Stirling County vs Southern Knights Prediction: A crucial matchup for the two sides

The game between Stirling County and Southern Knights on Friday night is shaping up to be one of the most important of the season for both squads, despite the fact that it is not quite a winner-take-all showdown. However, Stirling County are coming into this encounter on the heels of two straight losses, and the Southern Knights are coming off a victory over Boroughmuir. 

Next Saturday, Stirling County will play their final league match on the road against the struggling Boroughmuir Bears. If they want to regain control of their own fate, Stirling County absolutely must win this match. However, Stirling County are heading into this match in poor form because they have only won two of their previous five matches, both of which were against teams representing Boroughmuir and FOSROC Future SX. Their most recent two encounters, however, were both losses for them at the hands of the Heriots and Watsonians, with scores of 14-46 and 40-17, respectively, for both of those contests. Marius Tamosaitis will take the position of injured tight-head Lewis Skinner, co-captain Connor Gordon will play openside flanker in place of Lewis Wynne, and Ed Timpson will take the place of Shaun MacDonald as back-row backup on the bench for Stirling County. In the backline replacements, Eric Davey is inserted into the 23-man roster in lieu of Kyle McGhie.

As the penultimate round of the Super Series Championship regular season approaches, Southern Knight hold a two-point advantage over their rivals in the standings of the league table. Therefore, they are heading into this contest with the knowledge that a win will guarantee them a spot in the final play-off, regardless of the result of their final league encounter, which will take place the following Friday on the road against a Heriot's team that is currently performing very well. In recent games, the Southern Knights have struggled to maintain consistency, but they were able to pull off a victory over Boroughmuir by a score of 29-15 the weekend before this one. Back-rowers Garry Young and Sam Derrick have both made a full recovery from injury and will be available for selection on the bench for this match, which has head coach Alan Tait very delighted. Additionally, emergency loan cover for the Southern Knights has been provided by Donald Voas (Biggar Rugby) and Ben Weir (Melrose Rugby), who have both been included among the replacements for the team.

While Stirling County's strength is being put to the test after having such a good week of relaxing the previous week, the Southern Knights will head to Stirling County in high spirits after making significant progress in their campaign. After suffering significant losses to Heriot's and Watsonians, Stirling County's victory over Future XV seems like it happened a very long time ago. The game is going to be very close, but the Southern Knights should come out on top despite the fact that it will be quite close.