mums and Dads, sons and daughters who helped realise the magnificent sum of £215 from post match catering on Sunday!!! Story date: 12/03/2012 Colts Report for 10th March 2012Preston Lodge 7 Biggar 26 The Colts traveled through to Preston Lodge hoping to complete a double after the earlier win in the league. With only 5 minutes gone, the Colts secured their own lineout ball and fed it out the backs. They were held up about 10m from the line, but the supporting forwards set up good ruck ball and from the 3rd pick and go Robbie Swann crashed through to score under the posts. The teams were evenly matched and it was almost 30 minutes before there was another score. Liam Harvey had a great steal at the PL lineout, then drove through the line and passed to Danny Beagan. He and Robbie Swann then passed several times before Danny was illegally stopped 5m from the line. From the penalty, Robbie Swann took a crash ball to score his and the Colts second try of the day for a lead of 12-0 at half time. With a sluggish start to the second half by Biggar, PL scored in five minutes. However, within 3 minutes normal service was resumed from an attacking scrum. Craig McDonald took the ball at pace and broke through the first line of defence and was held up 2m from the line but managed to offload to the supporting Danny McGinn to score a try. The Colts secured the game 15 minutes later from good ball from a scrum. Mark Bertram took the ball at pace to break through the defence then handed off both the fullback and then the winger for a great individual score. Craig McDonald converted three of the tries for a final score of 26-7 to Biggar. Story date: 11/03/2012 Colts Report 3rd March 2012Biggar 49 Haddington 10
The Colts started their Edinburgh Shield campaign with an emphatic home win over Haddington. With only five minutes on the clock, the forwards took a scrum against the head and the ball was fed quickly through the hands to Graham Jamieson to run from 10m out. The second came from an attacking line out when the forwards took clean ball and drove to 5m out from the Haddington line. The ball was popped out the side of the maul to Craig McDonald to squeeze in at the corner. With less than twenty minutes gone the backs fed the ball through the hands to Graham Jamieson who drew the last man and passed to Mark Bertram for a score under the posts. The Colts were totally in control of the game at this stage and another fine move was finished off in the corner by the ever supporting Steven Campbell. Biggar’s final score of the half came from a ruck on the 22m line; Paul Davidson spotted a gap up the blind side and ran in unopposed. Graham Jamieson converted one of the tries for a 27-0 lead at half time. Story date: 04/03/2012 Biggar Colts Report 25th February 2012Selkirk 27 Biggar 10
Biggar's run in the National Cup came to an end on Saturday at the hands of the current leaders of the Borders League, Selkirk. Within five minutes, the Selkirk backs had opened the scoring after gathering up a loose ball and moving it wide very quickly. Biggar responded five minutes later from a good line out and drive by the forwards. This provided good ball to Gavin Parker who broke through the defence and offloaded to Mark Bertram to score. There then followed fifteen minutes of end to end rugby with both teams attacking and defending very well until, Selkirk broke through. Again, Biggar rallied and scored within five minutes. The forwards had a tremendous set of pick and drives into the heart of the Selkirk defence before Gavin Parker broke down the blind side and passed to Craig McDonald to score in the corner. Biggar then let Selkirk edge ahead again, from a penalty in front of the posts, to give them a 13-10 lead at half time. The second half started well with both teams playing good rugby. With the Selkirk operating a rush defence, Gavin Parker's attempted chip was just not high enough and the interception allowed an easy run in for Selkirk. They scored a further try to win the game by 27-10. The score line does not represent how close a game this was. The Colts acquitted themselves superbly and showed that they can compete with a strong Borders team. Story date: 27/02/2012 Biggar Colts Report 18th February 2012Biggar 43 Kilmarnock 0
The Colts moved into the quarter finals of the National U-18 Cup with an emphatic win over Kilmarnock at the Showfield. Straight from the kick-off they showed their intention with 17 phases of play taking them close to, but not over the Kilmarnock line. However within five minutes, at an attacking 5 m scrum, the ball was popped to scrum half Danny McGinn who sprinted past the cover. The second and final score of the first half came from a midfield break by Mark Bertram deep into the 22. The ball was quickly recycled and fed out to second row Liam Harvey to score in the corner for a 10-0 lead in the second half.
