Rugby: National League 1

WITH the toss of a coin handing Hawick home advantage, the Premiership side will start tonight's Border League Final as hot favourites against a National One outfit Kelso, but it won't be a walk in the park. The return to Mansfield Park of former Hawick captain Bruce McNeil, who is now player-coach at Poynder, provides a delicious extra sub-plot to…

La Louviere and Anderlecht trade tackles in a Belgian Cup seventh-round clash on Tuesday (October 31). La Louviere are coming off a 1-1 draw at Knokke in the Belgian National Division 1 on Friday. Both goals came in the first half, with Jorn Vancamp and Jens Naessens scoring in the ninth and 12th minutes respectively to share the…

Highland had to settle for fifth place in National League One after losing by the narrowest of margins to Kelso. The visitors' 7-5 win was sufficient to take the title in a fiercely contested last game of the season at Canal Park. While it was never a classic game of rugby in which dour defending was the order of the day, the huge home crowd,…