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2018 Melrose Sevens

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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
ChampionsScotland Watsonian (9th title)
Runners-upScotland 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.

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

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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

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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

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Seeded teams which enter in the Second round

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Tournament

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

First round

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14 April 2018
Scotland Currie38 - 7Scotland Glasgow Hawks
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Cartha17 - 28Scotland Boroughmuir
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Heriot's7 - 21Scotland Edinburgh Uni
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Peebles7 - 38Scotland Dundee
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Kelso19 - 29Scotland Marr
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland GHA24 - 5Scotland Gala
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Hawick24 - 12Scotland Aberdeen
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Selkirk26 - 17Scotland Stirling County
The Greenyards

Second round

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14 April 2018
Scotland Currie24 - 19Scotland Jed-Forest
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Boroughmuir0 - 29Scotland Melrose
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Edinburgh Uni19 - 21Scotland Edinburgh Accies
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Dundee10 - 24United States USA Tigers
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Marr33 - 7Poland Poland
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland GHA31 - 5Scotland Ayr
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Hawick12 - 31United Kingdom Crusaders
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Selkirk19 - 24Scotland Watsonian
The Greenyards

Quarter-finals

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14 April 2018
Scotland Currie5 - 29Scotland Melrose
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Edinburgh Accies12 - 10United States USA Tigers
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Marr21 - 20Scotland GHA
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
United Kingdom Crusaders5 - 21Scotland Watsonian
The Greenyards

Semi-finals

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14 April 2018
Scotland Melrose27 - 0Scotland Edinburgh Accies
The Greenyards
14 April 2018
Scotland Marr14 - 19Scotland Watsonian
The Greenyards

Final

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14 April 2018
18:20 BST
Scotland Melrose14 - 19Scotland 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

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References

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