Shire 45 West Scotland 35

Aberdeenshire took the opportunity to celebrate the90th birthday of former player Ryland Cope, who was the club’s guest for the afternoon, and the number of points they scored equated to half of Cope’s age in years in a game which yielded 80 points.

The win was key but the Shire performance left coach Alex Duncan looking for more.

He said: “It was fine that