Scottish Club Rugby Podcast - Episode 12 - 16.11.23

Scottish Club Rugby Podcast

In this week's podcast - the only podcast to cover exclusively club rugby in Scotland - Stuart and Dale discuss last weekend's results and look ahead to Saturday's matches as we approach the business end of the league with only a few games to be played before the Christmas break.
We'd like to thank the following clubs for supporting the podcast - Hawick, Marr, Selkirk, Jedforest, Kelso, Glasgow Hawks, Ayr, Melrose, Gala, Peebles, Stirling County, Berwick and Stewart's-Melville. You can hear from these clubs in every episode of the podcast throughout the season.
In the Premiership, it's derby weekend with two Edinburgh derbies, two Border clashes and a West Coast tussle. At the bottom end of the table it's a crucial game at Riverside Park between Jedforest and Selkirk. 17 points separate the two clubs and a win for Jedforest is essential if they're to keep their Premiership ambitions alive. We hear from coaches of both clubs, David Grieve (Jed) and Sesh Henderson (Selkirk).
In National 1 Ayr are the runaway leaders with 10 wins out of 10 - their head coiach Grant Anderson gives us an update on his thoughts as his team closes in on promotion.
National 2 is far more competitive - Five teams are still in contention in the top half of the table with Lasswade currently on top, but have played one more game than the other four. Newton Stewart are on a roll winning their last seven matches. It's another important weekend for all the clubs in that league.
National 3 sees Preston Lodge on top but Orkney (in second spot) are still unbeaten. Howe of Fife and Allan Glen's aren't far behind these two in another wide open contest for that one promotion spot, while in National 4 it's Garnock with a clean sweep of nine straight bonus point victories who are getting all the headlines. Could they do what Marr have done in coming from the regional leagues right up to the very top table? We discuss that.
On Rugby Radio this weekend at www.rugbyradio.co.uk you can hear three and a half hours of live rugby direct from Riverside Park with full commentary of the relegation battle between Jedforest and Selkirk in the Premiership, plus live score updates from across the country and interviews from the Hawick 150th Anniversary dinner on Friday night with Stuart McFarlane.
Don't forget to check out highlights on Sunday of Jedforest v Selkirk and Kelso v Hawick on Borders Rugby TV at www.bordersrugby.net and YouTube.
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Chapters

1. Premiership (00:00:00)

2. National 1 (00:29:51)

3. National 2 (00:51:36)

4. National 3 (01:17:23)

5. National 4 (01:21:28)