DUMFRIES 10, HAWICK 34
Hawick and a large travelling support made the trip to Park Farm in Dumfries for this fifth round tie in the National Cup and the Dumfries men made Hawick fight all the way for victory which was not really assured until the last quarter of the match.
The home side, particulary the pack, started the stronger, shouted on by the good local support, and deserved to take an early lead with a penalty after ten minutes. Hawick fought back and five minutes later, a Neil Renwick pass saw Colin Murray beat his man to score, converted by Craig Neish. Three minutes later, the same combimation set up a try for Fred Stevenson, again converted by Neish to extend their lead to 14-3. Just before the interval, Dumfries were awarded for all their hard work with a deserved converted try who remain very much in the hunt at 14-10.
Again it is the home pack who are causing Hawick problems and only desperate defence prevent Dumfries from taking the lead. Hawick weather the storm and Dumfries are now having to defend. John Coutts darts over for a converted try after 55 minutes.  Hawick are down to fourteen men after Colin Murray is yellow carded following a dust up on the touchline. Neil Renwick again takes the play to Dumfries who offloads to Steven Anderson to dive over in the corner. With the match into the final ten minutes, the Hawick backs cut loose which results in two good tries, the first from Lee Armstrong who strolled in from thirty metres and the second from Neil Renwick, converted again by Craig Neish for a final score and a hard fought win by 38 points to 10 and a place in the sixth round of the National Cup.

Team:- John Coutts, Colin Murray, Lee Armstrong, Craig Neish, Steven Anderson, Neil Renwick, Kevin Reid, Simon Fleetwood, Matt Landels, Sean Linton, Craig Charters, Fred Stevenson, Nick McTaggart, Ross Borthwick and Ryan Hogg

Subs:- Michael Graham, Garry Douglas, David Lowrie and Ross Gibson