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Leith at Forrester this weekend

Leith at Forrester this weekend

Doug Watters6 Feb 2015 - 16:49
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Battle of 2nd vs 3rd in East 2. South Gyle, 2pm KO

Leith head to South Gyle tomorrow to take on one of the pre-season favourites for promotion, Forrester RFC, who have been living up to their billing, currently sitting in 2nd place behind St Boswells. This is the third meeting between the sides this season, with tomorrow's hosts winning both fixtures to-date, 46-26 at Academy Park in September, and in a game in which both sides were under strength, 46-12 in the cup in December.

Leith were in both games for long spells, before falling away, so the guys will be aiming to dominate for longer spells and to match their opposition for the full 80 this weekend, in what is the rescheduled fixture from December 20. Both sides are coming off disappointing defeats, with Forrester perhaps seeing their title aspirations dissipate in going down 35-3 at Boswells last weekend, while Leith were angered by their own performance in losing 39-19 at Edinburgh Northern. Two sides seeking to make amends should make for a fantastic game. As ever, a noisy Leith support on the sideline is greatly appreciated to cheer the boys on.

Leith Team:

1 Bruce Connelly 2 Craig Winton 3 Stuart Fox 4 David Meadows 5 Ben Place 6 Kyle Gow 7 Neil Paterson 8 Mark Phillips (Capt.);

9 Andrew Paterson 10 Blair Skipper 11 Ryan Burgess 12 Jamie Malcolm 13 Craig Smith 14 Daniel Carr 15 Kenny Dannfald (vc);

16 Sam Hall 17 Robert Stitt 18 Willie Cook 19 Keith Aitchison 20 Tom Scott 21 Pete Swift 22 Steven Eadie.

Come on Leith!

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