Ayr 44 - 22 Aberdeen GSFP: Ayr men step up battle for cup places
The clutch of fringe players in the home ranks were playing for squad places at the National Stadium and Kenny Murray has a headache of who to omit from his cup final squad.
Scotland Club XV flanker Rob Colhoun’s place in the final was already assured, even before his first half hat-trick of tries put the match out of Aberdeen’s reach.
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Hide AdRobbie Fergusson was a lot less accurate from the kicking tee – two from eight with the boot simply isn’t a good-enough average at this level.
Trailing 3-22 at half time, then 3-34 to tries by Richard Dalgleish and Mark Stewart, Aberdeen responded with well-worked tries by Grant Walker and Steve Aitken, but the Ayr pack ratcheted-up the pressure, replacement Hadyn Wisnewski stormed over and the late tries by Morgan Ward for the visitors and Cammy Taylor for Ayr were mere froth on the top.