HSBC World 7s - Dubai

The World 7s Series kicks-off again this weekend, and Scotland are drawn against Kenya, Fiji and France. Looks like an awkward group to get things kicked-off in Dubai.

Predictor Challenge Update - 1st December 2018

With a couple of "surprise" results at the weekend as well as draw that no-one predicted, it won't come as too much of  revelation that we had a drop in the average this week, but in fact it's the poorest result to date for the Predictor Challenge.

We had 44 entrants this week, submitting 430 predictions across the matches that were played.  Here's what the Odds looked like at kick-off time on Saturday.

	Predicted win %				Draw	Count
Allan Glens	72.7%	v	27.3%	East Kilbride	0.0%	44
Annan	90.9%	v	9.1%	Strathendrick	0.0%	44
Cambuslang	77.3%	v	22.7%	Cumnock	0.0%	44
Dalziel	p	v	p	Irvine
Kilmarnock	18.2%	v	81.8%	Garnock	0.0%	44
Stewartry	9.1%	v	90.9%	Greenock Wanderers	0.0%	44
Bishopton	76.2%	v	23.8%	Loch Lomond	0.0%	42
Lenzie	p	v	p	Wigtownshire
Millbrae	57.1%	v	42.9%	Cumbernauld	0.0%	42
Oban Lorne	90.7%	v	9.3%	Helensburgh	0.0%	43
Strathaven	71.4%	v	28.6%	Paisley	0.0%	42
Uddingston	p	v	p	Clydebank
Birkmyre	p	v	p	Lochaber
Cowal	p	v	p	Hyndland
Shawlands	p	v	p	Glasgow Uni Medics
Waysiders Drumpellier	95.1%	v	4.9%	Moffat	0.0%	41

The Issues Facing Grassroots Rugby

With another paper-based survey launched by Murrayfield (the third since the start of the year) about grassroots rugby, we thought we'd find out what you guys (the players and volunteers) think about where our game is.

We've had paper based questions about player payments, placement of Super6 Club teams, where the regional/national split should be and whether Clubs want to be playing national/regional rugby, but as far as we can tell, it's been over 24 months (the launch of Agenda 3), since regional Club folk sat down to discuss these issues face to face (slightly different for National Clubs as they meet more regularly in their forum meetings).

West Fixtures (Under 18s) - 1st December 2018

The Club Youth Conferences are coming to an end, but we still have some action to catch up with for this weekend and next:

1st December 2018
Shogun	Boroughmuir	20	v	3	West of Scotland
Shogun	Hamilton	12	v	31	Ayr / Wellington
Galant - 2A	GHA	p	v	p	Dumfries Saints
Galant - 2B	Dalziel / East Kilbride (1)	p	v	p	Cumnock
Galant - 2B	Kilmarnock (2)	u	v	u	Greenock Wanderers
Galant - 2B	Whitecraigs	p	v	p	Allan Glens
T4	Strathaven	12	v	21	Newton Stewart / Wigtownshire
T4	Oban Lorne	64	v	14	Bishopton/ Cambuslang

1) Waterlogged pitch 
2) Kilmarnock unable to field a team 

West Results (Men) - 1st December 2018

A full fixture card this weekend across the Men Regional Leagues, with some crucial games taking place, including what is perhaps Scotlands game of the day:

1st December 2018
West 1	Allan Glens	18	v	23	East Kilbride
West 1	Annan	8	v	10	Strathendrick
West 1	Cambuslang	20	v	7	Cumnock
West 1	Dalziel (1)	p	v	p	Irvine
West 1	Kilmarnock	8	v	63	Garnock
West 1	Stewartry	3	v	26	Greenock Wanderers
West 2	Bishopton	7	v	18	Loch Lomond
West 2	Lenzie (1)	p	v	p	Wigtownshire
West 2	Millbrae	10	v	5	Cumbernauld
West 2	Oban Lorne	47	v	10	Helensburgh
West 2	Strathaven	17	v	17	Paisley
West 2	Uddingston (1)	p	v	p	Clydebank
West 3	Birkmyre (1)	p	v	p	Lochaber
West 3	Cowal (1)	p	v	p	Hyndland
West 3	Shawlands (1)	p	v	p	Glasgow Uni Medics
West 3	Waysiders Drumpellier	62	v	10	Moffat

Predictor Odds

1) Waterlogged pitch

West League Update (West 3) - 28th November 2018

As with West 2, the action has been a bit sparse in West 3 over November due to the Autumn Tests.  We’ve only had seven competitive games played plus a couple of “development” matches.

