THIS WEEK AT ANNAN RUGBY

Busy week at Annan Rugby with 7 teams in action over the weekend – 6 at Violetbank

New players always wanted and welcome for any of the training going on.

Monday

Walking Rugby – all welcome.  6pm to 7.30pm up at Violetbank

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

Thursday

U16 Girls training. 6.30pm to 7.45pm up at Violetbank

Men Ages 17+ training. 7pm to 9pm up at Violetbank

Women Ages 17+ training. 7pm to 9pm up at Violetbank

Join the team!

Friday

P1-P7 Boys and Girls. Restarts 30th August. 6pm to 7pm/7.15pm up at Violetbank

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

Saturday

The U17 Boys are at home to Stewartry. 11am KO

The U16 Girls are away to  Egremont. 1.30PM KO

The 1st XV are at home to Strathaven. 3pm KO

The 2nd XV are at home to Strathaven. 3pm KO

Sunday

The U14 Boys take on Irvine and Stewartry at Violetbank. 10am start

The u16 Boys are at home to Ardrossan. 12.30pm KO

The Warriors are at home to Dumfries. 2pm KO

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ANNAN MEN WITH HOME DOUBLE HEADER

STOP PRESS: 2 Win for the lads, 36-24 for the 1st XV. 50-5 for the 2nd XV

1st XV points from: Ollie F (T), Ryan H (T), Adam R (T), Aaron C (T). Capt. Kieran W (T) Josh W (4C, 1P)

2nd XV points from:  Kieron Watret (T), James Morrison (T), Bradley James (T, 5C), Ewan Campbell (2T), JJ Mackay (T) TBC (T) and Andrew Jancey (T).

Well played lads. Enjoy the shandies.

Match Report for the 2nd XV match: Now Online

Match Report for the 1st XV, tries and most of the match – Now Online

The league season starts on Saturday with the 1st XV and 2nd XV at home and both taking on Strathaven.

Been a hard pre season with tough matches against Langholm, Strathendrick and Wigtown but the Annan coaches will have been pleased with the number of players who got to play in these 3 squad matches.

Both Annan squads will be wanting to make a good start on Saturday but Strathaven have always been a tough team to play against and will also be up for it to make the bus journey home more enjoyable!

Should be a great opening double header and with the U18 Boys also at Violetbank (11am KO) on Saturday will also be a great day of rugby at Annan

3pm KO’s for the 1st and 2nd XV

Annan 1st XV squad: 1 Ryan Glass 2 Callum Bell 3 Kieran Warrick 4 Frazer Hope 5 Ollie Ferdinand 6 Eben Le Vin 7 Wallace Alexander 8 Ryan Hetherington 9 Josh Whiteside 10 Fraser McMillan 11 James Kirby 12 Johnny Callaghan 13 Aaron Carmichael 14 Adam Torrbet 15 Aitken Render 16 Sean Haren 17 Stewart Livingston 18 Murray Forbes 19 John Glendining

Annan 2nd XV squad: 1. Ronnie Martin 2. John James 3. Sean Armstrong
4. Callum Taylor 5. Keiron Watret 6. Ewan Campbell 7. Callum Smith 8. Finley McCartney 9. Simon Dix (C) 10. Andrew Jancey 11. Jack Ogilvie 12. Bradley James 13. Declan Ferguson 14. Aaron Kirkup 15. Danny Lockerby 16. Craig Stefaniuk 17. Kyle McRoberts 18. Keiron Riches 19. Gordon Henderson

ANNAN WARRIORS IN HOME DERBY MATCH

STOP PRESS: Alas the match is now OFF as Dumfries do not have the numbers able to travel

The Annan Warriors continue their pre season when Dumfries Saints Ladies make the trip to Violetbank on Sunday.

After last week’s win of Cumnock, Sundays opponents will be a tougher nut to crack and with the Dumfries Ladies entering the West 3 division for the 1st time in a few week it might be a pre season match but also a derby match with both teams wanting to take the bragging rights into the new season.

Coach Warrick will have been pleased with the result last week against Cumnock  and will be wanting more of the same on Sunday.

The Warriors league season starts a few weeks later than the men, so Sundays match is the 2nd of 3 matches before the Warriors host Hamilton on the 8th September to start league life in West 2.

KO Time: 2pm

Annan Warriors squad: TBC

YOUTH SQUADS IN ACTION

STOP PRESS: The U16 Girls go down 43-29 while the U18 Boys lose 36-12. Great matches and performances though from both teams

The U14 Boys lose to Stewartry 65-12 while the U16 Boys are pipped 29-22 by Ardrossan. Well played to both teams

4 youth teams in action on Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday the Annan/Moffat U18 Boys take on Stewartry in the 1st derby match of the weekend as they start their league season. 11am KO

Later on on Saturday the U16 Girls continue their pre season as they travel over the border to take on hosts Egremont. 1.30pm KO

While on Sunday, both at Violetbank, the U14 Boys host teams from Irvine and Stewartry and the U16 Boys host Ardrossan to start their league campaign.

U14 Boys starts at 10am while the U!6 Boys kicks off at 12.30pm

Good luck to all the teams this weekend.