Rugby: Preston Lodge triumph is fitting tribute to Cunningham

Preston LODGE'S players ended a sad week for the club on a high with a 36-0 win over Ross High in National Three.

Early last week the club's honorary president Peter Cunningham passed away and there was a minute's silence before the East Lothian derby. After that, the match took a while to get going but, following the sin-binning of visiting skipper Bruce Stoddart, the hosts took a 12-0 lead into half-rime, Paul Voy's try being added to by seven points from the boot of Greg Leitch.

Straight after the restart, Andrew Archer finished off a well worked try and that score ended the match as a contest with Preston Lodge going on to add 19 more points.

The win leaves PL in third spot behind Marr and Orkney, while Ross High have lost seven out of seven this season.

North Berwick lost 42-15 away to GHK, while Forrester battled to a 36-34 home victory over Hawick Linden.

Edinburgh University showed they will be a force to be reckoned with in the coming weeks in National One as they defeated Lasswade 29-25 at Peffermill.

Livingston kept their strong start to the season going, edging out Murrayfield Wanderers 30-27, while RHC Cougars defeated Linlithgow 20-13. The win moves RHC six points clear of the drop zone.