’Muir can climb table after key win, says Rose

By GARY HEATLY at MEGGETLAND
Published 1st Dec 2014, 00:00 BST
Somewhere underneath his celebrating team-mates, Boroughmuir captain Andy Rose scores his teams opening try. Picture: Gordon FraserSomewhere underneath his celebrating team-mates, Boroughmuir captain Andy Rose scores his teams opening try. Picture: Gordon Fraser
Somewhere underneath his celebrating team-mates, Boroughmuir captain Andy Rose scores his teams opening try. Picture: Gordon Fraser
Boroughmuir captain Andy Rose knows it was not pretty, but believes this win over Edinburgh Accies can help give his side the belief they need to climb up the BT Premiership table.

Boroughmuir 22-16 Edinburgh Accies

Scorers: Boroughmuir: Tries: Rose, Laidlaw, Visser. Pen: Laidlaw. Cons: Laidlaw (2). Edinburgh Accies: Try: Glashan. Pens: Glashan (3). Con: Glashan.

With second bottom playing bottom at Meggetland it was always going to be edgy, and in the first 20 minutes there were more mistakes from both sides than you would normally see in a full match. But things did improve and there were glimpses of individual brilliance from the likes of stand-offs Chris Laidlaw and Alex Glashan to brighten up proceedings.

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And for Boroughmuir, who had lost six out of seven league matches before this, the most important thing was the win. They fought back from 9-7 and 16-10 down with tries from Laidlaw and replacement winger Sep Visser.

Rose, who was his usual industrious self in the back row, said: “We knew this would be a tough match because Accies had a couple of wins before the break for the Autumn Tests.

“Things didn’t really go for us early on, but we were still in the match at half-time and we just asked the guys to stay patient and composed and the points would come. Chris Laidlaw then sparked us into life a bit with a good try and that gave us the confidence to get another one to secure the victory.