Bulls stay in hunt despite Heriot’s defeat
Despite a surge from Murchie’s men to close the half they couldn’t get over the line.
Heriot’s stretched the lead on 47 minu t e s w i t h a n o t h e r opportunistic score.
A dropped ball in the midfield release the hosts, with Callum Marshall finishing off a string of passes to touch down.
The second try came as a wakeup call for Murchie’s men, who sprung into life and started to look dangerous.
Territory turned to points three minutes later, with Ross Thompson converting from the tee from a deliberate knock- on by Hill – he was shown yellow for the infringement.
The Bulls continued to control proceedings and narrowed the gap after an hour.
Sam Kitchen was first to get over but Heriot’s did well to hold the ball up.
From the resulting scrum Blair Macpherson made no mistake in his effort. Thompson converted to make it a 12- 10 ball game.
As the game marched into its final stage it was neck- and- neck before a lapse in concentration resulted in a flurry of Heriot’s scores.
Two tries three minutes apart all but sealed the result, with the Bulls staring down a 26- 10 deficit.
Playing for pride, hooker Alex McGuire managed to end the afternoon on a high for the Bulls, scoring from a maul to narrow the margin.
Heriot’s flanker Jack McLean was named FOSROC Man of the Match.
The Bulls now have a three- week window before they travel for a play- off semi- final.
With Watsonians v Southern Knights postponed due to weather, they’ll have to wait to find out where they are headed.
A lot of their scores were pretty soft from our perspective.