After last weekend was curtailed just a little bit by the weather, this weekend we have, weather permitting, 7 squads in action.

On Saturday, the 1st XV are away to East Kilbride, while the U18 Colts are at home taking on East Kilbride/Cambuslang – alas now OFF. Both 2pm KO’s

On Sunday, the U14 Boys welcome Moffat, Carrick, Newton Stewart and Wigtownshire to Violetbank – 2pm start.

The U14, U16 and U18 Girls are away to Greenock for a Girls Rugby Festival – 12.30pm start

While the big match of the weekend, the Warriors host Kelso Ladies at Violetbank in a match both need to win to boost their chances of playing National 1 rugby next season. 2pm KO. Alas now OFF.

Whatever match or matches you can get to, your support is most appreciated as always by all the players.

1ST XV OFF ON THE ROAD AGAIN

STOP PRESS: The 1st XV go down to East Kilbride 40 v 15. Torrance House has not been a happy hunting ground for Annan in recent years and alas today was no exception.

The Annan points coming from Captain Andrew Jancey (T), Ryan Hetherington (T) and James Bigham (C, P)

The 1st XV now have their last match of 2021 next Saturday as they host Cambuslang at Violetbank. 2pm KO. All welcome.

1st XV match report – now online

The 1st XV are on the road this Saturday as they travel to East Kilbride in their latest league match.

Both teams has opposite results last weekend with Annan losing heavily to Allan Glens while East Kilbride won big versus Strathendrick,

East Kilbride are in 4th spot, 5 points and 2 places ahead of Annan. Annan do have 2 games in hand though.

The West 1 league is really between 3 teams now – Allan Glens, Garnock and Stewartry.

At the bottom, it’s looking bleak for Cambuslang (next Saturday’s opponents at Violetbank) and Strathendrick.

While the middle 6 teams are most likely building for next season unless there is a huge collapse in form of the top teams or improvement from the bottom teams.

Torrance House has not been a happy hunting ground for Annan in recent years. Annan have not won in the league there since 2008. Annan did win twice in 2011 and 2012 but in the SRU Shield.

East Kilbride also have a decent run over Annan in general over the 10 last matches with 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Another tough match on Saturday will no doubt be on the cards.

For Annan, they have lost 3 times this season to the aforementioned top 3 teams but have been unbeaten in the 4 other matches and will be wanting to get the result on Saturday and potentially move into 4th spot.

So far 33 players have played for the 1st XV this season in just 7 matches but if Annan can get a settled side, the 1st XV are a match for anyone in this league.

Should be a cracking match.

Kick Off: 2pm

Starting XV: 1 Ryan Glass, 2 Kieran Warrick, 3 Aidan Craik, 4 Michael Thompson, 5 Dan Robson, 6 Harry Houldey,  7 Frazer Hope, 8 Sean Haren (Vice Captain), 9 Aaron Carmichael, 10 Josh Whiteside, 11 James Kirby, 12 James Bigham, 13 Ryan Hetherington, 14 Ollie Ferdinand, 15 Andrew Jancey (Captain)

Subs: 16 Callum Bell, 17 Callum Smith,18 Zac Lockerbie, 19 Murray Forbes