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Murrayfield Wanderers
Dunbar RFC
C Beattie (3), S Navu (2), F Strachan, L Hanlin, P Cooney, M Hastie, L Thom
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M Hastie (9)
Conversions
Penalties
Sat 8 Apr 15:00 - East Region - League 1 Full time

Wandies Win The BT East Division 1 Title

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Murrayfield Wanderers turned on the style to secure promotion to BT National League 3 next season with a comprehensive 68-10 victory over Dunbar.

Murrayfield Wanderers turned on the style to secure promotion to BT National League 3 next season with a comprehensive 68-10 victory over Dunbar.

Wandies only needed a one point to wrap up the BT East Region Division 1 title and after a spell-bounding opening 40 minutes, they had done just that, scoring four tries to take a 28-3 lead into half-time.

The domination continued throughout the second period and 6 further tries buried the game once and for all.

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Dunbar scored a consolation try in the second half but were by far the beaten team in a one-sided affair.

Wandies came into the match knowing that a point of any kind would be enough to secure the league title and they duly delivered that in a first half littered with tries.

Chris Beattie kicked off proceedings with the first score after just three minutes which Murray Hastie converted for a 7-0 lead.

Any hope of Dunbar spoiling things for the home side depended largely on grabbing early points and as Fraser Strachan crept offside, the visitors got on the board with a penalty to peg Wandies back to 7-3.

But from then on it was one-way traffic as Dunbar went down to 14-men for 10 minutes following a deliberate knock-on from close range. Sensing an opportunity to strike, Wandies pounced immediately with Saps bulldozing his way through the Dunbar defence to score.

Murray's conversion made it 14-3, but Wandies, not wanting waste too much time, scored a beauty off the restart.

Created by quick ball from Strachan, Dunbar's defence was at sixes and sevens as Liam Hanlin drew the players in front of him to perfect release Patrick Cooney down the blindside. Thereafter, Wandies were there in numbers and a great supporting line from Hanlin put the centre in under the sticks.

Three tries in the bag, just one to go for the league. It came 10 minutes before half time as slick hands once again put the hosts in under the posts. Name surname the scorer and with Hastie's conversion, Wandies took a 28-3 lead into the break.

The second half brought enforced personnel changes as Kerr came off with an aggravation of his shoulder injury, but the Wandies dominance continued. Cooney touched down in the corner early on in the second period, but it was Murray's touchline conversion that typified the sort of game the home side were having.

Chris Beattie had a particularly impressive game at full-back, backing up his first half try with two more in the second as well as putting Murray in for another score.

The full-back completed his trio in the space of about five minutes which only served to further demoralise the visitors.

With Murray maintaining his 100% kicking record, it seemed Wandies could do no wrong, but they let their guard slip when Dunbar grabbed a consolation try back late in the game. It didn't worry the home side as they went back on the rampage, scoring through Logan and then Saps to round off a 68-10 romp.

Saps' try was bizarre in that the back-rower casually worked his way back on-side courtesy of his team-mates running towards him. Nevertheless, the big fella latched onto the inside ball to score one of the game's more humorous tries.

All in all, it was a game that Wandies were never likely to lose and by securing the crucial league winning bonus in the first half, Bruce's men can now set their sights on the big prize, the BT Shield to be played at the national stadium on Saturday 22nd April.

Key moments

7:00
Try Chris Beattie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
8:00
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
20:00
Penalty Penalty kicked for Dunbar RFC
26:00
Try Saps Navu scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
27:00
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
27:30
Try Fraser Strachan scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
28:00
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
39:00
Try Liam Hanlin scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
39:30
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
41:00
Try Patrick Cooney scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
41:30
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
48:00
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
48:00
Try Murray Hastie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
50:00
Try Chris Beattie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
50:00
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
58:00
Try Chris Beattie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
60:00
Try Try for Dunbar RFC
60:00
Conversion Conversion for Dunbar RFC
67:00
Try Logan Thom scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
67:00
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
75:00
Try Saps Navu scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
75:00
Conversion Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers

