County braced for big tests

will have played Ayr, Currie, Heriot’s and Melrose.

Tries from Andrew Goudie, Craig Robertson, Ewan Mcgarvie, and Cameron Henderson plus a penalty try suggested they are not far away.

Accies coach Derek O’riordan was far from downhearted despite shipping five tries. He said: “We have shown we are at the same level as the teams we are playing against for certain portions of the game. Other portions of the game, we have shown mistakes that we would have got away with in National One but are not getting away with in the Premiership.

“So we need to tighten up if we are to stand a chance of coming close to a win.”

He took heart from the way the team fought back, with two touchdowns from Cammy Gray and one from Neil Armstrong, but they had left themselves too far behind.