Cox played his part in a dominant performance as Currie continued their recent upturn in fortunes to inflict their second win of the season on the reigning champions.
The young Currie side is maturing as a unit and Cox believes that, althoug
h there remain many rough edges, much of the rebuilding process is now complete and it is realistic to target a move up the league. "I think that second place is still up for grabs," he said. "We have been in the top three or four the last few seasons and I think we can do so again as long as we continue to progress in the way we are doing.
"We've got quite a young side. It's incredible how quickly they have managed to pick up their experience."
And, with Currie appearing to have struck form at the right time, he believes that the prospect of bidding for silverware is a realistic prospect. "The cup campaign is going to be coming up soon and I think we've got one eye on that as well," he added.
Saturday's win was particularly pleasing for Cox, who also had a spell playing with Perigueux in France and featured with Rotherham Earth Titans, as well as having played rugby league for Scotland A.
"I've always loved Boroughmuir. It's a great club and I have so much respect for them so to get two wins against them in one season is cracking," said the 25-year-old.
'Muir have struggled to achieve the consistency that brought the league title in style last season and they again looked out of sorts on Saturday.
The situation was not helped by the absence of key individuals, particularly in the back row, where open side Angus Martyn joined the list of casualties when he pulled out during the warm up.
They also had problems at hooker where pro Steve Lawrie was recalled by Edinburgh and recent arrival Sean O'Connor has returned to New Zealand having been offered a place in the Hurricanes Super 14 squad.
'Muir started with prop Bronson Ross filling the No.2 shirt and he performed admirably, although both Ross and his temporary replacement Neil Malloy were yellow carded in the second half, leaving uncontested scrums for a brief period.
However, by that stage, Currie were already well in charge. After falling behind to an early penalty from Matt Cannon, the visitors raced into a 20-6 lead at the break, with Jonny Smith doing much of the damage as he claimed a try, conversion and penalty, while Mike Norton also touched down after charging down a clearance by Cannon – who later slotted his second penalty – and pro Andy Turnbull was on hand to profit from a masterful offload by impressive teenage stand off Matthew Scott.
Smith stroked over another penalty then calmed the nerves of increasingly anxious Currie supporters when he bagged the bonus point try after several opportunities had gone astray and added the conversion.
The visitors rammed home their superiority when former 'Muir player Dougie Fife claimed try number five and, although Ben Fisher plunged over for a late consolation score, it did nothing to ease the pain for the home side.
Assistant coach Brian Richardson said: "We just didn't get any ball and I thought Currie played really well. They were impressive. Their No.10 got his dander up in the second half and looked sharp. To be honest, they cut us to bits in the second half."
However, he did identify several positive aspects of the game, adding: "I was very pleased with the way we defended when we only had thirteen men. There is lots to take away from it."
Scorers:
Boroughmuir: Try: Fisher; Pens: Cannon (2).
Currie: Tries: Smith (2), Norton, Turnbull, Fife; Cons: Smith (2); Pens: Smith (2).
Teams:
Boroughmuir: S Ruddick, K Eseonu, M Clapperton, G Cottrell, E Mills, M Cannon, C Cusiter, C Costigan, B Ross, F Lait, G Scott, F Pringle, St Waddell, B Fisher, C Orr. Subs: N Malloy, N Watt, N Patrick.
Currie: J Smith, D Fife, G Whyte, M Norton, A Turnbull, M Scott, R Reeves, J Cox, C Quigley, A Reekie, M Blair, A Adam, M Cairns, J Thomson, R Weston. Subs: A Walker, A Hamilton, S Burton, M Entwhistle.
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