On a day in the capital that ranged from sunshine to showers, it was also a Hawick Linden performance of extremes from fumbling to fantastic in this East League 2 fixture.
Early mistakes surrendered field position and Edinburgh Northern demonstrated the strength of their lineout catch and drive that led to captain Callum Miller plunging over after eight minutes.
Linden stand-off Kris Rowley responded with a penalty goal which was followed by two quick-fire tries. Firstly, after a long period of possession, scrumhalf Rory Graham burst through a gap at a ruck to touch down for Rowley to convert.
Three minutes later, following some great running rugby from their own half, Graham Colville offloaded to Matthew Mallin for the wing forward to touch down. Rowley’s conversion stretched the Linden lead to 17-5 after 18 minutes.
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