Glenalmond looking to upset form book in cup semi- final

The Scottish Schools under -18 Cup reaches its penultimate stage today with semi- finals at Glenalmond and My reside to decide which teams will appear in the Murrayfield showpiece two weeks tomorrow.

Glen almond College face their conference rivals Fett es College this afternoon, just ten days after meeting in the final round of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Conference when the Perthshire school lost 24- 27.

Fettes will be favourites to win, but Glenalmond, whose alumni include former Scotland captains David Sole and Rob Wainwright, have steadily improved after as low start.

Even harder to call will be the match tonight at Myre - side where George Watson’s College take on Strathallan. While Watson’s have made numerous appearances on finals day – winning the title on four successive occasions –St rat hall an have never reached the last stage of the under- 18 competition.

Both sides had tough quarter finals, Watson’s beating M er chi st on 10-7 with the final play of the match, and St rat hall an defeating the defending champions Stewart’s- Melville College 19- 0 in a contest much closer than the score suggests.

In the under -16 Cup, Stewart’ s-Melville and Ed inburgh Academy play their semi-final tomorrow at Inverleith, while, on Saturday, George Heriot’s School take on Watson’ s in the second semi. On Sunday the girls finals at under- 15 level ( Shawlands Academy v Liberton HS) and under- 18 level( Aucht era rd erv Bigg arHS)w ill be played at Scotstoun.

In club rugby, Boroughmuir beat Highland 19-4 at Meggetland, while Stirling County continued their unbeaten run with a 50- 8 win against Biggar. Elsewhere in the Shogun Conference West of Scotland beat Hamilton 26- 0 while Ayr had a walk over against Currie, who, for a second time this month, were unable to raise a team.