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Sun 24 Sep 2017
Cumnock
9
29
Dunfermline Rugby Football Club
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S2s win away at Cumnock

S2s win away at Cumnock

Kevin Storie24 Sep 2017 - 23:19
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Dunfermline cope with wet conditions in Ayrshire

The S2s travelled through to East Ayrshire to play Cumnock, a new fixture for our squad. Fair to say that Cumnock's pitches didn't stand up to the deluge earlier in the morning, and by kick off time there was a lot of standing water on the pitches. A quick swap down to the lower pitch made the match possible, though the conditions were still very wet and soft underfoot, but we were grateful to get the game started.
Cumnock only managed 9 players, we were down to 17 with a couple of call-offs due to illness, so we split the difference and played 13-a-side.
Thank to Aidan, Jack, Cameron and Logan F who played for Cumnock in the first half, and also to Jai, Duncan, Matthew H and Findlay F who played for them in the second half.
As for the game itself, it was never going to be a classic in these conditions and swapping players out from key positions didn't help our cohesiveness, so all credit to the team for trying to play the ball wide whenever possible. There were some surprisingly decent handling moves for the conditions and we managed to find space down the flanks to score 5 first half tries, and a further 4 in the second half. If our attacking shape had been better, and if we had shown more composure at key times we would have scored a lot more, but we'll put a lot of it down to the choppping and changing of the team throughout the match.
It wasn't all one way traffic, with Cumnock testing our defence throughout the game (more work required on line-speed), and taking advantage of our defensive line not setting up well enough around the rucks, leading to 3 home tries down our right flank (some work also required on Guard-Shield-A).
Well done to Logan Fotheringham on his debut for the team - several good plays with ball in hand, and keen to get involved in the tackling.
Final Score - Cumnock 9 - 29 Dunfermline

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Sun 24 Sep 2017

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13:00
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