BIGGAR Colts finally got their league campaign after postponements with a fine performance at Dunbar where 13 tries were scored against a team who never gave up. Dunbar may have lost heavily but what they did win was the respect by Biggar in how they kept going.

Before kick off the Dunbar pack looked big and heavy and would want to strangle Biggar in getting any ball out to their backs. However the Biggar forwards had other ideas and started the game at such a ferocity that it was the Dunbar forwards who could not handle the continual strong running of all the forwards in Ryan Ferguson, Mark Ewart , Jack Foster , William Grieve, Andrew Orr, Ross Jackson, Craig Stewart and Stuart Affleck who played at such a pace that the backs must have often felt like passengers for much of the game.

In fact the backs scored only three tries while the forwards claimed 10 tries and certainly took the glory. The forwards were playing a very direct running game while the backs were tending to play outwide but it was not paying as much dividend.

Tries in the first half came from Stuart Affleck after some good hands by the backs, Richard Morgan out wide , Simon Denholm after a fine No 8 pick up by Ross Jackson who also got on the score sheet with a take at the restart and a sprint all the way to touch down. William Grieve also had a similar score , followed by Mark Ewart and the Stuart Affleck and final score in the half was credited to the ever present dynamic and versatile Jack Foster who bulldozed over from four inches out.

Credit must go to Dunbar who came at Biggar in the second half and caused some strong defensive work to be implemented.

Biggar scored straight away from the restart after a fine take by William Grieve who in turn passed to Ross Jackson who scorched over.

But it was some 20 minutes later before Biggar got another score from Jack Foster who actually this time did run in from 15 yards which was then followed up by tries from Peter Steele, Ross Jackson and regular scorer Craig Stewart to finish the game off.

It's still a work in progress and there was a time in the second half where ball was going out to the backs but too often it was being squandered due to over running and many of them drifting which caused players to be crowded out on the wing.

Offloading did not improve in the second half but it still does not interfere with the excellent all round performance of Biggar and especially the forwards who are willing to attack from everywhere. The whole squad deserves credit. This bunch of boys are gelling really well on the park, wanting to play for each other and this bodes well for future games.