Selkirk lifted by eight-try sevens romp
Published Date:
25 August 2008
By DAVID FERGUSON
AS newcomers to the Scottish Hydro Electric Division One Selkirk will face some touch challenges this season, but they gave themselves the perfect lift yesterday by rampaging to a stunning final win in their own sevens tournament.
In a ground packed with proud ‘Souters’ raucously cheering their team on, Selkirk came from 5-0 down to score eight tries through Gavin Craig (2), Ross Nixon (3), Lee Jones, Fraser Harkness and skipper Neil Darling and run away from a skilful Newcastle side of academy and university recruits, which included Scotland age-grade internationalist Lewis Calder. It clearly made up for last weekend’s final defeat at Kelso.
Kevin Barrie, the Selkirk coach, said: “It was nice to start with a good win over Kelso because they’ve been our bogey team for a while, and the momentum just built from there.”
First round: Selkirk 39 Kelso 0, Biggar 7 Edinburgh Acad 41, Perthshire 33 Peebles 35, Hawick 45 Jed-Forest 0, Scottish Academy 33 Haddington 12, Newcastle 31 Gala 5, Langholm 0 Melrose 28, Watsonians 45 Berwick 0.
Quarter-finals: Selkirk 33 Ed Acad 7, Peebles 24 Hawick 0, Scottish Academy 19 Newcastle 21, Melrose 5 Watsonians 36.
Semi-finals: Selkirk 22 Peebles 12, Newcastle 33 Watsonians 26.
Final: Selkirk 51 Newcastle 29.
The full article contains 220 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
24 August 2008 9:51 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
