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Ayr 21 Currie 7: Climo adds brains to champions’ brawn

IT was hardly a feast of running rugby, but once the dust had settled on this bruising battle, Ayr had emerged as deserved victors, after ending their opponents’ unbeaten record in the Scottish Hydro Premiership, whilst reinvigorating their own title defence with a win which owed everything to their sheer brawny conviction.

Indeed, it was wonderfully compelling to watch Damien Kelly’s troops grab the match by the scruff of the neck and their take-no-prisoners philosophy ultimately squeezed the life out of Currie.