Anyone inclined to doubt the competitive nature of the RBS Premiership should have been at Rubislaw on Saturday and surveyed the lung-bursting efforts of Stirling County's ubiquitous No.8, Stevie Swindall, as the visitors first dominated then clung on for dear life throughout a fraught climax to secure a potentially priceless 28-27 win against their fellow-strugglers Aberdeen Grammar.
Anyone inclined to doubt the competitive nature of the RBS Premiership should have been at Rubislaw on Saturday and surveyed the lung-bursting efforts of Stirling County's ubiquitous No.8, Stevie Swindall, as the visitors first dominated then clung on for dear life throughout a fraught climax to secure a potentially priceless 28-27 win against their fellow-strugglers Aberdeen Grammar.
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Neil Drysdale
As Swindall said yesterday, the victory was "massive, in a make-or-break situation", as he reflected on a titanic clash, one where he scored a pair of tries and County moved 28-5 in front, only for the hosts to launch a terrific recovery which would would have produced victory but for the uncharacteristic lapses of their stand-off, the Glasgow Warriors professional Scott Wight, who missed five kicks out of six.
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