Rugby: Atkin four-midable in Broughton rout

JAMES ATKIN led the way with four tries as Broughton won 133-0 against Liberton on Saturday to make sure they ended the first half of the season with a 100 per cent record.

The Wardie men have a nine-point lead at the top of East Two after nine matches and have scored 427 points and let in just 66 as they aim to return to East One at the first attempt.

More than 200 of those points have come in the last two weeks after an 84-0 win at Queensferry was followed up by Saturday's home mauling of Liberton.

As well as Atkin's four tries, 17 others were scored with other notable personal feats seeing Jeremy Harper and Rory Ballantyne grabbing hat-tricks.

The only bad point for Broughton on the afternoon was Paul Later's broken collarbone.

Elsewhere in East Two on Saturday, Queensferry lost at Gala YM 86-0, Inverleith lost at St Boswells, RDVC went down 14-8 at Walkerburn and Leith won 21-15 at Edinburgh Northern.

In East One, Trinity Accies defeated leaders Duns 16-15 to keep their own good form going, while Portobello disposed of Moray House 47-12 at Cavalry Park.

There were also wins for Lismore and Dunbar, but Penicuik lost 29-26 at home to Hawick Harlequins.