Currie 25 - 11 Edinburgh Accies: Currie simply too strong for plucky Accies

CURRIE remain on course for a league and cup double after beating Edinburgh Accies in a cracking Scottish Hydro Cup tie last night.

Accies broke the deadlock with a penalty by David O'Hagen. That sparked the hosts into life and they responded with lock Ryan Wilson grabbing a try.

Johnny Smith missed the conversion but added the extras after fleet-footed winger Willie Moala sprinted in for try No 2 and again when Alan Whittingham touched down for the third.

Currie repelled a series of drives just before the break but could not prevent Jamie Sole squeezing in at the corner.

The home side moved the score on to 22-8 with a penalty from Smith early in the second-half but again they failed to kill off a determined Accies, who clawed their way back into the contest through a Ruaridh Bonner penalty. But Smith slotted his second penalty and Currie booked their place in the quarter-final draw.

Scorers: Currie: Tries: Wilson, Moala, Whittingham. Cons: Smith (2). Pens: Smith (2). Edinburgh Accies: Try: Sole. Pens: O'Hagen, Bonner.

Currie: S Walker, W Moala, G White, A MacMahon, A Whittingham, J Smith, R Snedden, J Cox, N Scobie, A Hamilton, R Wilson, A Adam, M Cairns, J Thomson, R Weston Subs used: A Reekie, M Erskine, J Taggart, I Downie

Edinburgh Accies: J Sole, D Rattray, M Coupar, T Steven, C Dickie, D O'Hagen, M Campbell, D McLeod, D Cherry, S Patience, E Stuart, G Campbell, R Snape, T Drennan, D Teague. Subs used: C Stuart, R Bonner.

Referee: J Matthew (Stewart's Melville)