Story date: 19/02/2012 Biggar Colts Report 21st January 2012Biggar 46 Livingston 0 On a cold, wet and windy Showfield, the Colts played some excellent rugby to defeat Livinston by eight unanswered tries. It took just 10 minutes for them break through following an excellent burst into the line by full back Peter Millar. He drew the last man and with a well timed pass to Graham Jamieson, put the winger in for a score in the corner. Five minutes later the ball was worked out to Graham Jamieson who made a great break up the wing before being tackled only 15m out from the line. The ball was recycled and after a couple of pick and go drives, Robbie Swan crashed over from 5 meters out. The third came from Paul Davidson who took a pop pass at pace from Danny McGinn on the 22. He powered through a couple of would be tacklers for a good solo try. Just before half time Biggar were again pressing the Livingston line. When the ball popped out of the ruck, the ever alert Danny McGinn was first to react and scrambled over the line to give Biggar a 22-0 lead at half-time. After 10 minutes, Biggar were again camped on the Livingston line, when eventually Zander Lyon picked up from the base of the ruck to drive over. Within a couple of minutes of that score, Mark Bertram beat two men in the centre and passed to Andrew Fleming on the wing who outpaced the cover to run in under the posts from 40m out. The wind and rain took a turn for the worse for a period of 10 minutes during which very little rugby was able to be played, but credit to the boys because when it eased back down they ran in two further tries. The first was a crash ball to Craig McDonald from the base of a ruck 5 meters out. Paul Davidson was then sin-brinned for a late tackle and despite being down to 14 men, they were still able to score the final try of the game. Some good handling by the backs, released Andrew Fleming to score in the corer from 25 meters out. Craig McDonald converted two of the tries. Another good day out by the Colts who are looking to beat Portobello next week which will see them progress into the Shield section of the Edinburgh Cup. Story date: 22/01/2012 Biggar Colts Report 14th January 2012Ross High 7 Biggar 74 The Colts got their Edinburgh Cup campaign off to a flier with a thumping win at Ross High, when they ran in eleven tries to Ross High's one. This was their first game since the 3rd December, but there was very little rustiness in their play. The forwards dominated in the scrum and line-out and made huge inroads with their driving mauls and secured a lot of ball at rucks. Not to be outdone, the backs ran most of the ball and showed good running lines and support play to make the most of the ball. The try scorers were A Fleming (3), J Muir (2), D Began (2), M Bertram (2), R Swan (1), J Orr (1), Paul Davidson (1). P Miller converted six tries and C McDonald converted one. The team was delighted for J Orr, making his comeback following his injury earlier in the season. Story date: 15/01/2012 Colts Update for January 2011ALL players are reminded that training commences on Thursday 5th January at the Clubhouse - if the venue has to be changed due to weather, the coaches will contact you by text. The draw for the Edinburgh U-18 Shield/Plate Competition has been made and the Colts fixtures are:- 14th Jan away to Ross High 21st Jan home to Livingston 28th Jan away to Portobello If we are first or second in our Group we go into the Shield, if we are third or fourth we go into the Plate. Story date: 30/12/2011 Biggar Colts Report 2nd December 2011Haddington 19 Biggar 15
In their final game in the league, the Colts traveled to Haddington confident of a win. However, a stronger Haddington team and slightly under par performance by Biggar resulted in a win for Haddington. Biggar’s first try came from quick ruck ball straight to Craig McDonald who crashed over from short range. A good break by Andrew Fleming made a huge hole in the Haddington defence, he presented the ball to Robbie Swan who picked up and drove over the line. The final try came from some good interplay and offloading by the backs, with the final pass going to Robbie Swan to score in the corner. Story date: 04/12/2011 Biggar Colts Report 26th NovemberBiggar 0 Boroughmuir 7 On a very wet and windy Showfield, the Colts lost narrowly to Boroughmuir in what was effectively the league decider.In a very even game, neither team gained any sort of superiority in any area throughout the game. As expected, it was a forward dominated game with the scrums being even, Boroughmuir on top at lineouts and Biggar on top at the driving rucks and mauls. Boroughmuirs score came midway through the second half when a forward broke through the middle of a ruck - the only time that the Biggar defence was posted missing. The Colts can be proud of the display as they have continued to progress through the season and contest all game with all of the main Edinburgh teams. Their final league game is next week at Haddington and a win will place them 3rd in the league. Story date: 26/11/2011 Biggar Colts Report 19th NovemberBiggar 34 Edinburgh BATS 5 Edinburgh BATS turned up with no front row, so the entire game was played with uncontested scrums; the Colts pack were disappointed as they believed that they would have been able to dominate this area. Graham Jamieson returned to the wing and opened up his account within two minutes of the start. Good pressure on BATS in their own 22 resulted in turnover ball from a good ruck which was passed through the hands for Graham to score in