THE Premiership campaign – like all rugby this season – finished with a premature dull thud rather than the fireworks we had hoped for. But the teams and players who have led the charge through the previous six months should be given credit for what they have achieved. So, without further ado, here is the final standings in The Offside Line’s Premiership Leaderboards for 2019-20 –
TOP TRY SCORER
13 – Andrew Mitchell (Hawick)
12 – Conor Bickerstaff (Marr)
11 – Fergus Scott (Currie Chieftains)
9 – Nathan Brown (Aberdeen Grammar) and Callum Young (Jed-Forest)
8 – Lewis Young (Jed-Forest) and Scott Bickerstaff (Marr)
7 – Nat Coe (Aberdeen Grammar), Steven Hamilton and Mike Vernel (both Currie Chieftains), Robbie Yourston (Jed-Forest), Richard Dalgleish (Marr) and Henry Bithray (Selkirk)
6 – Tom Aplin (Aberdeen Grammar), Max Priestly (Glasgow Hawks), Craig Bachurzewski, Matt Carryer and Logan Gordon-Wooley (all Hawick), Colin Sturgeon (Marr), Danny Owenson (Musselburgh), Scott McClymont and Josh Welsh (both Selkirk)
5 – Murray Mitchell and Robin Cessford (both Aberdeen Grammar), Graeme Carson, Gregor Christie, Archie McLean and Reece Patterson (all Currie Chieftains), Max Love and Jamie Sole (both Edinburgh Accies), Jackson Baillie, Jordan Craig and Grant Mollison (all GHA), Kerr Gossman and Ryan Sweeney (both Glasgow Hawks), Jae Linton and Shawn Muir (both Hawick), Garry Young, Rory Marshall and Monty Mitchell (all Jed-Forest), Benedict Grant, Gregor Paxton, Mackenzie Pearce and Ollie Rossi (all Marr), Craig Owenson (Musselburgh), Ryan Cotterill, Ewan MacDougall and Luke Pettie (all Selkirk)
TEAM TRIES
84 – Marr
81 – Currie Chieftains
66 – Hawick
64 – Jed-Forest
59 – Selkirk
58 – Musselburgh
57 – Aberdeen Grammar
49 – Edinburgh Accies
48 – GHA
42 – Glasgow Hawks
GOLDEN BOOT (POINTS KICKED)
127 – Tom Aplin (Aberdeen Grammar)
122 – Colin Sturgeon (Marr) and Robbie Yourston (Jed-Forest)
117 – Liam Brims (Glasgow Hawks)
108 – Danny Owenson (Musselburgh)
105 – Gregor Hunter (Currie Chieftains)
101 – Ali Weir (Hawick)
76 – Aaron McColm (Selkirk)
49 – Jamie MacKinnon (GHA)
44 – Jack Anderson (GHA)
41 – Jamie Loomes (Edinburgh Accies)
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CARDS PER TEAM
16 – Jed-Forest (1 x red)
14 – Edinburgh Accies (1 x red)
13 – Hawick
11 – GHA (1 x red)
10–Selkirk
8 – Musselburgh
7 – Currie Chieftains and Marr
6 – Aberdeen Grammar and Glasgow Hawks
LEAGUE TABLE
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