Capital Rugby Tournament
Morisons Solicitors Challenge cup
Heriots Rugby club are holding their annual pre-season celebration of rugby tournament, the Morisons Solicitors Challenge cup (formerly known as the Mansell cup), this Saturday (18th August) at Goldenacre. It is one of the best attended competitions in Scottish Club rugby.
The participating teams this year are:
Heriots (obviously)
Watsonians
Edinburgh Accies
Boroughmuir
Dundee HSFP
Aberdeen Grammer
Glasgow Hawks
Falkirk
The kick off is at 11:00am, with the final taking place at 4:00pm.
As well as the rugby, there will be Bouncy castles, face painting, Children's rides, Balloon jesters, The Crisp Hut and Luca's Ice cream, making this a great day out for all the family.
On top of all that, the best thing is, entry is free.
The order of play is as follows:
Pitch 1 League A Pitch 2 League B
Glasgow Hawks v Falkirk 11:00 - 11:35 Edinburgh Accies v Boroughmuir 11:15 - 11:50
Dundee v Heriots 11:35 - 12:10 Aberdeen v Watsonians 11:50 - 12:25
Glasgow Hawks v Dundee 12:30 - 13:05 Edinburgh Accies v Aberdeen 12:45 - 13:20
Falkirk v Heriots 13:05 - 13:40 Boroughmuir v Watsonians 13:20 - 13:55
Glasgow Hawks v Heriots 14:00 - 14:35 Edinburgh Accies v Watsonians 14:15 - 14:50
Falkirk v Dundee 14:35 - 15:10 Boroughmuir v Aberdeen 14:50 - 15:25
In the past, Edinburgh Rugby supporters have always turned out in good numbers. So why not go along and support rugby in the Capital.