County head coach Cairns rues key errors
There was huge disappointment for Stirling County head coach Ben Cairns on Saturday at Heriots as a couple of errors at key moments left the Bridgehaugh side empty handed after a game in which they held the upper hand for lengthy spells.
The FOSROC Super6 side went down 29-19 at Goldenacre after leading 12-8 at the interval.
“It’s really frustrating. We are repeating the same things weekly at the moment. We are getting ourselves in good positions then not converting,”said Cairns .
“I feel that we are in the right areas then we are coughing up the ball too cheaply and making it easy for the opposition to get back up the park and into our 22. That was compounded by not being able to win a kick-off – every time we score, we drop the kick-off and we’re back into our 22 very quickly.”
However, he is confident that a win is close.“The positive is that they are things we should be able to fix – they are pretty small things, like a bit of accuracy that we’re missing.
“If we get that accuracy, we feel we’ve got enough there to beat teams. It’s frustrating but the boys will regroup and we’ve got to bear in mind that we’ve got three of the next four games at home.”
Stirling Wolves lost their final Tennent’s National League Division 1 match of 2019 at home to Watsonians but picked up a losing bonus point in the 20-17 reverse.
Calum McPherson and Ross McKnight crossed the whitewash for Stirling and skipper Jonny Hope kicked seven points.