GHA RFC MATCH 3: GHA RFC 27 – 24 MURRAYFIELD WANDERERS FC
2002/2003: Scottish Premiership Two
GHA RFC |
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MURRAYFIELD WANDERERS FC| N. Barrett | 15 | I. Henderson |
| R. Watson | 14 | A. Broatch |
| R. Armour | 13 | A. Farquharson |
| B. Beagley | 12 | C. Dove |
| B. Edgar | 11 | R. Neill |
| J. Noonan | 10 | S. Threadgall |
| M. Dunn | 9 | N. McDonald |
| R. Nolan | 1 | C. Brown |
| R. Finlayson | 2 | J. Peggie |
| D. Jamieson | 3 | L. Fourie |
| T. Carmichael | 4 | G. Hann |
| J. Mundell | 5 | D. Adamson |
| A. Burke | 6 | A. Cane |
| J. Fitzpatrick | 7 | N. Hitchen |
| A. Plastow | 8 | N. McCallum |
| S. MacKinnon | 16 | T. Sutherland |
| L. Hazelton | 17 | A. McPherson |
| S. Chassells | 18 | N. Tunnah |
| A. Toshner | 19 | G. Cuthill |
| Carmichael (2), MacKinnon | Try | |
| Noonan (3) | Con | |
| Noonan (2) | Pen | Threadgall (8) |
| DG | ||
| Referee | ||
| Mr B. Devin (Portobello) | ||
In glorious sunshine, the cricket aficionados at Braidholm watched aghast as the rugby guys squandered the sort of afternoon they would have given their right pad for during a ruined season, writes Ron Evans.
A combination of basic errors, poor tactics and unsympathetic refereeing made for a game which never came to light. Wanderers displayed an equal measure of naivety by giving away three almost identical tries.
These scores were punctuated by a metronomic interruption from the boot of Stephen Threadgall, whose eight penalties from ten attempts amply illustrated the self-inflicted damage GHA incurred by giving away daft penalties after putting themselves under pressure.
“We got out of jail” admitted a mightily relieved David Wilson, co-coach of GHA “and the lack of experience behind the scrump was evident today”. Wanderers coach Peter Wright admitted: “Poor finishing let us down.”
Source: The Scotsman & The Glasgow Herald, Monday 16th September 2002
