It was revenge in the form of a dish best served cold for Penicuik on a day when Broughton held their Curry Night as the Mid Lothian side ran out 08-12 winners in a proverbial game of two halves.

Still bitter about Broughton's National 5 (East) last gasp Championship winning day 2 years ago, it was Penicuik who came out of the blocks fired up and within the opening minute they had opened the scoring.  A scrum in the Broughton 22 confused the Broughton defence as the ball came out and was cross kicked back in the direction of the scrum.  Over it sailed and the mis-footed Broughton defence were too slow to react and a try was scored in the corner.  0-5.

Broughton took the game back to the visitors after the nervy start and were unfortunate not to capitalise on some fine pressure shortly after.  A scrum was forced midway inside the Penicuik 22 following a knock-on but as the set-piece broke up and Broughton edged forward, Kelly was isolated and was deemed to have held-on to the ball for an elongated period of time.

Matthews was harshly adjudged to have been high in a midfield challenge and his remonstrations with the match official were perhaps justified.  Penicuik failed to capitalise as they were themselves penalised by the match official for an accidental offside offence.

The tourists to the big smoke didn't have to wait too long to double their try tally and on 18 minutes, another move from the base of a scrum proved fruitful.  The nippy scrum-half and the stand-off interlinked and the No.10 jinked back inside and the Broughton defence parted like the Red Sea for an easy score under the sticks.  The conversion was a formality from bang in front. 0-12.

The Broughton defence was being tested by the Penicuik side coached by former Edinburgh player Simon Cross and could possibly count themselves unlucky not to go in at half-time further ahead.  A penalty award for a Broughton offside launched Pencuik into a line-out on the Broughton 10 metre but the drive was held-up over the line.

Half-Time 0-12

A wake up call at half-time from Head Coach Graham Bonnar seemed to spur Broughton into immediate activity and an extra gear was found from the opening whistle.  Penicuik were caught offside and Maddocks had the opportunity to kick to claw back the deficit.  His attempt cruelly hit the left upright and was cleared.

An almost carbon copy event 5 minutes later gave Maddocks a chance to redeem himself but his more difficult chance was pulled wide so the score remained at 0-12 after 45 minutes.

It looked like it wasn't going to be Broughton's day as various passes went astray and handling, which was certainly stronger in last week's victory over Leith, was not as slick.  However a fine move in the 55th minute saw the home side get back into the game with a try by Neil Matthews.

A rolling maul deep inside the Penicuik danger zone allowed Arrandale to position his back line across the field to give him several options.  The Penicuik defence were caught unawares when Matthews peeled round from his Centre berth to speed along the touchline to claim his first try of the season.  Maddocks was unable to reach the posts with his extras effort.  5-12.

This set up a nail biting last quarter of the game and when Maddocks slotted over a penalty on 67 minutes for another Penicuik offside to make it 8-12, it looked as if it could be Broughton's day but it was too little too late.

A bonus point for finishing within 7 points was the only crumb of comfort Head Coach Graham Bonnar could take out of the game which saw Club Stalwart Paul Maddison return back to the Club for the Curry Night after the hospital confirm he had broken his collar bone during the game.