TWO DAYS of torrential rain brought much of Tayside to a standstill yesterday.

Crowds lined the streets of a Wiltshire town yesterday to pay their respects to Black Watch soldiers Private Kevin Elliott of Dundee and Sergeant Stuart “Gus” Millar of Inverness.

Ruaridh Jackson made a brief but crucial intervention to ensure the Warriors got their Magners League season off to a flyer with the key try that ended the resistance of champions Munster at Firhill last night, writes Steve Scott, rugby correspondent.

STRIKER COLIN McMenamin reckons the reaction to Dundee’s unconvincing start to the season has been harsh—especially when it’s compared to the one eventual First Division champions St Johnstone made to last term.