WELCOME TO BRIDGEHAUGH FOSROC SUPER6 15 AUGUST 2021

STIRLING COUNTY V CONTENTS PAGE 3: TODAY’S TEAMS PAGE 5: PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE PAGE 6: SPONSORS PAGE 7: PLAYER PROFILE PAGE 8: LEAGUE TABLES PAGE 10: FORTHCOMING FIXTURES PAGE 11: YOUR BOARD MEMBERS PAGE 12: COACHES VIEW PAGE 14: COUNTY KICKBACKS PAGE 15: NEXT MATCH INFORMATION TODAY’S TEAMS

STIRLING COUNTY

1. Lewis Skinner 9. Kristian Kay 2. Reyner Kennedy (C) 10. Andrew Goudie 3. Murphy Walker 11. Logan Trotter 4. James Pow 12. Grant Hughes 5. Max Williamson 13. Archie Russell 6. Callum Cruickshank 14. Steven Hamilton 7. Connor Gordon 15. Tom Roche 8. George Arnott

16. Angus Fraser 19. Byron Bowes 22. Landon Hayes 17. George Breese 20. Bradley Luney 23. Ross McKnight 18. JP Phelan 21. Euan Cunningham

*Please note captain, vice-captain and front row cover

HERIOT’S RUGBY

1. Andrew Nimmo 9. Alex Ball 2. Michael Liness 10. Nathan Chamberlain 3. Dan Gamble 11. Callum Young 22. Callum Marshall 12. Stuart Edwards 5. Adam Sinclair 13. Robert Kay 6. Iain Wilson (C) 14. Rory McMichael 7. Jack McClean 15. Ross Jones (VC) 8. Jack Mann

17. Cameron Fenton (FR) 26. Ruairidh Leishman 23. Bruce Houston 18. Josh Scott (FR) 4. Fraser Hastie 20. James Couper 19. Chris Keen (FR) 21. Jed Gelderbloom

*Please note captain, vice-captain and front row cover THE BMW 2 SERIES GRAN COUPÉ. BMW Financial Services

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Today we extend a warm welcome to Bridgehaugh to our visitors, from Edinburgh, Heriot’s Rugby, for the third fixture of the FOSROC Super6 competition.

Heriot’s narrowly lost to Boroughmuir Bears in their first fixture and County drew 24-24, against the Southern Knights, with the second fixtures producing a loss for both teams. At Myreside last Friday evening, in a hard-fought and physical affair County lost, 10-7, in the dying minutes of the game to high flying Watsonians. In the televised game, played last Sunday afternoon, in a tight and high scoring game, Heriots Rugby played the Southern Knights at Goldenacre, the final score 36-15 to the Knights.

However, we all now recognise the FOSROC Super6 competition brings together very competitive squads, with the competition certainly living up to its aims, so today’s game should be a real cracker. Spectators should also watch out for the new rules brought in this season to speed up the game, for example, where a goal-line drop is given to the defending team for a hold-up, knock-in in goal, or forcing/grounding a ball which is kicking into in-goal, this rewards the defensive team with a drop-out anywhere on goal-line.

Today’s game is being televised live on FreeSports with highlights available on BBC Sport Scotland website and Scottish Rugby website. Like all clubs, we remain indebted to our sponsors and advertisers, without whose valuable regular support we would have difficulty running an all-inclusive rugby club for the benefit and enjoyment of all players and members of our community, no matter what their ability, age, or back round maybe.

I would like to offer a special word of thanks to all our sponsors, particularly our main sponsor, Wolfcraig. Wolfcraig is a new distillery that is being built at Craigforth in Stirling next year. The Wolfcraig whiskies will be original creations from two heavyweights in the Scottish whisky industry and will use the rich natural resources of the Stirling area.

Wolfcraig is keen to become an active and positive part of the local community and will be taking steps to support its development. The first of which is sponsoring local men’s and women’s sports teams, which has brought the team here today.

Our thanks also go to shirt sponsors Douglas Park Stirling, Johnston and Carmichael, and Belhaven.

Remember if you would like to purchase any Stirling County rugby clothing our shop is now online where you can access the shop by going onto the new club website.

To all our visitors, members, and supporters of the club please enjoy the rugby, enjoy your day, and keep on coming back to Bridgehaugh. Our next FOSROC Super6 fixture is against Ayrshire Bulls, on the evening of Friday 20th August, we look forward to seeing you then.

John Gibson President, Stirling County R.F.C. 2021 – 2022 THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS STIRLING COUNTY MAIN SPONSORS

STIRLING COUNTY PARTNER SPONSORS PLAYER PROFILE LOGAN TROTTER

POSITION: WINGER DATE OF BIRTH: 27/9/1998 BORN: HARROGATE

Logan was born in Harrogate and spent the first 5-6 years of his life in England before moving to Scotland where he got involved with rugby at Stirling County.

