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Brilliant game between Watsonians and Boroughmuir, finishing 35-29. Some quality young players in that Boroughmuir side, none moreso than Rhys Tait who I'd expect to be involved with Glasgow soon if he keeps playing like that.

Decent game and Penrith probably worthy winners, although not much went Souths way.

3 wins and a draw v Stirling last season was the reason we finished above them. They're very much a team in form whereas we're a bit up and down. Seeing Wilson and Draper for the first time shall be interesting although I don't have particularly high hopes for either. I've not seen much of us this season as I'm playing football most Saturdays so I'm looking forward to it.

A reasonable return. Andersons pies are the best going.

Nah the majority of the squad is north based these days. I'll try get there but a Monday makes it far less appealing.

Mitchell starting at 12 tonight in the battle of the top two. I haven't seen Ayr in a while but they've come onto a game after a poor start so it should be a good game. Also at Melrose, Patrick Anderson on the wing is someone I'd like to see involved with the 7s squad when they get back up and running and Euan McLaren at tighthead is showing a lot of promise after bad injuries prevented him making an impact at Glasgow. For Ayr, I'm looking forward to seeing Finlay Callaghan come off the bench as he seems highly rated at Glasgow.

Does Blair Yule play much these days? Whenever I've seen him, going back about 6 years, he's looked superb and perfectly capable of playing in midfield at this level or higher. I was surprised when he played right back against us in League 2.

Tbf, when I saw Ayr in round 1 I thought Thornton and in particular Nairn were poor. Some of the guys stepping down from higher levels are excellent, but others look pretty mediocre. Mitchell looked absolutely superb for Hawick in the Premiership when he broke through as a 17 year old. If he keeps playing well he could still make it pro, but he turned down Super 6 contracts in the past to stay with Hawick so not sure rugby is a priority for him. Kaleem Barreto, who played a couple of games fo Glasgow a few years back, has been a real standout and I'd expect him to be back involved with one of the pro teams. Someone who I wasn't aware of until recently is Duncan Munn, an 18 year old centre signed up as an injury replacement by Bouroughmuir and he's played quite a few games now and looks really good.

I love the constant momentum swings in this sport where each team takes it in turn to look like they'll score from every centre bounce. Halfway through the third term the Dogs looked like they'd pretty much done enough. Great to see Melbourne end such a long drought, definitely the best team this year. Next season looks pretty wide open at this point.

Some finish Petracca.

I saw a bit towards the end but it was pretty much over by then. I went to Boroughmuir-Melrose about 10 days ago, the first time I had seen the latter this season, and they were indeed pretty exciting, showing better offloading skills than any other team I've seen this season. I'm glad to hear Watsonians played some good rugby, they've been effective if uninspiring when I've seen them. The Knights look well set to win it at the moment but anything could happen in a one-off final. Although far from without its flaws, it is pretty clear that Super 6 is a higher standard than the Premiership was a few years back.

Love how high scoring this league is.

It won't be big given recent form I'd predict. Horrible draw for us, I'd probably make Clydebank favourites.

Without Hester I'm not sure who our attacking focal point is. Another tough game in what is proving to be a very unpredictable season so far. I'll say 2-2.

This is exactly what I came on to post. I've never seen any fanbase care more about being disliked.

An utterly pathetic club supported by even more pathetic individuals.

I can't think of any Scottish players nailing down a starting place, as Hickey looks to have done, in one of the top leagues as a 19 year old in recent years. Am I missing some obvious names?

Incredible, thought we were getting extra time. Two good prelims coming up.

Looks a cracking signing if he can stay fit. Bit bizarre that Nicholson has gone back already.

Conceding after 10 seconds is inexcusable and from there it was always going to be tricky. After a dreadful first 15 or so, I actually thought we did all right for the rest of the half and missed some decent chances but at 2 down that's nowhere near enough. Embra were happy to let us have it deep but kept it as far from their goal as possible. Second half we huffed and puffed but didn't create much, both teams could've scored a couple on another day but it was pretty uneventful. Edinburgh weren't as bad as advertised and really seem to have our number. Innes Murray should be a good signing. We certainly missed Soapy and even MacEwan. Really surprised Gav started with that midfield two, they struggled to find a team mate time and time again.

Plenty graft in central midfield but not much quality. Peters needs to step up.

Think I'll head along to this one, Friday night games are a bit of a novelty so might as well make the most of it. The forecast looks cracking too. The last time I was at Ainslie Park was the 1-1 draw in November 2019. Hester gave Edinburgh real problems that day from memory so hopefully more of the same tomorrow.

Not a classic. Some talented players on the pitch but none of them really created much. I didn't think many players really stood out for us but the two young defenders look competent enough and I thought Spark was solid. Looking forward to a rare Friday night trip to Edinburgh.

Thomson was good for us too in a loan spell a while back.

Mark Hateley is a tough listen.