Melrose Rugby Sevens 2008

Final

12/04/2008

Leicester Tigers 12 Scottish Thistles 33

The Auld Enemy renewed their age-old acquaintance in the final of the 125th Mathon Melrose Sevens. In the blue corner were the Scottish Thistles, their first time back in the Melrose Sevens final since they were comprehensively beaten 38-7 by Boroughmuir in 2002. In the green, white and red corner were newcomers to the Greenyards, all the way from the Midlands, the Leicester Tigers. The Scots h ... [more]

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Semi-Finals

12/04/2008

Leicester Tigers 31 Melrose 7

Leicester Tigers opened the scoring when a burst of pace from Ben Youngs took him through the Melrose line before he beat the last defender to score under the posts. Gregor Gillanders kicked the simple conversion. Melrose bravely passed the ball along the line from just in front of their own posts before Jamie Murray broke through and kept himself out in front of the chasing Gillanders to touch d ... [more]

12/04/2008

Scottish Thistles 21 Ulster 5

Ulster found themselves behind to the Scottish Thistles early on when Ally Warnock converted his own try from the sideline. Keith Earls held off a challenge from Ignacio Mieres to continue his try scoring habit, but the missed conversion kept the Scots in front. Mike Adamson extended the Thistles advantage before the break and Warnock was again accurate with the boot to convert the score. Adams ... [more]

12/04/2008

Quarter Final

12/04/2008

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Melrose Rugby Sevens 2008