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News Archive 2004 | Back to Main News Archive

21/12/04 - Dunbar Christmas Whine made with Sour Grapes!! - Our man in East Lothian muttered disbelief whilst reading the match report in his East Lothian Courier from the recent Broughton v Dunbar fixture at Wardie.  Was the reporter, a Mr S. Grape at Wardie that day?  Did he / she watch the game?  I felt obliged to reply on behalf of the club to the weekly periodical and to their credit, got a reply from the Sub-Editor the same day.  Read the article then the correspondence and make up your mind!

19/12/04 - A prop is for life, not just for Xmas! - The 0-40 scoreline never looked on the cards as the 1st half produced no tries and perhaps the worst Broughton display of the season, with some players showing the effects of work parties and sleep deprivation or perhaps it's was the cold weather, which has clearly affected Sarge... Full report here

12/12/04 - Mar-Phil-ous Broughton go top!  In his opening speech at Sunday Morning's SRU proposed 4 year business plan to a packed President's Suite @ Murrayfield, SRU CEO Phil Anderton commented on how he had been to a rugby match the previous day and watched an exciting No 10 do the damage on the opposition.  He wasn't talking about Johnny Wilkinson either....More here

05/12/04 - Life's a beach for Broughton - It was business as usual for Broughton on Saturday as another important 5 pointer was picked up on our travels, this time at Portobello.  The 5 try rout of Plucky Porty set us nicely up for a tough encounter at home next week against Dunbar where SRU Chief Executive Phil Anderton will be attending as Guest of Honour.  Match report here

29/11/04 - Broughton are booty-licious! - A day to remember which oh so could have been a day to forget, saw Broughton earn a 5 pointer away to Hawick Linden.  Tries from Arrandale, Maddison (pictured), Payne and Hart gave Broughton a bonus point as they continued their impressive start to the season.  More

28/11/04 - BATS in a flap at Inverleith - The BATS - the acronym given to the Broughton, (Edinburgh) Accies, Trinity (Accies), S (erm, can someone fill me in on what we could put for S?  After this week's game, I could think of one idea myself!) development team took the shortest journey of the season so far to Arboretum on Saturday (27/11) to take on Inverleith in a pre-international friendly.  Match report here!

27/11/04 - Bonus Bowl home tie for winner - The winners of the Alloa v Broughton tie in Round 2 of the BT Bowl will be rewarded with a home tie against National 3 outfit Lismore in the 1/4 Final stage.  The tie against Alloa has been re-scheduled for 13/02/05 and the date for the 1/4 Final tie is 12/03/05.

14/11/04 - Tigers take Murrayfield honours!! - The Broughton P6/7's defeated Forrester 1-0 on the International pitch on Friday evening during the interval of the Edinburgh v Ospreys fixture.  A report and pics will appear on-line soon.

15/11/04 - Broughton enjoy Sunday stroll. - Broughton dusted off the cobwebs of being a victim of inactivity from the previous week to record a 6 try Sunday stroll against a frustrating to play against Dalkeith side at Wardie on Sunday.  More here

03/11/04 - BT Bowl Round 2 Draw - The draw has been made for the 2nd Round of the BT Bowl and Broughton have been drawn away to National 5 Caledonia side Alloa. Full draw here

1/11/04 - The B.A.T.S. are born! - A development side has been born out of the Broughton, Edinburgh Accies & Trinity club association and they took on the Broughton fixture at Crieff on Saturday, losing 46-10 in the end, but a worthwhile exercise all round.

24/10/04 - Smash and grab, but they only put up one flag! - Broughton stay top of the league despite losing the top of the table clash with the last kick of the ball.  Story here

Tiger Talk A first for the Tigers as the changing room lady mauls match!  Read more here

17/10/04 - Dick Vet dumped as Broughton stay top. - Broughton notched up another 4 tries to dispose of the stuffy students to stay top of the pile.  Story here

12/10/04 - Broughton have been given a bye to Round 2 of the BT Bowl.  The draw, made at Murrayfield on 12/10, ensures that for a 2nd year in a row, Broughton will play Cup rugby after Xmas!

09/10/04 - West come out best! BT Cup Round 2 at Wardie saw Division 4 outfit Lenzie edged out Broughton 20-36 to earn their chance of pulling out a big name in the next round.  More here

03/10/04 - Hamer nails North Berwick to keep Broughton top.  Birthday Boy Andy 'The Shark' Turtle and Duncan 'Gromit' Nicolson both went over the whitewash as Broughton overcome stuffy North Berwick 21-15 on Saturday. Read the report here

04/10/04 - New Tiger season is underway!  The Tigers Junior Section kicked off their season away at Forrester. Read about it here

30/09/04 - The Great Gunners Giveaway!!

As part of Edinburgh Rugby's initiative to get involved with the Clubs, we have secured FREE tickets for the Celtic League fixture against The Ospreys at Murrayfield on Friday (yip, they are playing on a Friday!) 12th November @ 7.30.  Anyone interested please see Mark Brown or e-mail me at webmaster@broughtonrugby.co.uk

25/09/04
Infirmary nurse pain of defeat as Broughton stay top.
Broughton continued to lead the pack by putting on an average display against Royal Infirmary to win 27-12. Full story here

19/09/04
Cup Draw Latest....
Broughton have been drawn at Home against National League Division 4 Lenzie in the 2nd Round of the BT Cup. Full story here

12/09/04
Broughton go top despite Dunbar defeat
It was a case of so near so far at Sunny Dunny on Saturday despite scoring 4 tries for the second week running Read More

05/09/04
Player's Player of the Year
Last season's PPOTY has yet to be decided.  Can all players please e-mail your choice by Friday 10th September.  The winner will be announced at the Disco night on 25th Sept.  Tickets are on sale from Duncan Nicolson @ £5 each.

05/09/04
Porty take a Hamer-ing!

Broughton opened up their campaign with a 33-10 victory over Portobello at Wardie on Saturday with Paul Hamer grabbing the man of the match award with his 23 points haul.   Read More

03/09/04
It's all Academic for Broughton
Broughton have welcomed a new 'North Edinburgh Alliance' with local Clubs Edinburgh Accies & Trinity Accies ahead of their opening clash of the season with Portobello at Wardie Playing Fields this Saturday.
Read More

31/08/04
The Final Countdown- Part 2!

The start of the season is just days away as newly appointed Captain Melvin Hart's Broughton welcome Portobello to Wardie on League duty for the first time in many a year!

22/08/04
The Final Countdown!

The 58-12 scoreline slightly flattered Broughton in a pre-season friendly against Liberton played in conditions akin to those in Athens (well, it was hot and sunny at least!). Read More

01/08/04
The Junior Section celebrates our first Internationalist
Ruairidh Bonner, who played his way through the age groups at Broughton under the guidance of his father Graham,  became our first internationalist in his adopted country of Belgium.  Read More