A hat-trick performance from veteran prop Ruairidh West helped secure a vital home win for the Villagers against bottom of the table Clydebank at Castle Policies.

21-7 ahead at the break the Villagers conceded an early try before pushing on with 5 unanswered scores of their own to secure all 5 points and take a vital step away from the relegation zone.

With 8 tries to pick from it was West who top scored with 3, the other 5 coming from Watson, Galloway, Anderson, Smith, and Shanahan. Anderson was on target with 7 conversions from 8 attempts to round off the scoring.

The Villagers are in action again next Saturday when they travel into North Lanarkshire to face Waysiders Drumpellier. Kick off at 2pm