Scottish Rugby Union

Super6

Sunday 3rd October 2021

Kick Off 13.30

Watsonians 29 Boroughmuir Bears 35, attendance 400

@ Myreside

90-92 Myreside Road

Edinburgh

EH10 5BZ

£12 Admission, via Fanbase App. (Cash turnstile £15)

Programme, available via QR Code only.

Before today I had only ever been to two rugby union matches, the first being Leicester v Barbarians at Welford Road in 1991, then I saw Cambridge University v Oxford University in the Varsity match at Twickenham three years later, in front of a 60,000 plus crowd. It was only the fact that we drove past the ground here, noticing the impressive main stand, whilst on the way to our hotel on Friday afternoon, that I was even aware that Watsonians played in Edinburgh. I looked on BBC Sport and noticed they were listed as playing this afternoon, so a little bit of research led us to coming along.

The Super6 is, as it suggests, a semi professional competition played between six teams, which is intended to bridge the gap between the amateur and fully professional teams of the United Rugby Championship. As well as these two, the other member clubs are Ayrshire Bulls, Heriot’s Rugby, Southern Knights and Stirling County.

This was a much faster paced game than I had been expecting, although it would still have to go some to get up to the speed of a decent level Rugby League match. Boroughmuir came into this bottom of the table, with this being their first away win of the season.They led 10-21 at the break and although Watsonians came back into it they held on for a deserved 29-35 win. The two fixtures between the two were played for the Allan McNish Memorial Trophy, which Watsonians won on aggregate, despite today’s defeat.