The “development” games happen where one Club is short of players, but instead of calling off and facing a points deduction, a game is played (where a minimum number of players criteria is met – 10 we think), but we’re not sure what to make of these “development” games. 

Yes, they can form an important part of keeping Clubs and players playing, but should they really be included as results in a competition – i.e. Glasgow Uni Medics game v PSG is shown as a 28 nil victory in Uni Medics favour.  WD are scheduled to face PSG in their last game of the season – what’s to happen if WD need a win for the Championship title and promotion, and by a margin wider than 28 points?

West League Update (West 2) - 28th November 2018

West 2 fixtures through the Autumn Test have been a bit sporadic, as have been our updates during this spell.  Through November, we’ve only had 11 games played with no significant change at the top of the table.

The table is still led by Lenzie who have 11 wins from 11 games, followed by Uddingston and Oban Lorne.  Both Uddy and Oban have a game in hand on Lenzie, but there’s a bit of a gap opening up between them.

West League Update (West 1) - 27th November 2018

Another weekend of fixtures and another leader at the top of West 1.

As of Saturday evening, it’s now Garnock setting the pace following their 58-8 victory over Annan.  There was no bonus point for East Kilbride in their 22-10 home win against Stewartry, so they missed their chance to go top.  Both are on 44 points, but Garnock have the superior points difference.

West Regional Results - 24th November 2018 

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Predictor Challenge Update - 24th November 2018

The bulk of Novembers rugby press coverage has been about the Autumn Tests, but we still had a great deal of rugby taking place across West Region, and the same was true of the Predictor Challenge.

Despite the fewer number of games across November, we still had 100 entrants to the Challenge.  Between us, we submitted 1,864 predictions across the games that were played.  The overall success rate for November was 70%.

Before announcing the winner of the November Predictor Challenge, let's round up this weekends results.

West Results (Under 18s) - 24th & 25th November 2018

Full set of fixtures across the boys & girls Under 18s this weekend:

24th/25th November 2018
Shogun	West of Scotland	41	v	7	Biggar
Shogun	Hamilton	5	v	64	Boroughmuir
Galant - 2A	Currie	p	v	p	Dumfries Saints
Galant - 2A	Cartha Queens Park (1)	u	v	u	Dunfermline
Galant - 2A	GHA	p	v	p	Perthshire
Galant - 2B	Livingston (2)	u	v	u	Whitecraigs
Galant - 2B	Cumnock (3)	u	v	u	Greenock Wanderers
Galant - 2B	Allan Glens (4)	u	v	u	Dalziel/ East Kilbride
T4	Strathaven	5	v	55	Marr
T4	Newton Stewart / Wigtownshire (5)	u	v	u	Oban Lorne
T4	Bishopton/ Cambuslang (6)	p	v	p	Stewartry
Mirage	Cartha Queens Park	0	v	36	Stirling County
Mirage	Hillhead Jordanhill	p	v	p	Annan

1) Dunfermline unable to field a team
2) Livingston unable to field a team
3) Greenock Wanderers unable to field a team
4) Dalziel / East Kilbride unable to field a team 
5) Newton Stewart / Wigtownshire unable to field a team 
6) No referee available 

West Results (Men) - 24th November 2018

West Regional League fixtures for this weekend:

24th November 2018
West 1	Dalziel	22	v	56	Kilmarnock
West 1	East Kilbride	22	v	10	Stewartry
West 1	Garnock	58	v	8	Annan
West 1	Greenock Wanderers	83	v	7	Cambuslang
West 1	Strathendrick (1)	p	v	p	Allan Glens
West 2	Loch Lomond	27	v	7	Cumbernauld
West 2	Wigtownshire	17	v	21	Strathaven
West 3	Cowal	0	v	37	Glasgow Uni Medics
West 3	Hyndland (2)	p	v	p	Police Scotland - Glasgow
West 3	Isle of Mull (3)	28	v	0	Lochaber
West 3	Moffat	29	v	53	Birkmyre

1) Pitch unplayable 
2) Pitch availability issue
3) Development game played