03/05/2025
S1 - Quins v Musselburgh - 2 May 2025 This was Quins first game at Portobello High School and a sizeable crowd – well over a hundred - gathered to watch the last full game of the season. Many thanks to the S2’s and S3’s who turned out to support their clubmates and parents and other family members who made it along! Quins last played Musselburgh back in a pre-season game in September. It was a close affair 28 – 28 with Quins snatching a draw with the last kick of game.It turned out to not be quite as close today as Quins had one of their best performances of the season to run out eventual 87 – 31 winners over a spirited Musselburgh team who didn’t give up despite being short of numbers on the day. Kudos to Dylan, Bruce, Rory M and Zac who all took turns helping Musselburgh out alongside putting in good shifts for the home team.The first try came early for Quins and set the scene for what was to come. The ball was worked well through the hands to Kharim who rounded the cover to score. Luke knocked the kick over to make it 7 – 0. Quins quickly made it 14 -0 after a great steal from Charlie in the ruck allowed Brayden to make ground down the middle before Kharim scored again. This time Cameron added the extras. Musselburgh hit back with a strong run from the halfway line to make it 14 – 7, however Quins then took full control of the first third. The forwards were competing well at the rucks and providing great ball for the backs to spread it along the line. Danny and Hamish set up Rory M, who dummied the last defender to score, Cameron stole the ball with a great jackal at a ruck setting up Luke to make a break and feed Kharim the ball for his third try. Another big hit in defence led to a turnover which Kharim ran in from his own 22 to break Musselburgh hearts. Cameron finished the scoring for the first third with a try of his own. The score was now 40 – 7 with Cameron and Luke sharing the kicking duties.The second third carried on where the first had started. Hamish scored after some great rucking by the team, Charlie charged through after a set play from a lineout, before the best try of the day which came after Quins had won the ball on their own line and kept it alive time after time through great team play, with some strong running from Leo, before Cameron burst through after a sumptuous offload by Rory T. Rory T then scored to finish off a good passing move just before Musselburgh got the last score of the second third, to add to another try earlier in this period. The score at the end of the second third was 66 – 19 to Quins.Musselburgh kept plugging away despite the scoreboard and Quins were still having to defend, Hamish and Rory T both made some excellent hits on strong Musselburgh runners. Bruce set up a try for Callum after a strong run from a tap penalty. It was then score for score for the rest of the game. Kharim who was back on for the final third scored 2 near identical tries from Musselburgh kick offs – both set up by Rory M who took the kick off, drew the defenders and set Kharim free. Musselburgh scored a couple of well worked tries of their own to make the final score 87 – 31.This was a great performance by the boys, a real squad effort with a debut for Murdo, and great contributions from Max, Oliver, Edgar, Gregor, and Daniel. It was exciting to see how they have all come together over the season and really grown as a team. Onwards and upwards for S2. Well done boys, you should all be extremely proud of yourselves, and thank you to all of the parents for ferrying the boys to games and training.
