The Villagers got their pre season fixtures underway on Saturday with an excellent home win against East coast rivals Lismore.

Determined to put their hard yards of pre-season into practice, the Villagers gave a strong display of opening running rugby, coming away with an emphatic 64-14 victory to kick start their campaign.

Leading 38-0 at the interval thanks to 6 tries and 4 conversions, the home side added a further 4 tries and 3 conversions in the second period.

Scoring credits went to B Anderson (3), R Anderson, C Quinn, R Mackie, W Irvine, G Alston, O Shanahan, and R McFadden. R Anderson was on target with the conversions.

Next fixture for the gents is Saturday 17 August when they travel to face Blairgowrie in their final run out before the league campaign gets underway. Kick off 3pm at Coupar Sports Ground