Montrose Juniors at Murrayfield - The Evidence!

For those who weren't there - Here are some pictures and a video of the Guard of Honour as Robbie ran onto the pitch with Edinburgh and Scotland Captain Mike Blair.

Montrose "Do" Munster at Murrayfield

The P6/7 and S1/2 players that took part.

On Friday 23rd Oct , 18 players ( P6 to S2) and a few coaches/adults from Montrose Junior Rugby headed for Murrayfield in the rain. The Montrose players trained on the back pitches with Edinburgh players and SRU coaches for 1 hour with other selected clubs from across Scotland.

After a quick change in the bus, into tracksuits and jackets, we headed into the grounds for some well deserved food.

All the players were then ushered onto the main pitch to act as the guard of honour for the Edinburgh v Munster match. The kids stood on either side of the tunnel and watched the players run on for the start of the match.

Robbie MacDonald ( s1) was selected to act as a mascot for the Edinburgh team and got to meet all the players and have his photo taken with them prior to the match then he ran out onto the pitch with Edinburgh Captain , Mike Blair.

A huge thank you to all the adults (and Sam!) that helped look after all the players.

A big thank you goes to all the players for representing Montrose so well.

The kids at the match - Go Edinburgh !

North Angus U15's

North Angus U15's with Coach Malcolm McEwan.

The U15's took on Lathallan school last Thursday for a "friendly" match. The idea of the session was developemental for both sides. Although Lathallan won the U15's played strong rugby with the backs pulling out all the stops. Well done.

Glenrothes Match - Date changed.

Due to the tattie holidays we have rearranged the S1/2 home match against Glenrothes.
This will now be played on Sunday 18th Oct (KO 11.00).
Could all players please be at Union Park for 10.00 .

Strathmore S1/2s visit Montrose

Today saw Union Park at its best. Loads of kids playing rugby on a bright sunny day. Strathmore brought up a squad of 13 players from Forfar with many familiar faces from last year's P6/7 side.

The game was made up of three fifteen minute sessions and Strathie kicked off with Montrose playing down the slope. Montrose made a slow start and this allowed Strathmore's speedy backs to break loose. Into the second session, Montrose demonstrated some quality interplay and much more determination. This led to two well executed tries by Stewart Watson. The third session was also close and the difference was three breakaway tries from the Strathmore backs.

While Strathmore were comfortable winners, the Montrose team showed real sprit to fight back into the match. Also, many of the players showed significant improvement throughout the game.

Kevin Mitchell, Strathie Sharks' Chairman was at the match. Afterwards he sent an email to say "We always enjoy our visits to Montrose and although the scoreline flattered us, your team never gave up and had some great passages of play." Well done to all the players and see you all at training.

Montrose S1/2 Team

New Coaching session - S1/2

There is an extra coaching session for S1/2 at Montrose Academy at 1pm on a Monday lunchtime.
This will be run by Stewart Ross and is on while the school is open.
Dont forget your boots and gum shields.

S1/2 Match at Brechin

This was the first S1/2 match of the season and with a 15 strong squad we all went to Brechin.

We had a few new faces in the squad and it was the first time that the boys had played for 1 hour on a full size pitch.

The forwards put in an excellent display against a strong and abrasive Brechin pack with Montrose winning most of our own scrums and stealing a few. There were strong displays in rucks and mauls with Captain Liam leading by example.

The backs were passing well and with strong lines being run at pace. This gave them space to make breaks and score some quality tries.

Lee Thomas, S1/2 coach said “This was a great start to the season and all the boys showed commitment and played good rugby. It was nice to see them using what we have been working on in training in the match. Stewart Watson was man of the match scoring 4 tries. While Brechin came out on top, they should all be very proud of how they performed.”

Man of the Match Stewart Watson

The S1/2 has a match next week against Strathmore at Montrose. We look forward to seeing everyone at training on Tuesday. Feel free to encourage friends to come along.