THIS WEEK AT ANNAN RUGBY

Busy week again at Annan Rugby with 9 squads in action over the weekend if all goes well

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. 6pm to 7pm/7.15pm up at Violetbank

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

SATURDAY

The U18 Boys are home to Newton Stewart. 2pm KO

The 1st XV are away to East Kilbride. 3pm KO

The 2nd XV are away to East Kilbride. 3pm KO

SUNDAY

The P1-P7 Tigers are away at Dumfries. 10.30am start

The U14 Girls are away at Ayr. 11am start (TBC)

The U16 Girls are home to Strathendrick. 12pm KO

The U16 Boys are away to Garnock. 2pm KO

The U18 Girls (D&G) are away at Glenrothes. 12pm KO

The Annan Warriors are away to Uddingston. 2pm KO

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ANNAN MEN OFF TO EAST KILBRIDE

STOP PRESS: BOOM! Two 5 pointers for the lads!

The 1st XV win 36-21 while the 2nd XV win 36-27.

Well played lads – enjoy the quiet bus journey home.

2nd XV points: AJ (3T), Ewan Watson (C), John Glendinning (T) Pen Try (T, C), Alex Jones(T), Danny Lockerby (C)

1st XV points: Aitken Render (T), Fraser McMillan (2C), James Kirby (T), Ewan Campbell (T), Ollie Ferdinand (T), Ryan Armstrong (T), Ben Latimer (C), Aaron Carmichael (T)

1st XV match report – Now Online

2nd XV match report – Now Online

Both the 1st and 2nd are off to East Kilbride on Saturday as they continue their respective West league campaigns.

For the 2nd XV they will be hoping to keep up the form they showed in their first match against Strathaven a few weeks ago and hold onto their top spot in the league.

For the 1st XV, it’s going to be a hard match as they are taking on an East Kilbride team flying high at the top end of West 1 with 3 wins from 3.

Last week East Kilbride hammered Dalziel, a team that did the same to Annan a few weeks ago so the Annan players will know they will have to be playing at 100% with no errors if they are to come away with anything from this match.

Despite the defeat last week to Lenzie, the team did play a lot better than they did against Dalziel and if they had had been a bit luckier with some of the decisions they might have easily come away with all 5 points.

So a massive match for the players that they need to win if they want to get themselves competing in the top half of the table this season as opposed to the bottom half

3pm KO

Annan 1st XV squad: 1 Ryan Glass 2 Murray Forbes 3 Kieran Warrick (C) 4 Gregor Anderson 5 Callum Smith 6 Wallace Alexander 7 Ollie Ferdinand 8 Ryan Hetherington 9 Josh Whiteside 10 Fraser McMillan
11 Ewan Campbell 12 James Kirby 13 Aitken Render 14 Adam Torbett 15 Aaron Carmichael 16 Eben Le Vin 17 Ryan Armstrong 18 Ben Latimer 19 Max Thorburn 20 Juan Phyfer

Annan 2nd XV squad: 1. Kieron Watret 2. John James MacKay 3. Callum Taylor 4. Mason Watret 5. Kieron RIchies 6. Liam Boyd 7. Graham Black 8. Declan Ferguson 9. Simon Dix (C) 10. Andrew Jancey 11. Ross Barlow 12. Alex Jones 13. John Glendinning 14. Aaron Kirkup 15. Danny Lockerby 16. Jack Ogilvie

ANNAN WARRIORS ON THE ROAD

STOP PRESS: BOOM x 2! Another great hard fought win for the Warriors. 38-33. Well played Warriors.

Points: Niamh Ross (T), Mally McGeoch (2C), Kayleigh Warrick (2T), Penalty Tries (2T, 2C), Jane Haren (T),

Match Report and Highlights – Now Online

Last Sunday, the Warriors started their West 2 league season with a bang, beating Hamilton Ladies in a 11 try demolition.

The players and coaches know that one win does not make the season and they team will be wanting to follow up this win with a good result on the road.

On Sunday they travel to Uddingston Ladies to take on the South Lanarkshire team.

This will be the first time the teams have met so it’s a bit of an unknown as to how Uddingston play but if the Warriors play like they did again Hamilton then there is no reason why they cant come back to Bank Street with the full 5 points.

Will be an interesting match as the Warriors aim to keep themselves at the top of the table and the 1 promotion spot

KO: 2pm

Annan Warriors squad: 1) Ayda Chierchia 2) Megan Brogan 3) Julie Warrick 4) Rhianna Parker-Clevett 5) Jackie Stitt 6) Ashley Clark © 7) Erin Ewing 8) Kayleigh Warrick 9) Niamh Ross 10) Nicole Jancey 11) Amber Pattullo 12) Malvina McGeoch (vc) 13) Joanne Clark 14) Katie Morrison 15) Jane Haren 16) Jamie Graham 17) Acacia Clash

YOUTH SQUADS IN ACTION

STOP PRESS: Great match but the U18 lads go down 41-7. Well played lads.

Well played to the U16 Girls who won again 44-19 against Strathendrick.

And the U16 Boys just go down 43-36 to Garnock. Well played all

Another busy weekend as lots of Youth players in action on Saturday and Sunday

On Saturday, it’s derby day, as the U18 Boys host Newton Stewart at Violetbank. 2pm KO

While on Sunday 5 age groups in action.

The P1-P7 Tigers are off to Dumfries. 10.30am start

While the U14 Girls are off to Ayr (tbc KO) and the U16 Girls home to Strathendrick (12pm KO)

For the U16 Girls, the Strathendrick team will be coming to Violetbank full of confidence with 2 wins from 2 but the U16 Girls know a win here will bode well for their aim to be in the top 4 of the league and into the next round of the National League competition.

Still a long way to go through with 7 matches to be played in total.

Annan U18 Girls will be joining players from the other  clubs in D&G (bar Dumfries) as they travel to Glenrothes as the D&G Girls take on Fife and Dundee

Finally the U16 Boys are off again on the road as they travel to Garnock is their latest league match, 2pm KO

Best of luck to all the teams this weekend