Logan has played at Stirling County all through age grade, starting at pri- mary 3 through to seniors.

He made his Scotland U20 debut against Italy during the 2017 Six Nations campaign and was included in the squad for the 2017 U20 Championship held in Georgia.

Logan has also represented Scotland at U19’s and U20’s level at the World Cup in France.

Wolfcraig Distillery is proud to support Stirling County Rugby Football Club and looks forward to welcoming you to Stirling's newest distillery in 2022.

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Wolfcraig Rugby Club ad_28.07.21.indd 1 28/07/2021 16:20 FORTHCOMING HOME FIXTURES

MENS 1ST XV 11th Sept 2021 Stirling County RFC 1st XV V Biggar RFC 1st XV

WOMENS 19th Sept 2021 Stirling County RFC 1st XV V Cartha Queens Park RFC 1st XV

Please visit our website for all fixtures. YOUR BOARD MEMBERS Directors/Trustees Chairperson - Annie Lindsay Commercial Marketing - Jenifer Spinks Company Secretary - Kevin Robertson Finance - Keith Notman HR - Amanda Harrison Communications - Gillian Duncan Vice President - Eddie Pollock President - John Gibson Bridgehaugh Board Director - Ray Mountford Company Secretary - Kevin Robertson Director - Fraser Sharp Director - Keith Notman Super6 Board Director - John Gibson Director - Eddie Pollock Director - Stuart Macgarvie Director - Cathy Gallagher Company Secretary - Ray Mountford Director - Lorne Boswell Scottish Rugby Representative - Rex Hugill Head Coach - Ben Cairns COACHES VIEW Round 3 Preview Firstly, how good is it just to have some live rugby back at Bridgehaugh. It was great to see so many familiar faces at our first match a couple of weeks ago and we hope to see many more over the course of the season. After a couple of false starts and motivation understandably dwindling within the player group, wondering when we would get back, it’s been brilliant to see the excitement grow and see exactly how much it means for these guys to be wearing the County jersey once more.

Recruitment was tough, trying to get the balance between homegrown players who were ready to play Super6 and young players who just needed to stay and play club rugby week in week out. There’s been some good news stories with the likes of George Breese, Callum Cruickshank and Craig Robertson stepping up from the Wolves and bringing Archie Russell back to the club. In the end, we are really happy with the final blend of our 32-man squad; 60% of the squad has been retained from season 1 and 40% played youth rugby at Stirling County.

The season so far has been a challenging one with a tale of near misses. We have had some really good spells within both matches, our defence has been outstanding, and we’ve shown a real clinical edge at times. We now need to improve our accuracy in attack and our discipline to ensure we are defending less and creating more opportunities to score. The boys continue to work really hard and have shown great appetite to improve so I am confident a more complete performance is just around the corner.

Heriots are in a similar boat. They came up just short against the Bears away from home in round 1, where their ill-discipline cost them, and then left themselves too much to do against a quality Knights side last Sunday. They will be hurting after such a loss in their first home match and I am sure they will come to Bridgehaugh desperate to pick up their first win and stop us from doing the same in the process.

Today’s match will be our first outing to be shown live on Freesports. It’s huge for the competition to have two matches a week broadcast live and I know the players are looking forward to the occasion. Both sides like to play an exciting brand of rugby so hopefully the weather allows, and we get another cracking game of rugby at Bridgehaugh – where would you rather be.

Ben Cairns Head Coach - Super6 Stirling County

RESPECT HONESTY PROUD INCLUSIVE COMMITTED ENJOYMENT Kilgannon Motors are delighted to support Rugby again at Bridgehaugh after a difficult time for everyone.

Good luck to all County teams for the new season!!

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T: 01786 813 476 kilgannonmotors.com COUNTY KICKBACK BENEFITS As part of our wider engagement with the local community, Stirling County RFC have teamed up with several businesses to offer our members exclusive discounts on products and services.

BUSINESSES If your business would like to be part of our County Kickbacks Scheme, there is no cost to be part of this. Please email [email protected] and we will be in touch with further information.

INDIVIDUALS There is no charge for Stirling County RFC members to be part of this scheme. Please email [email protected] and we will be in touch shortly.

Visit our website to see our full list of County Kickbacks currenty available. More businesses will be added as and when they sign up. NEXT HOME MATCH The next matches at Bridgehaugh will be Stirling County v Ayrshire Bulls in the FOSROC SUPER6 on Friday 20th August - 7.30pm

There is a pre-match evening meal at this game with tickets at £20 for members and £30 for non-members

Please email Emma McDonald to book places: [email protected]

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We hope you have an enjoyable day