Biggar Rugby Club lift National Shield with Murrayfield win over defending champions

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Biggar Rugby Club Women on Saturday lifted the National Shield with a 66-20 final win over West of Scotland at Murrayfield.West were defending champions, and pushed a Biggar side close that had twice taken slender wins over them this season.However, the Lanarkshire side won by 10 tries to four, the first of which was scored by Geraldine Kimm in just 43 seconds.Emily Anderson added the conversion to this and the next two tries, both scored by Freya Lejkowski, taking Biggar into a 21-0 lead.West came right back into the game and Olivia Martine MacCann scored in the corner, with Rowan Todd adding a second, taking advantage of a penalty award to tap and go herself and crash under the posts, with an unfortunate conversion attempt rebounding off the upright.Biggar scored an important fourth try through Emily Coubrough just before the interval, with Armstrong converting for a 28-10 lead.Armstrong was back on kicking duties five minutes into the second half, converting a try from Jen Bell, with Poppy Clarkson featuring well in the build-up.Biggar dealt West a hammer blow when Kimm then collected possession directly from the restart and burst through the West line to score under the posts, with Armstrong converting for a 42-10 lead, virtually sealing the win.However, West weren’t done yet and a series of plays had Biggar on the defensive again, with Todd crossing for her second and her side’s third try.However, Biggar went back on the attack and Alexandra Phillips rounded the West defence to score.Lejkowski’s conversion attempt bounced off the upright, but Biggar led 47-15.Bell crossed for her second try, following good runs from Lily Glendinning and Cerys Forest, which was converted by Lejkowski, who then scored her hat-trick,