Biggar 33

Kirkcaldy 22

Al Stewart at Hartree Mill

As a measure of how far the club has come in the past year you need look no further than the frustrations expressed within the dressing room post match chat.

The senior side had won and collected the maximum five point total and yet there was a consensus that the side hadn't played particularly well and had struggled in phases and parts of the game.

On a pleasant autumnal afternoon Hartree Mill was blessed with as big a crowd as has been seen for many seasons - a rough count seeing the total approach 300.

The early exchanges were punctuated by the whistle and both sides missing penalties.

A second Biggar penalty was pushed wide by Peacock before Kirkcaldy opened the scoring with Wallace finding his range.

It did not take Biggar long to respond with their own score.

Jamie Orr made a great break – one of several during the match - through the Kirkcaldy defence before off-loading to Gregor Stewart who was brought down just metres short.

Chisholm threw a long wide pass to Alistair Sinclair who picked it up cleverly from his toes before out-stripping the defence in a sprint for the corner. Peacock found his mark and Biggar were ahead at 7-3.

Biggar increased their lead within minutes of the restart. Orr made another great run, Donald Voas and David Paterson combined well on the left before ball was swung back right.

While Stewart's pass failed to go to hand Notman picked up and fed Lavery who dodged his way across for a try, which Peacock also converted.

It was now Kirkcaldy's turn to score, this coming after Biggar were unable to deal effectively with the restart.

Kirkcaldy created a huge overlap on the left flank which was unseen by the Biggar defence and a wide pass to Littlejohn saw the fullback squeeze over.

Voas responded quickly for the home side - the big prop cantering over as the Kirkcaldy defence was torn apart.

Peacock added the extras and the bonus point was secured as the whistle brought the first half to a close.

Given their lead Biggar should perhaps have done so much better after the break but in fact they were outscored 15-5 in this period as Kirkcaldy got a grip on the game and largely dominated proceedings via their pack.

Right from the start of the half Biggar began to take chances in opting to run out of defence instead of using the boot.

With 10 minutes of the half gone Kirkcaldy No8 Rhys Bonner picked up from the advancing scrum base to drop over the line for a try to reduce Biggar's lead to 26-15.

Another Kirkcaldy scrum reduced the gap to four points as Bonner rounded off the drive with a second try and as the conversion was kicked by Wallace.

There was still a quarter of the match remaining and the game at this stage was wide open.

And then in a blink Biggar scored a cracking try with birthday boy Stevie Campbell dotting down.

Peacock added the conversion for 33-22.

Biggar retain their sixth spot after this result, a position they share with their next opponents Preston Lodge who have come good in the past few weeks after what was a rocky start.

Biggar: Richard Peacock, Alistair Sinclair, Robbie Lavery, Gregor Stewart, David Paterson, Iain Chisholm, Aird Jardine, Donald Voas, Ewan Stewart, Dan O'Connell, Jamie Orr, Andrew Dunlop, Stevie Campbell, Duncan Withers, Douglas Notman. Reps: Calvin Henderson, Andrew Orr, Ewan Sanderson.