On 21 April 2013, Ayr won the Scottish Cup for the third time, beating Melrose 28–25 thanks to a Cammy Taylor try in extra time. The Bulls are one of six franchises playing in the new Super6 competition and has a 35-strong playing squad, which includes loose-head prop Gordon Reid, who was in the Scotland squad at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and has joined Ayr, his first club, from London Irish.Millbrae is a rugby ground used by Ayr for both training and practice. Ayr were drawn away to Bristol where they lost 29–19.
“He has settled in well and we look forward to see what he can do in a Bulls shirt”. Alan skippered the team for several seasons, led the club on a Canadian Tour and carried on as coach/player. In the Cup Final, at Murrayfield, long-serving Kiwi stand-off Frazier Climo kicked the match-winning penalty, from the touchline, in time added on for injuries. Newton Park is now the venue of international bowls competitions, Dam Park is an athletics stadium and King George V is given over to soccer, although its claim to fame came from the time of a full Scottish trial was staged there in 1958, every other ground in Scotland being frostbound.
WorldRugbyshop.com is your destination for exclusive rugby gear, rugby balls, rugby apparel, and rugby equipment. Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Simon was enjoying the Ayrshire Bulls rugby match with Ayr friends at Millbrae last weekend when he was ... Simon agreed to go into the clubhouse and stripped off his top to wear the rugby shirt. Millbrae is adjacent to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and can be accessed either by a road from Alloway or via a small gate beside the museum. As a result of finishing second Ayr earned a quarter-final place, the first and only Scottish team to do so. Chris McCallum, younger brother of Colin, was a member of the first Scotland Under-21 XV. Scott Sutherland, Craig Gossman, Dean Kelbrick, Andrew Dunlop, Nick Cox, Callum Templeton, Robin McAlpine, Steven Longwell, Blair Macpherson, Pete McCallum, David Armstrong, Damien Kelly have all played for the Scotland Club XV.
Tighthead prop: I expect WP Nel and Simon Berghan to be splitting duties here. However, during the 1950s it gradually improved its fixture list in the old Unofficial Championship. Dave Cherry is back up those top two and Sam Kitchen, signed from Super 6 side Ayrshire Bulls will be pushing to try and make the most of his chance. Ayr had a particularly good record in the Glasgow & District Knock-Out Cup, going head-to-head with the leading Glasgow clubs. Head Coach Gregor Townsend today named the 31-man Scotland squad for Rugby World Cup 2019 at a public event at Linlithgow ... (Saracens), Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs), Finn Russell (Racing 92) and Gordon Reid (Ayrshire Bulls), who all featured in 2015. Millbrae became Ayr's home in 1964, the club having moved from the original ground at Newton Park to Dam Park, then to the Old Racecourse and King George V playing field before finally taking up residence in Alloway. 2012–13 was capped with Ayr named Club of the Season at the SRU Awards at Murrayfield. Mark Bennett, now with Edinburgh, whose career began at nearby Cumnock, joined Ayr, aged 17 and played for the club prior to moving-on the Glasgow Warriors and Scotland. Probably Ayr's finest hour in representative terms came in December 1984 when five players – skipper Alan Brown returning from serious knee injury, half backs George Nicolson and Grant Steel, and wing forwards David Brown and Colin McCallum – lined up for Glasgow against the touring Australians. Edinburgh Rugby hooker Stuart McInally will captain Scotland at the World Cup in Japan this month after being chosen ahead of John Barclay and Greig Laidlaw by head coach Gregor Townsend Tuesday.