Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Rugby: Highland bounce back with vital win in National 1

Canal Park, home of Highland RFC. Image: Sandy McCook/DC Thomson
Highland got back to winning ways at Canal Park. Image: Sandy McCook / DC Thomson

Highland made the best of home comforts, surging back to form at Canal Park with a five-try win against Biggar.

Davie Carson’s side ran out convincing 35-16 winners, keeping them in contention for a tilt at promotion from National League 1.

Highland head coach Carson was delighted his charges had put behind them the demons of last week when they underachieved in Glasgow against GHK, keeping the pressure on the Lanarkshire side throughout both halves.

He said: “We were a different team today, in their faces right from the off. The result was never in doubt.

“We had some outstanding performances, including two tries from winger Magnus Henry who tortured his opposite number in both halves.

“Our distribution was perfect. But we are not getting carried away, there are tough challenges to come, not least at Kelso next week who are emerging as one of (the) best teams in this highly competitive league.”

Highland dominated the first half, running in three tries, two of which were converted by the reliable home stand off Scott Fraser who went on to add to his ever-growing tally in the second half, converting two tries and kicking one penalty.

The home try scorers were Henry (2), replacement lock Owen McDonald (2) and flanker Alfie Kinsella. The visitors were restricted to three penalties and a second half converted try.

Defeat for Orkney

In Kirkwall, Orkney suffered their first defeat in four outings in National League 3.

The islanders contributed in part to their own 38-28 reverse against West of Scotland by failing to take advantage of a strong following wind in the first half to trail 17-16.

A stirring second half by the islanders almost compensated but despite scoring two late tries were unable to claim a losing bonus point but had the consolation of try bonus point for their four tries.

The Orkney touchdowns were attributed to Scott Rendall, Ali Morgan, James Donahoe and Connor Hancock who also kicked two penalties and a conversion.

Head coach Derek Robb was disappointed with the outcome but pleased with the overall performance.

He said: “Considering we only came up last season, this was a good showing against a team who have won their first four games and sure to be one of the sides pushing for promotion.

“We ran them close and now know what it takes if you are going to be up there, but it’s gut-wrenching. We’ll just have to knuckle down in training next week before our trip to Howe of Fife.”

Conversation