Stirling County 50 - 26 Selkirk: County make a very big impression on Selkirk

County ran up the Premier One season's first half-century in glorious weather at Bridgehaugh as they overpowered a Selkirk side unable to make up for their lack of forward bulk.

Seven tries from different players underlined the quality of the team performance by the home side, although the Borderers kept battling and sneaked a bonus in injury time with Edinburgh pro Lee Jones' score.

"We're a young team and we have to concentrate for longer and stop giving up gifts," said County director of rugby Eddie Pollock in reference to his team giving up a try bonus point in three of four games thus far.

County's big teenagers Grant Gilchrist and Danny Gilmour caused havoc on the charge while Stuart Edwards had an armchair ride behind his dominant pack, scoring a try and kicking seven from eight attempts at goal for a 20-point haul. The home side scored four tries in the first 14 minutes of the second quarter to clinch the contest.

Selkirk coach Graham Marshall wouldn't use the men missing from his pack as any excuse, crediting County for the quality of their performance."We know we aren't as physical and big as anyone else in Prem One so we've got to be clever and disciplined and we weren't either of those at times today," he said.

Scorers: Stirling County: Tries: Gilmour, Clarke, S Edwards, T Edwards, Addison, McGowan, Simpson. Cons: S Edwards (6). Pen: S Edwards. Selkirk: Tries: Harkness, N Godsmark, Weller, Jones. Cons: Cassidy (3).

Stirling County: R McGowan; G Lindsay, D Gilmour, J Hope, B Addison; S Edwards, S Kennedy; D Morrison, J Graham, C Black; T Edwards, G Gilchrist; C Eadie, T Clarke, C Deacons. Subs: G Mountford, A Simpson, S Robertson, G Calder, C Shaw.

Selkirk: F Harkness; N Godsmark, D Cassidy, R Armstrong, L Jones; G Craig, M McVie; R Taylor, S Forrest, M Weller; C Marshall, K Connor; N Darling, C Johnston, A Renwick. Subs: A Lyall, R Godsmark, I Walling, C Wood, R Crockett.

Referee: P Allan (Watsonians).