Accies all ready to Rocky for a good cause

EDINBURGH ACCIES rugby players will make their seasonal bow tonight - in the boxing ring.

Sell-out signs are up for a dinner/boxing evening at Edinburgh Academy primary school gymnasium which will act as a fund raiser for the rugby club's BATS youth project and also the "Hearts and Balls" charity to assist injured players. Organisers Stuart Paterson and Paul Arnold threw out the challenge to other clubs in Central Scotland and after summer training at the Lochend boxing club gym they are on the following card (Accies names first) formulated after careful match-making advice:

Jim Oliphant v Stuart Mackintosh (Murrayfield Wanderers), Jonny Letham v Dave Robertson (Murrayfield Wanderers), Chris Dickie v Jonny Elliott (Heriot's), Ross Browne v Ricky Simms (Murrayfield Wanderers), Stuart Paterson v Cameron Bruce (Heriot's), Phil Jenkinson v Stuart McAllister (Falkirk), Paul Arnold v Andy Russell (Watsonians) , Tom Drennan v Grant Somerville (Currie) , Robin Snape v Matt Morrell (Falkirk), Matt Coupar v Liam Ramage (Currie), Simon Cross v Sean Campbell (Heriot's), Baden Cashmore v John Robertson (Heriot's), Nathan Pike v Nick Fraser (Boroughmuir).