the corner. The second try came shortly after some good offloading out of tackles before the last pass to Danny Began to score in the corner. Biggar continued to pressurize BATS in their own half and a loose pass was picked up by Graham Jamieson on the 22 and then run in for a simple try which Craig McDonald converted. The final score of the half came from a tap penalty on the 22 which was driven into the heart of the BATS defence. From the ruck the ball was popped to the blind side for Stephen Campbell to crash over from five metres to give Biggar a 22-0 lead at half time. Biggar started strongly again and with a move started in their own half with good running angles and offloads the ball eventually got to Andrew Fleming to score in the corner. Unfortunately with the game won, it became very loose and fragmented, with both sides infringing leading to a very stop/start period. With five minutes to go, Biggar set up set driving rucks to take them to within five meters of the line. The final pick up was by Gavin Parker who dived over the line to score, the try was converted by Graham Jamieson. Although the defence had been good throughout, a breakaway by BATS in the final minute allowed them to get a score on the board. The team was delighted to see Alexander Lyon back on the pitch for his first run out since picking up a knee injury in the preseason games. Story date: 20/11/2011 Coaches Meeting 28th NovemberThis is just a reminder for all Youth Coaches. Please check your emails in respect of season plans and lets move forward to a succesfull New Year. At least one representative from each age group would be fantastic Andy Tither Rugby Development Officer Biggar RFC coaching@vikingrugby.co.uk 07898 800911
Story date: 16/11/2011 Colts Report 29th October 2011Musselburgh 27 Biggar 15 The Colts have moved into the Top Tier of the Edinburgh U18 League along with Boroughmuir, BATS, Haddington, Musselburgh and Preston Lodge. The top team from these six will be the Edinburgh Champions and the top four teams will qualify for the National Cup. So it was a disappointing start to the campaign with an away defeat to Musselburgh, especially when they had the opportunity to win the game. Overall, Biggar had more possession and territory, but could not convert this advantage into points, whilst Musselburgh were very good on the counter attack. Biggar opened the scoring after 10 minutes, following some good work by the forwards to present good ball which was fed out to Mark Bertram who handed off two tacklers then sprinted past the cover defence for an excellent score. Musselburgh responded within 4 minutes with a simple counter attack with quick ball out the backline. Another facet of the Musselburgh game is the constant infringing trying to delay or kill quick ball, this resulted in one of their players being yellow carded, but during the 10 minute period Biggar could not make the man advantage pay. However, as soon as he returned, Biggar scored two tries in quick succession. The first cam from a penalty on the 22 for offside. A quick tap by Danny McGinn was quickly feed through the hands to Danny Began to score out in the corner. From the restart James Simpson gathered the ball and with a great run got to the half way where he offloaded to Robbie Swann who thundered up the pitch and through some tacklers for a superb score. Musselburgh countered with two relatively soft tries (poor marking and tackling by Biggar) to level the score at half time. Musselburgh opened up a lead in the second half with two further tries, then Biggar mounted a sustained attack for almost 20 minutes inside the Musselburgh 22, but could not cross the line. The same Musselburgh player was yellow carded again for infringing and this time was sent off. However with almost 7 minutes of normal time still to play the referee blew for full time much to the amazement of of players and coaches of both teams, therefore Biggar lost the opportunity to press home their man advantage. On a very blustery day, no tries were converted.
Story date: 30/10/2011 Colts Report 8th October 2011Biggar 64 Forrester/Murrayfield Wanderers 0 The Colts went on a 12 try spree on very wet afternoon at the Showfield. Despite the conditions the boys played a fast and expansive game with the ball being played through the hands and out the backline at every opportunity. This was often after the forwards had delivered good clean ball either from scrum, linout, ruck or maul. It is a testament to the skill and pace of the whole team that no fewer than 9 players got their name on the score sheet - this is a team that plays 15 man rugby that is a pleasure to watch.
The try scorers were Steven Campbell, Peter Millar (2), Callum Whyte, Andrew Fleming (2), Robbie Swan, Fraser Howland, Mark Bertram (2), Hamish Wallace, and Jamie Orr. There were only two conversions, one each from Craig McDonald and Andrew Fleming. This will secures the Colts position in the top 3 of their league and they will progress into the top league after the split this week. Story date: 08/10/2011 Biggar 41 Currie 21
The Colts had an excellent win at home against local rivals Currie on Saturday. Right from the kick off they put pressure on Currie and after 5 minutes scored the first try of the game. Danny McGinn put good pressure on the Currie scrum half at the base of the scrum and when he fumbled, Fraser Howland picked up the loose ball to drive over through the defence from 10m out (his first try for the club). Story date: 07/10/2011 |
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