It was a cold but sunny day at the Greenyards on Saturday as teams gathered for the world-famous Melrose Sevens.
Ayr started their campaign against Stewart's Melville and got off to a flier. Blair Macpherson sauntered over for the first try which was converted by recent Scotland Sevens cap Gavin Lowe.
Cammy Taylor then flew over the line, with Robbie Fergusson adding the extra two points. Iain Renwick got a brace of tries, one of which was converted by Fergusson, to seal the win. 26-7.
Ayr next faced something of an unknown quantity in the German national sevens team. It began well with an unconverted try by Taylor, but the game was halted for some time when Germany's Marvin Dieckmann was attended to by both medical teams. He was stretchered off and we wish him a speedy recovery.
Germany showed some great pace and flare to run in a number of tries and Ayr could do nothing to stop the eventual tournament runners-up crossing the whitewash. Fabian Heimpel also struck several impressive conversions.
There was some consolation for Ayr as Pete McCallum scored a final unconverted try from a David Armstrong break. 10-24.
Glasgow Warriors beat Germany in an entertaining final. James Eddie led the professional side, with Ayr's Murray McConnell and Will Bordill amongst the squad and both got on the score sheet.
Ayr: 1. Dean Kelbrick (c), 2. Blair Macpherson, 3 Pete McCallum, 4. Ben Johnston, 5. David Armstrong, 6. Iain Renwick, 7. Gavin Lowe, 8. Robbie Fergusson, 9. Cammy Taylor, 10. Gregor Paxton.
- Eléna Hogarth
No comments:
Post a Comment