BRONCOS RIDE INTO TIGERS RANCH!

Saturday saw the only two undefeated teams at cadet level in Scotland go head-to-head at Cambuslang Rugby club, home of the Glasgow Tigers.

The tigers were looking to see out the last few games of their season without a loss while the Broncos were still confident from victory against Inverness the previous week.

The home side won the toss to begin the game and promptly marched down the field to open the scoring on a middle range pass.

They soon found themselves 2 scores to the good on another pass play after some good defence stopped the broncos on their first offensive possession.

The Broncos never looked like conceding defeat so early in the game and with a few adjustments to the defence and back to back interceptions by Fraser Thomson the Broncos soon found themselves with a slender lead after some excellent passes from Scott McKenzie.

The defence continued to hold strong with excellent pressure on the opposing quarterback by Martyn Patterson and solid marking on the tigers most dangerous players by Daniel Ward and Callum Woods.

This also steadied the Broncos offense allowing them to open up a 12 point gap at half time and go in leading 26-14.

In the second half the momentum swung once again to the Tigers as they were again quick out of the gates and scoring twice and converting both scores to give themselves a 4 point lead.

The Broncos once again were a credit to themselves and scored almost immediately to put themselves into the lead again by 2 points.

A further adjustment to the defence and superb touchdown put the Broncos 8 points clear but with less than 2 minutes to go the tigers levelled the score again to take the game into overtime.

The Tigers again won the toss in overtime and a thoroughly exhausted Broncos defense took to the field but through some excellent play and a massive show of heart they stopped the tigers cold.

The Broncos offense then took the field knowing a score would continue their unbeaten streak and hand the tigers their first loss in over a year.

Some solid effort from the whole offense gave them excellent field position and on the final play Scott McKenzie found Daniel Ward in the endzone to win the game and the importance of the victory to the Broncos was clearly displayed as they began their loud and well-deserved celebrations swarming both family members and their coach on the sidelines.

The game MVP (most valuable player) was Daniel Ward after his 5 touchdowns on offense and strong leadership on defense.

The second game of the day against the Bengal’s (tigers B team) was a much more relaxed affair with many of the younger players being given a taste of the action and the older players drafted into the game in spells to steady the ship and ensure the scoring stayed in favour of the Broncos.

Andrew McAllister scored his first touchdown ever during the game and the team’s two youngest players Michael Duncan and Kevin Woods both did some excellent work on defense covering the Bengals offensive weapons.

Graeme Tainsh who had a solid performance through both games was extremely unlucky to have 2 touchdowns called back in the second game and James Duncan also played well on both offense and defense against the Bengals.

Fraser Thomson also gained another interception taking his days total to three and was joined by Martyn Patterson, Murray Tannock and Daniel Ward. Fraser Thomson took over at quarterback during the game and completed touchdown passes to both game MVP Callum woods and Daniel Ward.

The game ended a comfortable victory for the Broncos 54 – 30 but just as important was the experienced gained for the team’s younger players who will look forward to some more game time when they travel to Inverness this Saturday.