Gunners Apprentices in League Action
The full compliment of Edinburgh Rugby's Apprentices will feature in the Premiership this weekend.
Unbeaten Watsonians, who take on city rivals Heriot's at Myreside, will include scrum-half Murray Bringhurst, hooker Steve Lawrie and loosehead prop Kyle Traynor, while in direct opposition will be their Edinburgh team-mates lock Steven Turnbull and prop Innes Brown. Another 100% side, Dundee HSFP, will have loosehead prop Alan Dymock and stand-off Cameron Ferguson in their line-up in their crunch top-of-the-league home match with high-flying Currie at Mayfield.
In Premiership Two, centre Andrew Easson and winger Dave McCall will be hoping to keep Stewart's/Melville on the up when they welcome Hamilton to Inverleith, while in Premiership Three, Scotland U18 lock Fraser McKenzie makes his first start of the season for his home club Dunfermline who travel to Stoneyhill for the Premiership Three match-of-the-day.
APPRENTICES CLUB MATCHES
Saturday 9 September
Apprentice Match
Murray Bringhurst (9) ** Watsonians v Heriot's (Myreside, 3pm)
Innes Brown ** Watsonians v Heriot's (Myreside, 3pm)
Alan Dymock (1) ** Dundee v Currie (Mayfield, 3pm)
Andrew Easson (12) Stewart's-Melville v Hamilton (Inverleith, 3pm)
Cameron Ferguson (10) ** Dundee v Currie (Mayfield, 3pm)
Steven Lawrie (2) Watsonians v Heriot's (Myreside, 3pm)
David McCall (14) Stewart's-Melville v Hamilton (Inverleith, 3pm)
Fraser McKenzie (8) ** Musselburgh v Dunfermline (Stoneyhill, 3pm)
Ross Rennie (7) *Edinburgh v Leinster (Murrayfield, 7.30pm)
Kyle Traynor (1) ** Watsonians v Heriot's (Myreside, 3pm)
Steven Turnbull (5) ** Watsonians v Heriot's (Myreside, 3pm)
* Member of the Scottish Institute of Sport
** Member of an Area Institute of Sport