It was great to see the team back at the The Meadows enjoying a crisp dry day with super support as ever.

The previous meeting of the two teams was a difficult encounter with numbers depleting for Deeside during the game with the game ending early as a result.

Today was a better game as Deeside had a full team for the majority of the day. This gave the team a tougher task with Deeside getting two tries in the game.

It was a difficult game to keep the score so we have reported the referee's result 54-14 to Ellon.

Good passing and game play was on show through the game with lots of ground made by getting the ball wide on the pitch.
Through the game the back line showed their quality with tough tackling and good continuity.

This worked best when the forwards and packs stayed connected. One such section of play resulted in a great team try that Deeside could not do anything about - they were put on the back foot by forwards and backs working together providing good running lines and physical play.

Although there were good performances all over the pitch and the final score did not flatter the team there are still plenty of areas to improve on. The key one being getting the full team connected more of the time during games. If we can achieve this the team will be much better prepared for days when they need to grind out a result.

POTM day goes to Euan Redpath for always being a threat with the ball in hand as well as being dominant in tackles.

Congratulations to Euan and the whole team for a great effort.