They say that London is huge but Biggar’s bigger. Well today the Force were huge and Biggar were not. This was a thumping performance by the Force lads who were relentless until Biggar ‘s walking wounded had the game called to a halt at 60 minutes to prevent further damage.
Right from the first whistle the Force pack were totally dominant, no more so than Ru MacLeod who was a constant force driving for the ball, scrumming hard and forcing himself over the line ahead for the first try, as so nearly had his horse Shoeshine Boy done the week before.
Elliot Stanger is a danger with ball in hand and just after his storming run and try had been chalked off by the referee he was rewarded with another solo score awarded when most spectators thought he had grounded the ball before the whitewash instead.
Corey Tait was far too good for his opponents and was constantly barrelling his way through most tackles until he scored another run-away effort with bodies strewn in his wake.
To round off the half a young Jethart recruit, Lewis Elder, showed that not all from Jed are snails with a brilliant chip and chase try just before the break.
Conditions were tough and Kyle Brunton remarked that he’d “never seen a wind like that at Mansfield” where kicking was tough and seeing the invisible was apparently easier.
The second ’40’ was marked with a few changes from the bench where Cian Riddell made a welcome return after being ‘halved’ against the Nails 3 weeks ago.
He orchestrated two excellent tries with a break for the ever-willing Aidan Redpath to romp home and when his clever chipping rubbed off allowing Elliot Stanger to ground definitely over the whitewash this time (much to the annoyance of Murray ‘McHarg’ Renwick who was lurking on the touchline hoping to grab the try instead).
The Force’s dominance was rounded off by a well-deserved bustling try for man of the match Reece Hartdegen, whose throwing in was faultless, whose scrummaging was powerful and whose carrying in the loose was immense.
Make no mistake this is a great bunch of lads well capable of beating all comers and if they all trained for coach Lowrie then there is no doubt they would beat at least a couple of the Premiership’s first team sides.
