Ayr look to go for four-in-a-row in 2018 when they travel to
Goldenacre tomorrow to play Heriots.
Currently sitting fifth in the BT Premiership, Heriots trail a playoff spot by just one point. After a five point ‘derby day’ victory over Marr last week Ayr have moved into second- but Currie have a game in hand so there will be plenty of attention on their matchup against Stirling.
The two sides met in the league back in October when Ayr soared
to an emphatic 41-17 victory. The scores came from a brace of tries by Frazier Climo
and Craig Gossman, with Grant Anderson dotting down as well. Scott Lyle added
14 from the boot and Paddy Dewhirst nailed one conversion.
The squad to play Heriots tomorrow has had a reshuffle from
last week’s. Stafford McDowall and Robbie Smith are both unavailable due to
Scotland U20s commitments. In their place Lewis Anderson starts at hooker and
Scott Lyle moves to fly-half, with Frazier Climo slotting into Stafford’s usual
12 jersey.
On the wing Robbie Nairn is unavailable through injury so youngster
Matt Davidson gets his second start of the season. Davidson put in an
impressive 80 minutes at centre against Melrose a few weeks ago and now moves
to 14. Jamie Bova is on the bench.
With Lewis Anderson starting Ruairidh Sayce comes in as 16th
man.
The second XV are also in action at Goldenacre, taking on
Heriots’ 2nd XV at 2pm.
It has been a tougher
start to 2018 for Ayr’s 2s. After narrow loses to Glasgow Hawks and Stirling
County they will be looking to get back to winning ways tomorrow.
If you can’t make it to Goldenacre tomorrow you can follow
all of the action on our social media channels, including a live blow-by-blow report
on Twitter @OfficialAyrRFC.
Ayr team: G. Anderson, Davidson, McCluskey, Climo, Gossman,
Lyle, Armstrong; Hislop, L. Anderson, Longwell, Macpherson, Sutherland, Spinks,
Stokes, McCallum (C)
Substitutes: Sayce, Hunter, Agnew, Dewhirst, Bova
2nd XV: Gray, Gilmour, McCorkindale, Pinkerton,
Hamilton, Warr, Young (C); Paterson, Collier, Prentice, Brown, Richardson,
Badenhorst, Rae, Reece.
Substitutes: Miller, Arthur, Howie, Chan
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