BT National League Division 3
Hughenden, Glasgow - Saturday 28th October 2017
HILLHEAD / JORDANHILL 31, ORKNEY 25

Both sides started off slowly, for Orkney it was straight from bus to pitch so it took 15 minutes for Orkney get in the game.

Both sides exchanged penalty kicks with Adam Watt plus Cameron Gray scored his 1st try of the season, converted by Adam Watt.
Orkney controlled the game well and kept to their new structure which is now starting to become second nature to the players. They turned at half time still in the game.

After the break Hillhead/Jordanhill started strongly and scored a couple of tries in the 3rd 1/4 of the match which caught Orkney out and put them on the back foot.
On minute 65 Hillhead/Jordanhill had blown their gasket and Orkney took hold of the game scoring 2 tries in the last quarter by Scott & Craig Rendall and both converted by Adam Watt.

Orkney squandered 2 potential tries due to small errors but there were more positives to take away from the match than negatives.
So now this coming  Saturday's match at home on the centre pitch at the Picky against Haddington is more than ever a must win game for Orkney RFC.

Training this week is Tues at the Club on grass & at KGS on 3G both starting at 6:00pm.

Here's your Orkney RFC First XV to face Hillhead / Jordanhill in Glasgow tomorrow at 11am:

Here’s the Orkney Women's team to face Banff this weekend: #fire #dragons

With 3 away games and 1 at home, its a busy Saturday for ORFC:

• The 1st XV are away v Hillhead Jordanhill RFC. They play at Hughenden, Glasgow, G12 9XP with an 11am kick-off. A reminder to any spectators who are interested the pre-match breakfast at 9:45 that bookings should be made by 4pm today (Thursday 26th). See message from Bernie Mitchell below.

• The U18s are away v Huntly / Moray at Gordon Schools Playing Fields, Huntly, AB54 4SH. ***Postponed due to ferry cancellation ***
  

• Orkney Women are away v Banff Ladies RFC at Duff House Sports Clubhouse, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB45 3SX. Kick off is at 11:30
  

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• And if you're suffering from rugby withdrawal and fancy a fun match with some banter about how "things were better in my day!", there's an Internal Rugby Match on the Picky Centre Pitch with a 12:30 Kick-off..
  Players should meet at 11:30 to give enough time to get ready but if you turn up at 1225 you will still get a game or part of the game.
  It’s a game for all comers regardless of age, fitness levels, newcomers to rugby etc
  

​​ORCADIAN RUGBY FANS LIVING IN GLASGOW
SATURDAY the 28th OCTOBER – HILLHEAD/JORDANHILL vs ORKNEY
BT NATIONAL LEAGUE 3 – KICK OFF 11.00 @ G12 9XP

​Tonight's women's training will be 6-7:30 at the riding centre due to the weather.

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BT National League Division 3
Pickaquoy Infield - Saturday 14th October
​​Orkney RFC 68, Dalziel RFC 5

​​Orkney RFC were needing to turn their season around and build over the next 4 weeks to get at least 16 points or more to push them up the table of National 3.

The tension was on all the faces of the squad even though they tried to hide it, it was there because we knew we had to put a performance together no matter how good or indifferent it could be to ensure 4 as a minimum and then build from there to get a BP to make it a 5 pt game.

Orkney as always started strong and put Dalziel under huge pressure for the first 15 minutes, as per normal for the season, Orkney were embedded on Dalziel 22 without putting points on the board, but eventually the resilient Dalziel’s line was broken by Robbie Firth then converted by Danny Bain. Once the defensive line had been broken Orkney remembered where the try line was and started to build on their early pressure.