Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast · Ross Sanderson

S4: Quick Tap #28!

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Rob Wainwright cycled from Melrose to Dublin for motor neuron disease, and the riders vowed not to stop until a cure is found.

1. The Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast's Quick Tap #28 is the fourth-last episode of season four, covering results and previews for 2025-26 regional and national rugby. 2. Hosts Roscoe and John, who also plays a part in the local scene through the Stewartry club, take in men's and women's fixtures across the region. 3. The main story is Shire women's 48-12 home win over Dundee in the Premiership playoff series, which the hosts frame against a late-season squad-depth squeeze. 4. Carla Campbell opened the scoring with a quick tap penalty, tries followed from Lydia, Laura, Caitlin, Sophie Mann and DJ, and Shire had the bonus point before halftime, with the second-half scoring slowed by weather and injuries. 5. Highland withdrew from the next playoff game, so Shire's injured players get a rest before the game against Geary that could see them promoted, while Uddingston and Annan Warriors were awarded 28-0 wins for insufficient players. 6. Annan Warriors played Carrick in a friendly after about seven weeks without a competitive fixture, with Connie James, Megan Phillips-Craig and Alana McWilliams singled out and Tammy Allison moving from second row to front row. 7. The men's previews feature Newton Stewart hosting Peebles after a six-to-seven-week layoff, Dumfries Saints at Preston Lodge in a first-v-second clash, and Stewartry's final game at home to Kilmarnock on Ladies' Day. 8. Shire's men face a three-game away run (Bishopton, Mid Argyll and WD) while chasing Cambuslang, and the hosts say "it needs to be five pointers the whole time" for them to keep the pressure on. 9. Annan Warriors host Perthshire after scoring 169 points and conceding only 5 in four pool games, and the new Essie Rainey Cup tens tournament at Park Farm on 11 April is named after Dumfries Saints' first female president, Isabel Rainey. 10. Followers of Dumfries and Galloway grassroots rugby will get the most from it.

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