LATEST NEWS

July 25th
Hawick's young prop Nicky Little has decided against a move to Selkirk after all and will instead stay at The Greens for another season.

July 18th
Hawick have signed Alistair Marsh from Edinburgh Accies for the new season, but many local players are stepping up to the 1st XV squad, including four from Hawick YM (Glyn Desport, Lee Armstrong, Scott McLeod and Dean McCracken), four from Hawick Harlequins (Chris Ritson, Rory McPherson, Finlay Robb and Scott Robson), three from Hawick Wanderers (Craig Russell, Gary Lowrie and Kieran Willison) plus Greg Anderson from Hawick PSA. 

Rory Hutton, Stuart Hogg (Wanderers and Hawick 7s) and Graham Hogg are going to play for Heriot's next season, while Nicky Little moves to Selkirk with Wanderers' Robin Hislop going to Boroughmuir U18s.

Hawick have confirmed it will be pulling out of the Borders 2nd XV league to play in a National 2nd XV competition next season.

July 16th
The future of rugby in Hawick was under discussion at a special meeting this week between representatives of four of the town's clubs. Hawick Linden's new President Gary Alexander, Hawick YM's Doug Waldie, Harlequins' selector Ron Elliot and Hawick RFC secretary John Thorburn got together to discuss the future structure of rugby in Hawick so that everybody benefits. Talking to the Hawick News John Thorburn said: "Player movement, fixtures, travel costs and the number of players playing in Hawick were all topics up for discussion but the main debate of the evening was the need to develop an inter-club framework following the Greens' relegation from the top flight."  To this end a rugby forum will take place on November 1st with invites going out to every club in Hawick. All who attended the initial meeting expressed how positive it was. November 1st will certainly be an historic night in the town.

June 28th
Hawick Rugby Club have met with Jock Millican in his role as SRU Board member to convey the depth of feeling within the club regarding the loss of several of its players including Stuart Hogg (probably to Heriot's) and Robin Hislop (to Boroughmuir) who have both been awarded National Academy contracts, Because they have to train in Edinburgh and neither drive, they will be living in the capital. The club is very disappointed that they are not able to continue their rugby at Hawick and in a statement have said this is "simply because the SRU have reneged on their promised plan for a Borders Academy after the Reivers were disbanded." A review of the current SRU Academy set-up is being conducted by the Scottish Institute of Sport's Bob Easson along with ex-Hawick and Scotland winger Tony Stanger.

Hawick's popular centre and Scotland 7s star Graham Hogg has not had his contract with the National Academy renewed but has yet to decided where he will play next season. Nick McTaggart has advised the club that he will join Melrose.

May 1st
Former Scotland prop
Gerry McGuinness has been announced as the new coach of Hawick after Deke Armstrong stepped down from that position at the end of the season. Deke will remain as his assistant. Gerry has been the driving force behind Hawick Wanderers and is a very well respected figure in the town. President of Hawick, Donald McLeod,  said: "I'm delighted with the make-up of the new coaching structure and by having these appointments confirmed at an early stage. This allows us to develop our plans for next season where we are all determined to return to Premier 1."