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| Hills v Ayr 12th August 2006 Hills lost to Ayr 33-0 at Hughenden. With 9 call offs from the previous weeks fixture a very young Hills side were always going to find it hard going against a well established Premier One side and considering a number of the Hills boys were making only their second appearance for the 1sts they all came out of this fixture against much more experienced and stronger opponents with great credit. It was ex Hills man A J Macfarlane who pulled the strings for a very impressive Ayr side who look as if they could be in line for a good season in the top league. Hills had to defend well from the very start and it was only after Ayr had managed a couple of tries in the first twenty minutes that the home side put together some good attacking moves that got them close to but not over their opponents line Hills battled well for the second forty minutes forcing Ayr to concede a number of penalties some of which would normally have been a case of kicking at goal but as it was a friendly both sides opted to be positive and try to run the ball whenever possible Although Hills will be disappointed not to manage to get points on the board the coaches will be able to take a number of positives from this match which can be taken into this Saturdays fixture at home to West of Scotland In the days other fixture Hills 2nd XV ,lead by coach Murray Roxburgh,turned in a very good performance to defeat Ayrs 2nds 12 –3 Scores & Scorers: 10mins-Try Ayr Johnny McClung Con Nick Lavelle 0-7 40mins-try Ayr Damien Kelly 0-12 h/t 50mins Try Ayr Ben Colley con Nick Lavelle 0-19 76mins-Try Ayr Cammy Taylor con Nick Lavelle 0-26 84mins- Try Ayr AJ MacFarlane con Nick Lavelle 0-33 f/t Next up for Hills are Premier 3 side West of Scotland who travel to Hughenden on the 19th of August . With thanks to Ron Evans for additional information |
