THIS WEEK AT ANNAN RUGBY

Slightly quieter on the match front this weekend

NOTE: Training locations/times have changed on some days and will again over the next few weeks as we move into our Winter training schedule.

All at Violetbank, DG12 5NY unless stated

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

U14 Girls training. 7.45pm to 8.45pm at Solway Spartans Boxing

U16 Girls training. 7.45pm to 8.45pm at Solway Spartans Boxing

Join the team!

Friday

P1-P7 Boys & Girls host Moffat Rams. 6pm meet for 6.30pm start

See Training for more info on training. All ages welcome.

SATURDAY

The 1st XV are away to Cambuslang. 3pm KO

The 2nd XV are away to Carlisle Crusaders. 3pm KO

SUNDAY

The U14 Boys are a TBC

The U16 Boys are away to Wigton. TBC KO

The Warriors are away to Bishopton. 2pm KO

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1ST XV BACK TO WEST 1 ACTION

STOP PRESS: Great win on the road as the 1st XV came away with a 35-19 win over Cambuslang

It was nip and tuck for most of the match but in the last 15, Annan ensured the win.

The lads also scored 5 tries to pick up a try bonus

Well played lads, enjoy the after match shandies!

Points: Josh (2P, 2C), Oli F (T), Ryan H (T), Aitken (T), Juan (T), Aaron (T)

After the disappointment of the last few weeks, the 1st XV get back to league duties as they travel to Cambuslang on Saturday.

The Lanarkshire club are finding life in West 1 a struggle this season but at Coats Park, Cambuslang are always a tough team to beat.

Last time the teams met was just over 2 years ago when Cambuslang put 50 points past Annan, so the Annan lads know the kind of performance they need to come away with some if not all the points on Saturday.

The Coaches though will be hoping the Annan players will put their last league outing behind them and get back to the form that has given them 3 wins so far this season in the West 1 league.

3pm KO

Annan 1st XV squad: 1 Ryan Glass 2 Murray Forbes 3 Kieran Warrick (C) 4 Fraser Hope 5 Oli Ferdinand 6 Callum Bell 7 Stewart Livingstone 8 Ryan Hetherington 9 Josh Whiteside 10 Fraser McMillan 11 Max Thorburn 12 James Kirby 13 Aitken Render 14 Lex Stevenson 15 Aaron Carmichael 16 Callum Taylor 17 Wallace Alexander 18 Mason Watret 19 Ben Latimer 20 Ewan Campbell 21 Juan Phyfer

2ND XV OFF OVER THE BORDER

STOP PRESS: Alas the lads go don 42-24. Twas 17-17 all at half time but the hosts were too strong in the 2nd.

Match Report – Now Online

The 2nd XV take a break from league business and have a friendly against Carlisle 2nd XV or Carlisle Crusaders as they are known.

Annan and Carlisle have long history of matches with Carlisle being one of the first teams Annan played when they were reformed back in 1968.

The 2nd XV have been playing great rugby so far this season and on Saturday no doubt it will be much of the same

3pm KO

Annan 2nd XV squad: 1) Thomas Firby 2) J Mackay 3) Dan Burns 4) TBC  5) Thomas Martindale  6) Adam Dickson 7) Andrew Shepard 8) Kieron Watret 9) Simon Dix (C) 10) Andrew Jancey 11)Alex Jones 12) Ben Conroy 13) John Glendinning 14) Bradley James 15) Danny Lockerby

WARRIORS AWAY TO 2ND PLACED BISHOPTON

STOP PRESS: The Warriors also go down – 22-5 to Bishopton. Captain Ashley with the solo Warriors try. Onto the next one Warriors.

Match Report: Now Online

The Warriors have the big match of weekend as they travel to 2nd placed Bishopton.

Both teams are unbeaten so far in the West 2 league, so something has to give on Sunday.

The Warriors have never lost to Bishopton having won 3 from 3 in season 2022/23 but this Bishopton side are a different prospect to the one from that season.

This is match 5 of the season so it’s a big game for both clubs as a win here will give either team the edge in this short 10 match season.

The Warriors have been hit in the last few matches with a number of key players picking up season ending injuries but the Coaches will be hoping that the squad can still come back with the win.

2pm KO

Annan Warriors squad: 1) Julie Warrick 2) Eilidh Jardine (vc) 3) Megan Cother 4) Nicole Mullen 5) Rhianna Parker-Clevett 6) Ashley Clark © 7) Erin Ewing 8) Kayleigh Warrick 9) Niamh Ross 10) Malvina McGeoch (vc) 11) Katie Morrison 12) Lexie Glendinning 13) Joanne Clark 14) Kirsty Barlow 15) Jane Stewart 16) Jamie Graham

YOUTH SQUADS IN ACTION

Quieter week with just 2 sections in action

The P1-P7 Tigers host their friends from Moffat on Friday up at Violetbank. 6pm meet for a 6.30pm start.

While the U16 Boys are away to Wigton for a friendly match. TBC KO

Best of luck to all the teams this weekend