2018 Melrose Sevens

The 2018 Melrose Sevens also known as the Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens was be the 128th staging of the world’s oldest annual Rugby sevens competition at the home of Melrose RFC at the Greenyards in Melrose, Scotland on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was played as a male only competition which featured 24 teams in a single elimination tournament with all the ties from the first round though to the final being played throughout the same day and formed part of the Kings of the Sevens series.

2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens
The Greenyards in Melrose
Tournament details
Countries Scotland
Tournament format(s)Knockout
Date14 April 2018
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Matches played23
Final
VenueThe Greenyards, Melrose
Champions Watsonian (9th title)
Runners-up Melrose

The later stages of the tournament was televised live for the last time on BBC Two Scotland and locally, from the first tie right through to the final, on Radio Borders.

The tournament was won by Scottish side Watsonian after they beat the home side Melrose 19-14 in a tightly fought final to win the Ladies Cup for the first time since 1996 and was Melrose’s second consecutive loss in the final.[1]

Teams

The main tournament will consist of 21 teams from across Scotland as well as two specially invited overseas teams from the United States and Poland and the charity team Crusaders to make a combined total of 24 teams.

Seedings

Sixteen unseeded Scottish sides will enter the competition in the first round whilst the seeded teams which includes the hosts Melrose, the four remaining Scottish teams Ayr, Jed-Forest, Edinburgh Accies and Watsonian the two invited overseas teams and the charity side Crusaders will enter the competition in the second round.

Unseeded teams which enter in the First round

Seeded teams which enter in the Second round

Tournament

The draw for the first and second rounds was made at the Greenyards in Melrose on Saturday 7 April 2018.

First round
14 April 2018
Currie 38 - 7 Glasgow Hawks
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Cartha 17 - 28 Boroughmuir
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Heriot’s 7 - 21 Edinburgh Uni
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Peebles 7 - 38 Dundee
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Kelso 19 - 29 Marr
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
GHA 24 - 5 Gala
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Hawick 24 - 12 Aberdeen
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Selkirk 26 - 17 Stirling County
The Greenyards

Second round
14 April 2018
Currie 24 - 19 Jed-Forest
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Boroughmuir 0 - 29 Melrose
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Edinburgh Uni 19 - 21 Edinburgh Accies
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Dundee 10 - 24 USA Tigers
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Marr 33 - 7 Poland
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
GHA 31 - 5 Ayr
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Hawick 12 - 31 Crusaders
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Selkirk 19 - 24 Watsonian
The Greenyards

Quarter-finals
14 April 2018
Currie 5 - 29 Melrose
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Edinburgh Accies 12 - 10 USA Tigers
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Marr 21 - 20 GHA
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Crusaders 5 - 21 Watsonian
The Greenyards

Semi-finals
14 April 2018
Melrose 27 - 0 Edinburgh Accies
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Marr 14 - 19 Watsonian
The Greenyards

Final
14 April 2018
18:20 BST
Melrose 14 - 19 Watsonian
The Greenyards
Referee: C White
  • This was the first Melrose Sevens final where the playing time was reduced from twenty to fourteen minutes in line with all other sevens matches.

See also

References
  1. "Watsonians defeat hosts at Melrose Sevens". The Offside Line. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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