A BURNS Night celebration kicked off the Six Nations in Ammanford this past weekend.

Tycroes RFC held a charity Burns Night celebration on Friday, February 2 – the eve of Wales’ 2024 Six Nations Championship opener against Scotland.

During the event, they had a Scottish themed meal of haggis, neeps and tatties and there was entertainment from Scottish poetry and storytelling duo The Jolly Beggars.

The traditional piping of the haggis was led by Pipe Major Michael Kelly from the Swansea Pipe Band. The haggis was addressed with the Robert Burns poem and toasted with Scottish whisky.

South Wales Guardian: Malcolm Davies, Tycroes RFC's president, parading the haggis.Malcolm Davies, Tycroes RFC's president, parading the haggis. (Image: Stuart Ladd)

South Wales Guardian: The piping of the haggisThe piping of the haggis (Image: Stuart Ladd)

South Wales Guardian: Irfon Higgins provided entertainment.Irfon Higgins provided entertainment. (Image: Stuart Ladd)

South Wales Guardian: Grant Williamson carried out the address to the haggisGrant Williamson carried out the address to the haggis (Image: Stuart Ladd)

South Wales Guardian: The haggis was cooked by Linda Barr.The haggis was cooked by Linda Barr. (Image: Stuart Ladd)