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Highlights

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75:00 Conversion 68 - 10
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
75:00 Try 66 - 10
Saps Navu scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
70:00 Sub Off
Chris Beattie is substituted off for Murrayfield Wanderers
70:00 Sub On
Patrick Cooney is substituted on for Murrayfield Wanderers
70:00 Sub Off
Phil Hodson is substituted off for Murrayfield Wanderers
70:00 Sub On
Hugh Mulholland is substituted on for Murrayfield Wanderers
67:00 Conversion 61 - 10
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
67:00 Try 59 - 10
Logan Thom scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
65:00 Yellow Card
Yellow card for Dunbar RFC
60:00 Conversion 54 - 10
Conversion for Dunbar RFC
60:00 Try 54 - 8
Try for Dunbar RFC
58:00 Try 54 - 3
Chris Beattie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
50:00 Conversion 49 - 3
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
50:00 Try 47 - 3
Chris Beattie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
49:00 Sub Off
Patrick Cooney is substituted off for Murrayfield Wanderers
49:00 Sub On
Barry Turnbull is substituted on for Murrayfield Wanderers
48:00 Conversion 42 - 3
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
48:00 Try 40 - 3
Murray Hastie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
45:00 Sub Off
Liam Hanlin is substituted off for Murrayfield Wanderers
45:00 Sub On
Lachlan Lee is substituted on for Murrayfield Wanderers
45:00 Sub Off
Hugh Mulholland is substituted off for Murrayfield Wanderers
45:00 Sub On
Michael Young is substituted on for Murrayfield Wanderers
41:30 Conversion 35 - 3
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
41:00 Try 33 - 3
Patrick Cooney scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
40:00 Sub Off
Kerr Rutherford is substituted off for Murrayfield Wanderers
40:00 Sub On
Scott Lynes is substituted on for Murrayfield Wanderers
End of period 1
39:30 Conversion 28 - 3
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
39:00 Try 26 - 3
Liam Hanlin scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
28:00 Conversion 21 - 3
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
27:30 Try 19 - 3
Fraser Strachan scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
27:00 Conversion 14 - 3
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
26:00 Try 12 - 3
Saps Navu scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
25:00 Yellow Card
Yellow card for Dunbar RFC
20:00 Penalty 7 - 3
Penalty kicked for Dunbar RFC
8:00 Conversion 7 - 0
Murray Hastie kicks a conversion for Murrayfield Wanderers
7:00 Try 5 - 0
Chris Beattie scores for Murrayfield Wanderers
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As it happened

  • Murrayfield Wanderers
  • Dunbar RFC
  • 0
  • Chris Beattie Try 7:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 8:00'
  • Penalty 20:00'
  • Yellow Card 25:00'
  • Saps Navu Try 26:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 27:00'
  • Fraser Strachan Try 27:30'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 28:00'
  • Liam Hanlin Try 39:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 39:30'
  • Scott Lynes Sub On 40:00'
  • Kerr Rutherford Sub Off 40:00'
  • Patrick Cooney Try 41:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 41:30'
  • Michael Young Sub On 45:00'
  • Hugh Mulholland Sub Off 45:00'
  • Lachlan Lee Sub On 45:00'
  • Liam Hanlin Sub Off 45:00'
  • Murray Hastie Try 48:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 48:00'
  • Barry Turnbull Sub On 49:00'
  • Patrick Cooney Sub Off 49:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 50:00'
  • Chris Beattie Try 50:00'
  • Chris Beattie Try 58:00'
  • Try 60:00'
  • Conversion 60:00'
  • Yellow Card 65:00'
  • Logan Thom Try 67:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 67:00'
  • Hugh Mulholland Sub On 70:00'
  • Phil Hodson Sub Off 70:00'
  • Patrick Cooney Sub On 70:00'
  • Chris Beattie Sub Off 70:00'
  • Saps Navu Try 75:00'
  • Murray Hastie Conversion 75:00'

Team selection

Beattie, Chris Beattie, Chris
Godsmark, Alex Godsmark, Alex
Hanlin, Liam Hanlin, Liam
Thomas, Liam Thomas, Liam
Cooney, Patrick Cooney, Patrick
Hastie, Murray Hastie, Murray
Strachan, Fraser Strachan, Fraser
Thom, Logan Thom, Logan
Eley, Ewan Eley, Ewan
Navu, Saps Navu, Saps
Rutherford, Kerr Rutherford, Kerr
Lee, John Lee, John
Mulholland, Hugh Mulholland, Hugh
Webb, Ieuan Webb, Ieuan
Hodson, Phil Hodson, Phil
Murrayfield Wanderers
  • 1. Phil Hodson
  • 2. Ieuan Webb
  • 3. Hugh Mulholland
  • 4. John Lee
  • 5. Kerr Rutherford
  • 6. Saps Navu
  • 7. Ewan Eley
  • 8. Logan Thom
  • 9. Fraser Strachan
  • 10. Murray Hastie
  • 11. Patrick Cooney
  • 12. Liam Thomas
  • 13. Liam Hanlin
  • 14. Alex Godsmark
  • 15. Chris Beattie
  • 16. Scott Lynes
  • 17. Michael Young
  • 18. Lachlan Lee
  • 19. Barry Turnbull

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Standings

# Team Pl Pts
1. Murrayfield Wanderers 18 84
2. Hawick Harlequins 18 69
3. North Berwick RFC 18 69
4. Duns 18 49
5. Berwick 18 43
6. Linlithgow RFC 18 42
7. Dunbar RFC 18 33

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