Reports For Season 2005 - 06

January 21st 2006

Strathclyde Police 5 v Clydebank 22

Report by Mick Duncan

Clydebank’s fringe players took full advantage of this rare starting opportunity to record a comfortable victory over their law enforcing counterparts.  With tackling as ferocious as you’re ever likely to witness and a developing sense of a genuine team spirit, the signs are there that something quite exciting is bubbling up below the auspices of the first XV.  No one grasped the nettle quite like converted wrestler and rugby initiate John Taylor.  With impressive athleticism and an unflinching attitude, a single try didn’t seem just reward for the havoc he’d created amongst the boys in blue.  The first half was simply excellent.  Belying the soggy conditions underfoot, the Bank came out playing some sumptuous rugby.  Smart rucking, strong set piece (Stevie Gibson with an impressive three strikes against the head in the scrum) and clap-of-doom tackling the red-and blacks raced into a four try lead.  Davie Smart, who adding a bit of experience as well as trademark strong running was the first to crash through the police line.  Jim Welson then gobbled up 16-year-old Scott Phillips’ scoring pass to saunter over in the corner.  The coaching staff especially pleased with two trips to try-town coming from defensive turnovers.  The third try a mesmerising solo effort from scrumhalf Ally Mcdermid.  Ally, opportunistic in exploiting a poorly covered narrow side, was able to accelerate away from three despairing tackle attempts before finally touching down.  Full of confidence and to no little credit the Bank stuck to the game plan and continued to unselfishly attempt to build multiple phases.  Behind this platform John Taylor’s power was too much for the hapless defence and Red and Blacks had this one tied up.  The second half was, especially in comparison with what it had followed, a huge disappointment.  With a raft of substitutions and innumerable handling errors, the game petered out into a stop start affair.  Literally moving from scrum to scrum to scrum to scrum to scrum to…... This particularly protracted pattern of play pretty much consumed the entire forty minutes, the entertainment value ever depreciating towards the realm of the puerile.  There was enough time however for two of the youth side, Michael Starkey and Ross Douglas, to make stout debuts.  After this useful learning exercise its back to league business for both teams and two big games this Saturday.  Paisley are the visitors to Whitecrook (2pm) and passions could run high after an ill-tempered encounter earlier in the year in which the Bankies suffered  their most disappointing defeat of the season.  The second team will make the short trip to Garscube to face a strong Glasgow Uni team.  Emerging from this week’s action with both confidence and experience in advancement, the Bank’s emerging players will look to this one with relish..

September 24th

Clydebank 27 v Cumnock 5

Report by Mick Duncan

A welcome winning start to the season for a strong looking second string outfit.  Graeme Smart, unlucky to miss out on 1^st team selection, was the star of the show with two well-taken tries.  Not far behind was the powerful Scott McElney whose brace of tries rewarded an impressive comeback performance.  Rugby debutante Vinny Nelis eased into the halfback slot as this season’s mixture of old and new illustrated how it should be done.  The only disappointment was an injury-precipitated premature finish as Cumnock’s squad was pulled past its limits.  Tough trip to Stewartry next week the reward for the victorious Bankies.

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