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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 …

The hosts defeated Edinburgh Accies in the final ofThe Starrett Jed-Forest Sevens. Image: Rob Gray
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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 …

Jed-Forest won the Kelso Centenary Sevens. Image: Stuart Cameron
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Kings of the Sevens: Jed win at Kelso and Selkirk victorious at Earlston

1 May 2022 Alan Lorimer 4

Jed-Forest top Kings of the Sevens table ahead of Selkirk tournament next Saturday …

Promotion to Premiership was on the line as Gala hosted Heriot's at Netherdale. Image Rob Gray
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Heriot’s withstand late Gala surge to take driving seat in National One title race

16 April 2022 Alan Lorimer 2

Goldenacre men on the precipice of becoming the first Super6 organisation to have their Club XV playing in the Premiership …

Andrew Mitchell carries for Hawick versus Kelso. Image: Malcolm Grant
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Border League Final: Hawick dig deep against Kelso to bring up half century

14 April 2022 David Barnes 5

Tries from Stuart Graham and Shawn Muir are enough to edge out a narrow win for …

Rory Smith wears the No 4 jersey for Hawick in tonight's Border League Final versus Kelso at Mansfield Park. Image: ©Craig Watson - www.craigwatson.co.uk
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Border League Final: Kelso look to upset the odds as Hawick target a half century

13 April 2022 David Barnes Comments Off on Border League Final: Kelso look to upset the odds as Hawick target a half century

Former Greens captain Bruce McNeil returns to his old Mansfield Park stomping ground …

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