Bishopton Rugby secured a 22-21 victory over Irvine with a converted try in the final moments of Saturday’s league match.

The two sides were closely matched, with Irvine leading for the majority of the game before Bishopton struck with the last play.

Sam MacKinnon scored the late try to give Kyle Robertson the opportunity to convert and secure a one-point victory for Bishopton.

Irvine described the match as hard fought and said both teams had competed well throughout.

The home side said they were disappointed to concede the converted try after leading for much of the contest, but credited an improved defensive performance for keeping them in the game.

Bishopton named Jack McArthur as their Player of the Match following what the club described as a “stand out performance once again this season making several strong and decisive tackles.”

The result gives Bishopton another narrow victory after a match which went down to the final play.


Results

Arnold Clark West Region League Division 2 (Men’s)

Saturday 26th September 2026

55 – 29
Wigtownshire RFC
Loch Lomond / Helensburgh
43 – 26
Uddingston RFC
Irvine RFC
21 – 22
Lochaber RFC
74 – 19
Mid Argyll RFC

Fixtures

Arnold Clark West Region League Division 2 (Men’s)

Saturday 3rd October 2026

Bishopton RFC
2:00pm
Lochaber RFC
Cumnock RFC
2:00pm
Loch Lomond / Helensburgh
Uddingston RFC
2:00pm
Birkmyre RFC
Wigtownshire RFC
2:00pm
Irvine RFC

Standings

Arnold Clark West Region League Division 2 (Men’s)
Team P W L D F A Diff TB LB Pts
Bishopton RFC 5 5 0 0 163 116 47 5 0 25
Loch Lomond / Helensburgh 5 3 2 0 153 153 0 4 1 17
Wigtownshire RFC 4 3 1 0 177 90 87 4 0 16
Birkmyre RFC 5 2 2 1 191 171 20 3 1 14
Irvine RFC 4 2 1 1 132 118 14 3 1 14
Lochaber RFC 4 2 2 0 176 131 45 3 1 12
Uddingston RFC 4 1 3 0 99 140 -41 2 0 6
Cumnock RFC 3 0 3 0 65 133 -68 1 0 1
Mid Argyll RFC 4 0 4 0 112 216 -104 3 0 0
P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, F = Points for, A = Points against, Diff = Points difference, TB = Try bonus, LB = Losing bonus, Pts = Points.

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