LAST WEEK AT ANNAN RUGBY

Monday

Walking Rugby – all welcome. 6pm to 7pm up at Violetbank

See Walking Rugby for more details on Walking Rugby. All ages welcome for the Walking Rugby

U14-U16 Girls/Boys Strength and Conditioning continues. 6pm to 7.30pm

Thursday

Ages 17+ training. 7pm to 8.30pm. Join the team!

See Training for more info on training. All ages welcome. No rugby experience necessary.

Friday

P1-P7 training continues. 6pm start up at Violetbank. New players most welcome

World Cup Opening Match – France v New Zealand on at the Clubhouse. Doors 7.15pm

Saturday

Standalane Tidy Up. 10am start at Standalane! 🙂

The 1st and 2nd XV host Dalziel and Galloway respectively. 1pm KO’s

The U16 Girls host Shetland Girls. 5pm KO

The clubhouse will be open from 3pm showing the World Cup matches, including England v Argentina

Sunday

The U14 Girls are off to Ayr Rugby for festival. TBC start

The Warriors are on the road to West of Scotland ladies. 2pm KO

Finally, the Scotland v South Africa World Cup match will be on at the clubhouse. Doors 4.15pm

#OneClub

1ST AND 2ND XV AT HOME

STOP PRESS: Alas the 2nd XV local derby match is OFF as Galloway could not raise a team. A reminder that the 1st XV match and the U16 Girls match v Shetland U16 Girls who are making the 900 mile round trip to Annan, are still ON.

The 1st XV won 23-14. Well played lads. Points from Juan (T), Willix (T), Kieran W (T) and 8 points from the boot of the Josh (2P, 1C). Enjoy the pints lads.

Match Report / Photos / Tries and Full Match – Now Online

Both the 1st and 2nd XV are at Violetbank on Saturday.

The 1st XV take on Dalziel. Both teams had great wins last week so will be a big indication on who might be challenging for the top spots this season in West 1.

Dalziel came up from West 2 last season and the last time the teams met was back in March 2019 when Annan ran out 24-17 winners.

Over the years the teams have met 7 times at Violetbank with the home side having a 4-3 winning edge. Heres hoping that on Saturday at 2.30pm its 5-3!

The 2nd XV had a great showing last week at Kilmarnock but eventually went down but will be hoping to get back to winning ways as they take on Galloway at Violetbank.

Galloway are a combination of Stewartry/Wigtownshire and Newton Stewart and are always a tough team to face but the 2nd XV are looking stronger this year and will be hoping for a winning home start this season.

Please note both matches are kicking off at 1pm.

Good luck lads

1st XV Starting XV: 1 Kieron Warrick (C) 2 Murray Forbes 3 Juan Phyfer 4 Frazer Hope 5 Ollie Ferdinand 6 Callum Bell 7 Callum Smith 8 Sean Haren (VC) 9 Fraser McMillan 10 Josh Whiteside 11 Andy McGreevy 12 Adam Torrbet 13 Alex Halliday (VC) 14 James Kirby 15 Andrew Jancey

1st XV Replacements: 16 Callum Taylor 17 Eban LeVin 18 Johnny Callaghan 19 Alex Jones

2nd XV Starting XV: 1 Nick Graham 2 John MacKay 3 Ben Sweeney 4 Michael Thompson 5 Neal Coupland 6 Willie Gray 7 James Morrison 8 Tam Thorburn 9 Euan Watson 10 Keiran Johnston 11 Luke Clark 12 Declan Ferguson 13 Simon Dix 14 James Glendinning 14 Bradley James

2nd XV Replacements: 16 Craig Bell 17 Alexander Hodgson 18 Craig Stefaniuk 19 Dan Burns

WARRIORS ON THE ROAD TO WEST OF SCOTLAND

STOP PRESS: Unfortunately the Warriors match on Sunday is OFF as too many Warriors are currently out with injuries/unavailable this weekend.

Its been a tough set of games for the Warriors so far this season.

After last weeks heavy loss away to Biggar Ladies, the Warriors are back on the road again this time to West of Scotland Ladies

The teams have met 3 times in league and cup competitions over the last 3 years with the West Kadies having a 2-1 lead.

West of Scotland Ladies are currently top of West 1 but had a shock defeat at Cartha last Sunday.

So another tough match for the Warriors, but despite what the score lines have been suggesting, the Warriors are improving week on week and will be hoping it all finally clicks on Sunday

2pm KO

Warrior Starting XV: TBC

Warrior Replacements: TBC

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YOUTH TEAMS IN ACTION

On Saturday, the well traveled Shetland U16 Girls are taking on hosts Annan U16 Girls up at Violetbank. This has a 5pm KO.

The U16 Girls had a tough introduction to National 1 last week v Stirling Girls but will be hoping for a better showing this Saturday but Shetland Girls will be another tough test.

After this match, the Girls then host Dumfries in a local derby match.

While last, but no means least, the U14 Girls start their 2023/24 league season with a trip to Ayr Rugby for a Rugby Festival. Start time at the time of writing is a TBC

Good luck to all the teams this weekend.