Melrose Rugby Sevens 2008
Final
12/04/2008
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]
12/04/2008
Semi-Finals
12/04/2008
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
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
The South Africans dampened home hopes when Wessel Du Plessis powered through for the first score. Leonard Krantz converted. The Shimlas extended their lead despite Melrose’s attempts to hit back. The Scots tried to defend, but the South Africans were there in numbers and Kenny Von Wiellig had the final touch. Melrose though, took the game to the visitors and their pressure paid off when John Da ... [more]
12/04/2008
Leicester Tigers put Jed on the back foot from the kick off with a try from Gregor Gillanders before Matt Smith broke through from halfway for a second score just moments later. Ignacio Mieres kicked both conversions as the Borderers fell 14 points behind. Jed hit back when Gary Hill slipped a pass to David Gobby who had the pace to touch down. Clark Laidlaw though, sliced his conversion attempt. ... [more]
12/04/2008
Keith Earls began this tie as he did against Watsonians in the previous round by scoring an early try for the Irish visitors. The Australians made Ulster work harder for their second effort, but when Felix Jones broke away from an attempted tackle by Marshall Milroy just metres short of the line he crossed under the posts. Earls added the simple conversion to take a 12-0 lead into halftime. The ... [more]
12/04/2008
The Scottish Thistles threw away an early opportunity when they were penalised for crossing, but they made up for the mistake moments later to go in front. Mike Adamson found Richie Vernon who seemed like he would score, but pressure from the Italians forced him to find Greig Laidlaw who made sure of the five points. Ally Warnock converted. Roma, though, worked their way back into the tie when L ... [more]
12/04/2008
Shimlas made a strong start to the defence of their title when Shagan Windvogel crossed the try line in the opening minute of the final 2nd round tie versus Boroughmuir. The South Africans doubled their advantage when Ockie van Zyl set up Leonard Krantz who dived over before also kicking the conversion. ‘Muir got themselves off the mark when Angus Martyn beat Pieter Laubuschagne and then continu ... [more]
12/04/2008
Melrose kept up the momentum from their first tie against Glasgow Hawks when they opened the scoring against last year’s Kings of the Sevens and current leaders of the Kings of the Sevens table, Selkirk. Mark Robertson crossed for an early double and Scott Wight added a single conversion. Selkirk went looking for a score pinning Melrose back, but when the hosts secured possession they broke quic ... [more]
12/04/2008
Jed-Forest made a bright start to their second round tie against the Far Eastern visitors. Roy McFarlane twice crossed in the same corner after a series of good passing and support play. The Chinese reduced the gap when a good piece of play enabled Wang Chong Yi to set up Zhang Zhi Qiang with the latter also adding the conversion. Jedburgh passed up a golden opportunity before the students went ... [more]
12/04/2008
Kelso made a promising start before the English visitors hit back. Kevin Utterson dribbled ahead before collecting and touching down from close range for the Borderers. Powerful running created the space first for Ignacio Mieres and then Ben Youngs to put the Tigers in front. Mieres also converted Youngs counter. The visitors from south of the border added to their lead when the pace of Mieres ... [more]
12/04/2008
The Gold Coast Breakers made a dominant start to their tie against Peebles holding on to possession and adding points to the scoreboard. Marshall Milroy added the first five points before Corey Niwa supplied Caleb Brown. A late tackle couldn’t prevent Brown from scoring and Milroy slotted the ball home for the extra points. The Aussies didn’t have it all their own way though, with Craig Hunter s ... [more]
12/04/2008
Watsonians made Ulster work hard for their opening score, but a turn of pace by Keith Earls enabled him to break away from his tackler and touch down before adding the conversion himself. Clever passing created another opening for Ulster when substitute Brian Tuohy scored with his first touch under the posts. Earls again added the two points. Richard Briggs created Ulster’s third with a break fr ... [more]
12/04/2008
