IT was a dark day at The Greenyards last Saturday as Southern Knights, the Melrose based Super6 franchise which finished runners-up in the competition last year, slumped to a humiliating 62-12 defeat at the hands of Ayrshire Bulls. However, Rob Moffat – the former Edinburgh head coach who is co-director of rugby at Melrose – is determined to take a glass half full view of the team’s current predicament.
It was the Borderers’ fourth defeat in four games played so far in the 2022 Super6 Sprint Series and having lost nine senior players to other franchises during the winter break with a half dozen more stepping back to club rugby or retiring, there is a very clear vulnerability about the Knights at the moment which doesn’t bode well for the league.
