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Hawick travelled to Malleny Park for this Cup match against Premier One

League leaders Currie. Played in near perfect playing conditions in front of

a very sparse crowd which unusually was lacking the normally good Hawick

travelling support. Hawick gave as good as they got from their much bigger

and more powerful opponents with Hawick tackling and scavenging for

possession and in the end Currie would know they had been in a match which

very nearly ended with the elimination of one of the favourites to lift the

Cup this season.

Hawick got off to the perfect start with a Graham Hogg penalty in the

opening minutes. But with the home side always looking dangerous on the

attack, a unconverted try and a penalty gave Currie a 8-3 lead. Hawick then

had their best spell of the match, a great initial break by Dean McCracken

saw hooker Hue Scammell up in support to score at the post which was

converted by Graham Hogg. Good play by John Coutts gave centre Greg Anderson

the chance to score in the corner which gave Hawick a deserved lead by 15

points to 8. With the match approaching half time and Hawick still on the

offensive, an interception try by Currie tied the scores at 15 all and a

converted try in injury time gave Currie the lead at the interval by 22

points to 15.

The second half saw Currie having most of the possession and territorial

advantage but excellent defence by Hawick kept the score at 22 -15 until

late into the match. A rare Hawick attack into the Currie half saw winger

Lee Armstrong high tackled going for a near certain try in the corner and

the referee had no hesitation in awarding a penalty try which tied the

scores at 22 all with only minutes left on the clock. Currie then used their

big forwards to good effect, picking and driving to keep possession and the

inevitable penalty came in front of the posts in the final minute. The match

reached full time with Currie leading by 25 points to 22 and the whole

Hawick team can be proud that they gave their all in what a thoroughly

entertaining match.

Team:- 1. Bruce McNeil, 2. Hue Scammell, 3. Ali Marsh, 4. Keiran Willison,

5. Craig Charters, 6. Ross Gibson, 7. Gary Lowrie, 8. David Lowrie, 9. Kevin

Reid, 10. Dean McCracken, 11. Steven Anderson, 12. Graham Hogg, 13. Greg

Anderson, 14. Michael Graham, 15. John Coutts

16. Lee Armstrong, 17. Ali Weir, 18. Garry Douglas, 19. Michael Robertson