The sun was shining on Leith as Forrester receives the Kick off begining with a flurry toward the Leith Half but Leith show their intent early with some poor tackles Penalty given, First Line out to Forrester Taken cleanly and fed off the top the attack gets going again this time brought to halt with more scruffy tackles from Leith showing their teeth with one of the opposition allegedly deciding to have a chomp on the hairy arm of Aidan Beveridge - yuck! Stewart Fulton kicks the ball for touch just inside the Leith 22 scrappy line out gives Leith the possession, the ball lands in the hands of Leith’s No 10 who makes a decent Run passed the Forrester defence, finally taken down a ruck ensues Forrester Pinged for Driving in to the side, First blood to Leith with Forrester found wanting on the wing
Forrester try to rise above the petty goading on the park to play their own style of Rugby with a strong attack deep into the Leith Half with a skilful pass over the head of the Leith prop from Sean Broadfoot puts the ball in the hands of Ryan Inglis who gets himself over the line 20 min gone try converted Fraser Newbury. shortly after a bit of loose passing sees the ball intercepted inside Forrester 22 Leith cross the Forrester white wash but fail to convert, Forester maintain composure and dominate Leith in the scrum with quick ball fed out the line, Forrester build through the phases with a strong ball carry from Calum Aitken, recycled ruck ball with John McMillian attacking the Leith line only to fumble the ball.
The game is continuously interrupted with scuffles breaking out from time to time but unfortunately like the knock on’s most of the instigators missed by the ref, small consolation Leith No 9 binned for a late tackle ,the game ebbs and flows for the rest of the half Sean Broadfoot picked up the ball mid field and puts in a Massey little run with a couple of steps getting round the Leith defence with well-placed kick from Forrester No 10 Alan Panther deep in to the Leith 22 Leith try hard to clear their lines turnover ball for Forrester and a strong forward attach has Aidan Beveridge over the line 28 min with the conversion from Fraser Newbury the niggling continues late into the half a Forrester get a well-deserved Penalty slotted between the sticks from the boot of Fraser Newbury 39 min
1st Half Score Leith 12 Forrester 17
2nd Half
Right from the Kick off Forrester dominate the second Half receiving the restart through Ewan Brodie and skilfully recycle the ruck the forwards doing their job to allow a strong base to attack from first left then right with the ball going through the hands one more pass to guarantee the try but Robbie Douglas chooses to carry fortunately he breaks the tackle to the delight of the Forrester support ‘try’42 mins converted by newbs, with strong scrums and phased play a well-placed punt from Stephen Delahunt sending Forrester 30 yards short of the Leith try line the ensuing line out spoiled by Forrester and once again quick ball through the backs takes us deep into the Leith 22, ‘penalty Forrester ‘Converted Newbs.
as Leith begin to tire they opt for a period of kicking which plays into the hands of Forrester who still have plenty in the tank to run the ball back at an ever tiring Leith breaking through with solo effort from Dave Alan (Fish) if who is to be believed ran a full 40 metres with ball in hand, divide by 10 to be a little more accurate Forrester maintain the pressure but Leith don’t intend to give up just yet scoring twice more themselves using their strong runners and ball carriers to break the Forrester defence, Forrester substitutes bring some fresh legs in to the game with some strong running this week’s man of the match Robbie Douglas gets over the line for the second time, building on a strong second half Gavin Sisson adds himself to the score sheet at70 min and once again Newbs converts game in the bag final score Leith 24 Forrester 46