WATSONIANS 55, HAWICK 6
Hawick travelled to Myreside for their final match in this seasons league campaign to face Watsonians, hoping to build on last weeks good display against Stirling County and consolidate their mid table position. With a number of seasoned campaigners being rested, presumably before next weeks big Cup match against Melrose, the very young side were always going find it tough going against a much bigger and quicker Watsonians team.
Hawick were playing with the strong breeze in the first half and indeed held their own for much of the half but the Watsonians backs always looked dangerous with ball in hand. Hawick scored first through a David Lowrie penalty. The home side replied with a try shortly afterwards. Another Lowrie penalty again gave the visitors the lead but this proved to be the last points of the day for Hawick. Watsonians crossed for another two tries before the break. Hawick were certainly not out of it at 6-17 but a huge effort was going to be required in the second half against the elements.
Although Watsonians scored six tries without reply in the second half, the young Hawick side, to their credit, never gave up and indeed had their moments, with Geoff Cross again showing his class with some storming breaks. But in the end, the speed of the home backs coupled with the power of their forwards proved too much for Hawick and Watsonains emerged deserved winners by 55 points to 6.