Sport | Rugby sevens |
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Instituted | 1908 |
Number of teams | 16 |
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Related competition | Kings of the Sevens |
Langholm Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Langholm RFC, in Langholm, Scotland. The Langholm Sevens was the last of the Border Sevens tournaments to be instated in 1908.[1]
Held around the end of every April, the tournament is part of the Kings of the Sevens competition. 2019's Langholm Sevens took place on 27 April.[2]
Sports Day
Langholm first introduced a Sports Day - as it was originally called - on 16 October 1886; and rugby union seven a sides were played then. Two local teams met; from the firms of James Scott and Sons of Waverley Mills and Hotson the Builders. James Scott and Sons won the match.[3]
However it wasn't until 1908 that Langholm RFC decided that they should hold an annual Sports Day and thus the Sevens tournament today dates from then. Eight teams from the Borders were invited to play on 1 May 1908.[3]
Scott Cup
The winner of the Langholm Sevens receives the Scott Cup.[4]
The Scott Cup was first presented to the winners in 1930. It was presented by Tom Scott; the first Langholm RFC player to be capped internationally by Scotland (in 1896), and the first Border man to be president of the Scottish Rugby Union (from 1914 to 1920).[3]
Longest match in Sevens history
The final of the 1920 Langholm Sevens is understood to be the longest match in Sevens history.
Jed-Forest played Edinburgh Wanderers in that match, which was played with two halves of ten minutes each. After 20 minutes had expired with the score at 0-0, both captains and the referee agreed to play another two halves of ten minutes, which also ended without any score.
Following this, the captains and referee agreed to play under a 'golden try' rule: if either team scored a try, it would end the match, and the scoring team would win the match (and the competition).
After another five minutes, Jed-Forest fly-half Willie Scott touched down for a try to finally break the deadlock. The final had lasted a total of 45 minutes.[5]
Invited Sides
Various sides have been invited to play in the Langholm Sevens tournament throughout the years. The Barbarians entered in a side in 1972, reaching the final. The Scotland 7s side was invited in 2000.[6] Loughborough Colleges reached the final in 1995, losing out to Glasgow High Kelvinside. Aspatria reached the final in 1990. London Scottish reached the final in 1993.[7]
Of the English sides so far invited, only Newcastle Falcons and Headingley have won the Scott Cup.
Past winners
- 2023
Kelso
- 2022
Jed-Forest
- 2021 no tournament - coronavirus pandemic
- 2020 no tournament - coronavirus pandemic
- 2019
Watsonians[8]
- 2018
Watsonians[9]
- 2017
Selkirk[7]
- 2016
Watsonians[7]
- 2015
Hawick[10]
- 2014
Melrose[7]
- 2013
Selkirk[11]
- 2012
Hawick[12]
- 2011
Jed-Forest[13]
- 2010
Kelso[7]
- 2009
Hawick[12]
- 2008
Newcastle Falcons[13]
- 2007
Newcastle Falcons[13]
- 2006
Newcastle Falcons[14]
- 2005
Newcastle Falcons[13]
- 2004
Hawick[7]
- 2003
Glasgow Hut. Aloysians[7]
- 2002
Melrose[7]
- 2001 Foot & Mouth Disease[7]
- 2000
Hawick[6]
- 1999
Melrose[7]
- 1998
Gala[15]
- 1997
Kelso[7]
- 1996
Kelso[7]
- 1995
GH Kelvinside[7]
- 1994
Jed-Forest[7]
- 1993
Gala[15]
- 1992
Melrose[7]
- 1991
Hawick[7]
- 1990
Jed-Forest[3]
- 1989
Jed-Forest[3]
- 1988
Jed-Forest[3]
- 1987
Jed-Forest[3]
- 1986
Jed-Forest[3]
- 1985
Hawick[7]
- 1984
Hawick[7]
- 1983
Stewarts Melville[3]
- 1982
Hawick[7]
- 1981
Kelso[7]
- 1980
Hawick[3]
- 1979
Stewarts Melville[7]
- 1978
Boroughmuir[7]
- 1977
Hawick[7]
- 1976
Hawick[7]
- 1975
Boroughmuir[7]
- 1974
Kelso[7]
- 1973
Hawick[7]
- 1972
Gala[3]
- 1971
Headingley[7]
- 1970
Gala[7]
- 1969
Gala[7]
- 1968
Headingley[3]
- 1967
Gala[7]
- 1966
Hawick[3]
- 1965
Stewart's College FP[7]
- 1964
Gala[7]
- 1963
Melrose[7]
- 1962
Hawick[7]
- 1961
Hawick[7]
- 1960
Royal HSFP[3]
- 1959
Langholm[4]
- 1958
Hawick[7]
- 1957
Stewart's College FP[7]
- 1956
Hawick[7]
- 1955
Hawick[7]
- 1954
Heriots[7]
- 1953
Royal HSFP[7]
- 1952
Melrose[7]
- 1951
Stewart's College FP[16]
- 1950
Melrose[7]
- 1949
Royal HSFP[3]
- 1948
Stewart's College FP[7]
- 1947
Melrose[7]
- 1946
Hawick[7]
- 1940-1945 Second World War
- 1939
Heriots[7]
- 1938
Heriots[7]
- 1937
Heriots[7]
- 1936
Co-Optimists[7]
- 1935
Heriots[7]
- 1934
Kelso[7]
- 1933
Melrose[7]
- 1932
Hawick[7]
- 1931
Kelso[7]
- 1930
Kelso[7]
- 1929
Edinburgh Accies[7]
- 1928
Heriots[3]
- 1927
Hawick[3]
- 1926
Heriots[3]
- 1925
Selkirk[11]
- 1924
Gala[7]
- 1923
Hawick[7]
- 1922
Hawick[7]
- 1921
Selkirk[7]
- 1920
Jed-Forest[7]
- 1919
Jed-Forest[7]
- 1915-1918 First World War
- 1914
Hawick[3]
- 1913
Hawick[3]
- 1912
Hawick[3]
- 1911
Hawick[3]
- 1910
Gala[3]
- 1909
Hawick[3]
- 1908
Gala[4]
Sponsorship
Edinburgh Woollen Mill are longstanding sponsors of the tournament.[17]
See also
References
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- ^ "Sevens Season gets going". Watsonians RFC.
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- ^ a b c "Langholm 7s - Kings of the 7s".
- ^ Griffiths, John. "Queens House RFC, Brian Lima, the Heineken Cup Final and Sevens". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "Langholm Rugby Football Club". homepages.enterprise.net.
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- ^ Team, The Offside Line (29 April 2018). "Watsonians close in on Kings of the 7s title with win at Langholm". The Offside Line.
- ^ www.dng24.co.uk, DnG24- (1 May 2015). "Hawick lift Scott Cup at EWM Langholm sevens".
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