The Valkyries travelled to the Islands on 18th March 2023 to face Stornoway in the National Bowl competition. A first tour for our ladies and great to be pairing up with St Andrews to field a full 15 to take on the Islanders. A tough game ensued with Stornoway just grabbing the win 17-12. The Ladies had a great time travelling to the Islands and look forward to hosting Stornoway next season.
Bannockburn triumphed over Strathmore 2s in a stodgy game in Forfar in their first game of 2023.
Continue reading Strathmore 2XV 10–15 Bannockburn RFC
Bannockburn travelled to Grangemouth on Saturday 12th of November after a long break of three weeks without a game.
The Burn travelled with a full squad of 22 players fit and ready to come out put on a show and that they did.
Bannockburn got off to an early lead with Joe Wright smashing through the home defence and showing unbelievable speed to touch the ball down for the first try. Oli Mole stepped up and slotted the conversion with ease to get Bannockburn the extras.
Fifteen minutes later history repeated itself with Joe Wright showing the opposition that all his time in the gym hasn’t been wasted as he breaks off the back of the scrum and powered through multiple
tackles to get his second of the day. Once again safely put between the posts by Oli to take Bannockburn in the lead 14-0.
With the half drawing to a close and the forwards thinking about the half time Haribo, the backs strung together a series of delicate passes from a ruck to open a lovely gap in the wing. Ryan Jones took his opportunity and sailed through to take Burn’s lead up to 3 tries. Oli narrowly missed the kick from a difficult angle. Bannockburn went in at half time with the lead 19 points to nil.
Grangemouth came out strong in the second half and went on the offensive, winning a line-out and going on the attack. After a few messy passes they found a gap and powered through towards the
line only to be stopped short by the Burn defence.
With the ball bobbling around, the ref spotted a Bannockburn player on the opposite wing in an offside position and awarded a penalty to the home side.
Grangemouth went for touch and an attacking lineout 5 meters out from the Burn try line, piecing together a well-rehearsed line out move to score their first try of the day under the posts.
A spot of handbags resulted in a red card and an early shower for one of the Grangemouth centres. Bannockburn nailed the penalty between the sticks to add another three points.
Grangemouth responded on the attack and secured another try plus conversion to bring the game to 22-17 in Burn’s favour.
With only five points in it, Bannockburn pinned the home side back on their try line. Second row Chris Ireland, who loves a pick-and-go, snatched the ball from the back of the ruck, spotted his gap and went for the line like a man possessed. Another conversion from Oli made it a much more comfortable 29-17.
Bannockburn won a lineout on their own 22 meter line which was
quickly worked out to the backs, who showed quick hands and skill to draw in the home defence before shipping it out wide to Tommy Coyle.
No-one was stopping him at full speed, and he touched town after a 50 meter run in for the try. The score was 36-17 after the conversion.
Bannockburn wanted to put the game to bed and the backs pieced together another lovely passing play from the back of a scrum to open Chris Clarke on the wing, who ran in from half way to score the team’s sixth try of the day, bringing the score to 43-17.
With the clock in red and Bannockburn on the attack, a cross-field kick found its way to prop David Ramsay who somehow found himself on the wing.
Ramsay dropped his head and scored the try in true prop style – with two defenders hanging off him. After the final conversion attempt the final score reads 48-17.
Scorers: Joe Wright x2, Ryan Jones, Chris Ireland, Tommy Coyle, Chris Clarke and David Ramsey. Oli Mole with 5 conversions and 1 penalty.
Bannockburn look forward to a rest week before coming out strong to Face Harris at home in the Bowl semi-final on Saturday 26th of November.
Bannockburn kicked off the season with a hard-fought 28-24 victory over against Rosyth Sharks at home. Continue reading Mole try digs out Burn at the death
Bannockburn played a mature game against a solid Waid Academy side and came away with the points this weekend. Continue reading Steely Bannockburn edge close Waid affair
Bannockburn battled hard but succumbed to a handy Dundee Rugby seconds outfit at Bluebell Wood Park this weekend. Continue reading Battling ‘Burn fall to slick Dundee 2s