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Club fixture schedule for 2022-23 season announced

21 June 2022 The Offside Line Team 3

Champions Marr kick-off their Premiership defence with a home match against Musselburgh …

Oliver Grant was part of the great Hawick side of the early 1960s.
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Appreciation: Hawick and Scotland forward Oliver Grant

12 June 2022 The Offside Line Team 5

A proud son of Hawick who enjoyed coaching success with London Scottish and Cambridge University …

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Clubland

Super6 Sprint: Watsonians take title with last-gasp win over Stirling County

10 June 2022 Colin Renton 5

Jason Baggott scores winner with 80th-minute interception try as his team see off heavy pressure from visitors …

Robbie McCallum carries the ball for Boroughmuir Bears against Heriot's last season. Image: © Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
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Super6 Sprint: Heriot’s and Boroughmuir Bears set to cross swords in final fling

10 June 2022 Gary Heatly 0

HERIOT’S are out to end a frustrating FOSROC Super6 Sprint Series on a high tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon when they take on Boroughmuir Bears. Although the fourth-sixth placed play-off match is at Meggetland, it is officially …

Andrew Kelly
Clubland

Heriot’s part company with head coach Andrew Kelly

10 June 2022 Stuart Bathgate 2

HERIOT’s this morning announced that head coach Andrew Kelly is leaving the club “by mutual consent”. The former Edinburgh hooker had been in charge of the Super6 side since his appointment in late 2019.      …

Tom Varndell (far left) and Luke McAllister (second from right) after a recent coaching clinic in Italy.
Boroughmuir Bears

Boroughmuir coaching clinic offers opportunity to train with legends

30 May 2022 David Barnes 2

Former All Black Luke McAlister and former England winger Tom Varndell, the English Premiership’s second-top try-scorer of all-time, will be at Meggetland on Wednesday and Thursday …

Lewis Young heads for the line as Jed finished their victorious Kings of the Sevens campaign with a flourish on home soil last weekend. Image: Rob Gray
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Leagues must be pruned if sevens rugby is to flourish

18 May 2022 Alan Lorimer 5

Alan Lorimer says it is time to look properly at the role sevens can play for Scottish rugby in promoting the game and developing players …

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Champions Jed-Forest finish Kings of the Sevens series with home win

14 May 2022 Alan Lorimer 5

Riverside Park men overcome Edinburgh Accies in tense final …

Jed-Forest triumphed at Selkirk Sevens. Image: Stuart Cameron
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Jed-Forest crowned Kings of the Sevens at Selkirk

9 May 2022 Alan Lorimer 1

Riverside men stretch into an unassailable position at top of the table ahead of hosting the final tournament in series on Saturday …

Norman Suddon lifts the first National League Division One title. Image courtesy: Hawick RFC
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Obituary: Norman Suddon: Scotland prop and a Hawick legend

8 May 2022 Jack Davidson 3

Capped 13 times and captain of the Greens team which dominated the early years of the National Leagues …

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