2018 Melrose Sevens

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2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens
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The Greenyards in Melrose
Tournament details
CountriesFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tournament format(s) Knockout
Date14 April 2018
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Matches played23
Final
VenueThe Greenyards, Melrose
Champions Flag of Scotland.svg Watsonian (9th title)
Runners-up Flag of Scotland.svg Melrose
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The 2018 Melrose Sevens also known as the Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens was 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 through to the final being played throughout the same day and formed part of the Kings of the Sevens series.

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

Second round

14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Currie 24 - 19 Flag of Scotland.svg Jed-Forest
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Boroughmuir 0 - 29 Flag of Scotland.svg Melrose
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Edinburgh Uni 19 - 21 Flag of Scotland.svg Edinburgh Accies
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Dundee 10 - 24 Flag of the United States.svg USA Tigers
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Marr 33 - 7 Flag of Poland.svg Poland
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg GHA 31 - 5 Flag of Scotland.svg Ayr
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Hawick 12 - 31 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Crusaders
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Selkirk 19 - 24 Flag of Scotland.svg Watsonian
The Greenyards

Quarter-finals

14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Currie 5 - 29 Flag of Scotland.svg Melrose
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Edinburgh Accies 12 - 10 Flag of the United States.svg USA Tigers
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Marr 21 - 20 Flag of Scotland.svg GHA
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Crusaders 5 - 21 Flag of Scotland.svg Watsonian
The Greenyards

Semi-finals

14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Melrose 27 - 0 Flag of Scotland.svg Edinburgh Accies
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg Marr 14 - 19 Flag of Scotland.svg Watsonian
The Greenyards

Final

14 April 2018
18:20 BST
Flag of Scotland.svg Melrose 14 - 19 Flag of Scotland.svg 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.

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References

  1. "Watsonians defeat hosts at Melrose Sevens". The Offside Line. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.[ permanent dead link ]