Rugby: Murrayfield back on track

John Mackenzie scored two tries as Murrayfield Wanderers bounced back from an opening day defeat to see off Irvine 47-7 in National One.

The Capital side ran in seven tries to get their campaign up and running. As well as the two scores by No. 8 Mackenzie, the other tries came from player/coach Rupeni Ragia, fellow Fijian Apenai Kororua, Jonny Lyons, captain Arran Richards and Scott Fraser.

Scrum-half Murray Johnstone kicked the remainder of the points and Wanderers team manager James Bartolo said: "The guys had to work hard to create the chances and when they got them they took them so it was a pleasing performance ahead of our trip up to Ellon this coming weekend."

Lasswade are still top of the division after their second thumping win of the campaign.

This time around, like Irvine before them, Ellon were put to the sword at Hawthornden, 48-12.

At the other end of the table RHC Cougars and Edinburgh University have both lost their first two matches. On Saturday RHC went down 32-15 at home to Greenock Wanderers, while the students were defeated 34-22 at Peffermill by Langholm.

In National Three Forrester, Preston Lodge, Ross High and North Berwick all lost away.

Forrester went down 22-12 at Helensburgh, PL came back from Orkney with a losing bonus point after a 14-11 loss, while Ross High and North Berwick were defeated at Cumbernauld and Marr respectively.