Heriot's next up for Southern Knights as end of season nears

Southern Knights in action at Watsonians on Saturday (Pic: Ronnie McInnes)

Southern Knights are now destined to end up either bottom or second bottom of rugby’s Fosroc Super6 Championship standings after being beaten 38-14 at table-topping Watsonians on Saturday.

That defeat leaves the Borderers fifth in the six-team table, level with basement side Stirling Wolves on five points from eight games, 11 adrift of their next opponents, fourth-placed Heriot’s, with only two matches of the season left to go and just ten points up for grabs.

Head coach Bruce Ruthven’s side, last season’s table-toppers and beaten play-off finalists, are away to the Edinburgh outfit this coming Saturday, with kick-off at 4pm.

The Melrose team’s scorers at Myreside Stadium on Saturday were Sam Derrick and Rudi Brown with tries and Keiran Clark with two conversions.

Their hosts’ try-scorers were Jamie Berrisford, Dom Coetzer, Karl Main, Angus Guthrie, Ross McKnight and Lomond MacPherson, with Lee Millar and Jason Baggott adding two conversions each.