Tag: Watsonians
Rugby – Watsonians v Peebles
Match 24 August 2013
On the first competitive weekend of the 2013-14 RBS National League, Watsonians took an emphatic win over rivals Peebles at Myreside. The home side fielded a few new players, one of whom, seems...
Rugby : Watsonians v Edinburgh Accies, Edinburgh Regional Cup, 17 December 2012
After the on/off/change venue/off again saga of this match over the weekend, it was quickly rescheduled for Monday night at Myreside under the lights.
The rain started along with the players coming out onto the...
Rugby – Watsonians v Selkirk, RBS National League
Photo and report - John Preece
A bright, but breezy, Saturday saw the Borders men from Selkirk make the trip up to Myreside to play Watsonians in the latest round of the RBS National League....
Rugby – Stewarts-Melville v Watsonians, RBS National League
Report and Photo - John Preece
Watsonians made the short trip across the city to RBS National league rivals, Stewarts-Melville, on a rather grey Saturday, which, at the end of the day, suited the match...
Rugby – Watsonians v Heriots, RBS Premier B, 14 January 2012
In the first of several Edinburgh derby matches in the RBS Premier B division, Watsonians hosted Heriots at Myreside in, what was to be, a fiercely contested match marred by a catalogue of errors....
Rugby – Watsonians v Stewarts-Melville, RBS Edinburgh Regional Cup
It was like deja-vu all over again as Stewarts-Melville travelled across the capital to Myreside to visit Watsonians in the RBS Edinburgh Regional Cup, hoping that they could reverse the league defeat of two...
Rugby – Watsonians v Stewart’s-Melville, RBS Premier 2, 29 October 2011
Watsonians welcomed undefeated Premier 2 leaders, Stewart's-Melville to Myreside on a breezy, but bright Saturday afternoon. With Stew-Mel guaranteed a place in the league play-offs, there were whisperings (faint hopes, maybe...) that they might be...
Watsonians v Peebles, RBS Premier 2, 8 October 2011
A rather dreich afternoon at Myreside saw a Premier 2 clash between home side Watsonians and Borders visitors, Peebles. Both teams did their best to play open, passing rugby, but the generally wet and...
Melrose Sevens 2011
by John Preece
Seven-a-side rugby was 'invented' in Melrose in 1883 and now has an international following, as well as a World Tour. The 2010-11 series of the World Tour will close at Murrayfield on...
Watsonians v Selkirk
Borders club Selkirk travelled up to Myreside to play unbeaten Watsonians in a Scottish club rugby's Premier B fixture, which turned into a bit of a nail-biter for 'Sonians fans.
Selkirk lead...