Endrick’s streak comes to an end

First defeat for visitors after three straight wins

Allan Glen’s..46 Strathendrick .7

Flying high after three impressive league and cup wins Endrick were brought back to earth on Saturday when they went to Bishopbriggs to face an unbeaten Allan Glen’s.

The home side took the lead with a penalty after only seven minutes and followed it up a few minutes later with a try out wide, the scorer then converting to put his side into double figures with only 12 minutes played.

Endrick tried to get their game going but a loose pass in midfield was intercepted and the Fintry defence was outpaced and Glen’s second try was under the posts for an easy conversion. That was soon followed by a third converted try and before the interval the home side had scored again when another Endrick move broke down. That gave Glen’s a 29-0 lead and the try bonus point.

Early in the second half Endrick’s line was again under severe pressure and from a lineout five meters out Glen’s forced their way over for their fifth try.

At last, with an hour played and 0-34 down, Endrick were able to get into attacking mode and Fraser Graham went over to open their account. Feoin Whyte added the extras to put a slightly better look to the scoreboard.

That was as good as it got and in the last 10 minutes the home side added two more tries, one converted for a 46-7 win.

Over the piece Endrick had the better of the scrum, held their own in the lineout but were surprisingly outpaced by the Glen’s skilful back division.

On Saturday they hope to bounce back when Annan are the visitors to Fintry in a league match. The kick off is at 3pm.

The 2nds went to Uddingston on Saturday with scarcely half a team and had to concede the game which goes on record as a 28-0 win for Uddy.

They then borrowed a few players from their hosts and played an enjoyable friendly.