Melrose v Watsonians 11/10/25
Melrose v Watsonians – 11/10/25
On a beautiful, warm, still and sunny afternoon the visitors kicked off into a bright sunshine, but one would have thought that it was Melrose facing it as they fumbled the kick - off and a series of plays later saw Adam McKenzie crossing the line to the left of the posts with only 53 seconds on the clock. Harry Clark added the extras. Melrose were further disrupted as, in the lead up to the score, hooker Logan Kirk was injured and had to be replaced. Seven minutes later Paddy Anderson sprinted all of 40m down the far side to score to the left of the posts with Roly Brett converting to level the scores. At the start of the second quarter Watsonians won a penalty lineout in the Town Corner and from the resulting rolling maul Harry Jackaman crashed over for a try which Clark converted, then, with six minutes of the half remaining Andy McLean burst through a gap in the Melrose defence to score to the right of the posts with Clark converting.
Half time – Melrose 7 Watsonians 21
Seven minutes into the second half Douglas Crawford, who had only come on just after the interval, made a fine break off-loading to Sam Derrick who only had to flop over the line for a try converted by Logan Karl. Unfortunately, Crawford, in making his break, had tweaked a hamstring and had to leave the pitch. Following a penalty lineout rolling maul in the Church Corner, at 57 minutes, a pile of bodies crossed the line with Boyd Cooper being credited with scoring the Watsonian bonus point try which Clark converted. The final score of the day came at 66 minutes. Melrose won a penalty lineout in the Policeman’s Corner with the ball being passed cross field to Finn Douglas whose try in the Town Corner was well converted by Brett. Try as they might Melrose were unable to score again.
Melrose 21 Watsonians 28
Melrose – Fin Douglas, Connor Spence, Corey Goldsbrough, Declan Mulcahy, Paddy Anderson, Roly Brett, Scott Clark, Ben White, Logan Kirk, Adam Arkley, Angus Weir, Angus Runciman©, Dylan Cockburn, Elliot Ruthven, Ru Campbell. Replacements – Sam Derrick, Jack Dobie, Logan Karl, Zen Szwagrzak, Will Ferrie, Douglas Crawford, Ollie Furness.
Watsonians – Dom Coetzer, Harry Fisher, Ronan Kerr, Harry Clark, Lomond MacPherson, Andy McLean, Adam McKenzie, Donald Voas, Boyd Coopoer, Cole Lamberton, Chistian Lindsay, Luis Ball, Kwagga van Niekirk, Campbell Wilson, Harry Jackaman. Replacements – Andrew McInnes, Cam Murphy, Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, Stuart Allison, Fin Stewart, Murray Scott, Henry Widdowson.
Referee – Michael Todd. Assistants – Gorie Reed & Gordon Galashan.