Guest side Roma made a strong start to their opening tie of the tournament with Richard Carter powering through for an early double. Matt Vaughan made the most of the scores by converting both efforts. Dundee were forced to defend desperately at times and were rewarded for their hard work when Richie Hawkins broke away to score in the left-hand corner. Dundee narrowed the gap to just two points ... [more]
12/04/2008
Scottish Thistles found themselves put under pressure by Currie from the kick off, but when Mike Adamson broke away from inside his own ’22 even the attentions of Jamie Harris and Kevin McShane couldn’t prevent him from scoring. Ally Warnock stepped up to add the conversion. Currie continue to take the play to their opponents and were rewarded when Ross Weston found space to drive through under t ... [more]
12/04/2008
Boroughmuir opened the scoring in this tie when Sean Crombie, a former member of the Border Reiver’s academy, touched down and Elgan O’Donnell converted. Malcolm Clapperton broke through from close range and converted his own try to double ‘Muir’s lead going into the interval. Ayr missed a decent opening when Pat McArthur sent his pass to Andrew White forward before ‘Muir showed them how it shou ... [more]
12/04/2008
Hosts Melrose took to the field to resounding cheers and their supporters didn’t have long to wait for some meaningful action. Jordan Macey, Melrose’s Australian Sevens player, beat opposite number Sean Murray to score the opening try of the tie. Scott McCormick looked either way for an opening before deciding to take the ball on himself. He broke through the Hawks line with ease and cantered bet ... [more]
12/04/2008
Jed-Forest were first to break the try line in this battle of the Borderers. Robert Ferguson squeezed over before a clever side step by Hawick’s John Coutts levelled the scores. Rory Hutton kicked the tricky conversion, but the Greens lost their lead moments later. Ex-Scotland Sevens player Clark Laidlaw scored twice in a matter of minutes the second of which was set up by Roy McFarlane. Donald ... [more]
12/04/2008
Kelso started brightly against last weeks’ winners of the Gala Sevens when Kevin Utterson broke through from close range. Heriot’s were made to battle hard to bring themselves level when O.J. Brown squeezed in at the corner. Kelso threatened again moments later when a deep run from Sean Common was well supported, but his pass inside to Greg Minto went forward. It was a costly error as Heriot’s r ... [more]
12/04/2008
Peebles and Edinburgh Accies exchanged scores in the first half of this tie. Vili Satala broke down the blind side before stepping back inside in the Peebles ’22 to score for Accies. Mike Campbell added the conversion before a run from Craig Hunter down the near sideline took him in for the try. Kiwi Dan Boughtwood kicked Peebles level with the conversion. The Borderers went ahead early in the se ... [more]
12/04/2008
West of Scotland gave their noisy band of travelling supporters something to cheer early on in this tie when a sequence of quick passes created enough space for Sandy Service to squeeze in at the near corner. Stephen O’Donnell missed his conversion attempt from out on the sideline. Watsonians hit back when Rohan Steyl broke clear with a powerful run and Mike Ker’s kicked his side in front with th ... [more]
12/04/2008
Dundee began the tie the strongest keeping Gala pushed back in their own ’22 and took advantage by scoring two tries. Richie Hawkins found space to cross the line unopposed before Cammy Ferguson broke away to add a second under the posts. Ferguson extended his side’s lead by kicking the conversion. Gala put themselves back into contention when Tim Miskelly scored from the restart deep in the left ... [more]
12/04/2008
Langholm opened the Mathon Melrose Sevens 125th anniversary competition with a battling display against Currie at a wet and chilly Greenyards. Langholm caught Currie by surprise to take an early lead. Steven Nicol broke from his own half and scored the opening try of the tournament despite the attentions of Mark Cairns. The city side though, brought themselves level when Jamie Harris kicked ahe ... [more]
12/04/2008
Mathon Melrose 7s Draw 2008 The draw took place for the 125th Melrose Sevens in the clubrooms on Sunday. Langholm v Currie (winners v Scottish Thistles) Dundee HSFP v Gala (winners v Roma) Watsonians v West of Scotland (winners v Ulster) Peebles v Edin Accies (winners v Gold Coast Breakers) Kelso v Heriots (winners v Leicester Tigers) Jedforest v Hawick (winners v Chinese Agri ... [more]
09/04/2008
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