And the match started off very well for the visitors as they took the match to the home side and it was no surprise when Ryan Hetherington scored his 10th try of the season as the visitor took an early 7-0 lead. Josh Whiteside with the conversion

A lead they held until the 20th minute when Lenzie hit back with a try of their own.

The match was a tight affair with the both sides creating but not taking their chances.

Unfortunately for Annan, the home side started to exert a bit a pressure and on the 30th minute they crashed over again to take a 14-7 lead.

The scoreline remained the same for the remainder of the half.

Annan were still very much in this match, but with a very boisterous home support behind them Lenzie started to create a few more chances which they finally took.

On the 55th minute it was 21-7, 28-7 on the 65th minute and on the stroke of full time Lenzie score their final try and conversion

Full Time Score: Lenzie 35 v Annan 7

It was one of those matches were one team took their chances well while the other just couldn’t be quite as consistent. With a bit more composure Annan could have come away with some points from this match

Best on the day were Sean Armstrong and Ryan Hetherington who was awarded Players of the Match. Sean picked by his Annan teammates, Ryan by Lenzie.

Coach Juan Phyfer “It was a tough one, we deserved a bit more out of it if I’m honest but can’t fault the boy’s effort at all”

The team are now on their xmas break but return to action on the 11th January when they host East Kilbride at Violetbank. 2pm KO

Starting 1st XV: 1 Ryan Glass 2 Keiran Warrick (C) 3 Sean Armstrong 4 Frazer Hope 5 Mason Watret 6 Stewart Livingston 7 Wallace Alexander 8 Ryan Hetherington 9 Josh Whiteside 10 Fraser McMillan 11 Max Thorburn 12 James Kirby 13 Aitken Render 14 Ben Latimer 15 Aaron Carmichael

Replacements (all used) 16 Callum Smith 17 Ewan Campbell 18 Alex Jones 19 Juan Phyfer