The 2022-23 Super 6 (also known as the Fosroc Super 6 for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of a semi-professional rugby union competition for Scotland's club sides.[1] The season tournament for 2020–21 did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022–23 Super 6
CountriesScotland Scotland
ChampionsWatsonians (1st title)
Runners-upAyrshire Bulls

The six teams competing in this season's Super 6 are Ayrshire Bulls, Boroughmuir Bears, Heriot's Rugby, Stirling Wolves, Watsonians and Southern Knights.[2]

Competition format

edit

Super 6 consists of 3 different competitions involving the same six teams.

Super6 Championship

edit
League Stage : Weeks One to Ten

All sides will play each other home and away in a double round robin, using the rugby points system.[3]

League play-offs

Semi-Finals : The top 4 teams play off determine the finalist slots.

Final : The winners of the semi-finals compete in the final of the Super 6 tournament .

Coronavirus pandemic

edit

The fixtures announced are subject to Scottish Government regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Table

edit
2022–23 Super 6 Table view · watch · edit · discuss
Team P W D L PF PA PD TBP LBP PTS
1 Watsonians (CH) 10 9 0 1 338 154 +184 9 1 46
2 Ayrshire Bulls (RU) 10 9 0 1 347 133 +214 8 0 44
3 Boroughmuir Bears 10 5 0 5 206 260 -54 2 0 22
4 Heriot's Rugby 10 3 0 7 232 250 -18 3 2 17
5 Southern Knights 10 2 0 8 166 275 -109 2 1 11
6 Stirling Wolves 10 2 0 8 139 356 -217 1 0 9

Yellow background indicates qualification for the final.
Green background indicates semi-finalists.

(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up.

League stage rounds

edit

All times are local.[5]

Round 1

edit
5 August 2022
7.45pm
(1BP) Ayrshire Bulls  33 - 17  Heriot's Rugby
Try: Eli Caven
Robert Beattie x 2
James Malcolm x 2
Con: Will Hunt x 4
Preview
Report
Report
Try: Sam Pecqueur x 2
Con: Bruce Houston x 2
Pen: Bruce Houston
Millbrae
Referee: Ruairidh Campbell (SRU)
6 August 2022
4pm
Southern Knights  12 - 36  Watsonians (1BP)
Try: Sam Derrick
Struan Cessford
Con: David Colvine
Preview
Report
Try: Neil Irvine-Hess
Jason Baggott
Lewis Berg
Angus Guthrie
Karl Main
Con: Jason Baggott x 2
Lee Millar x 2
Pen: Jason Baggott
The Greenyards
Referee: Jonny Perriam (SRU)
6 August 2022
Stirling Wolves  10 - 27  Boroughmuir Bears
Try: Gregor Christie
Lewis Skinner
ReportTry: Scott Robeson
Craig Keddie
Callum Smith
Con: Jack Bergin x 3
Pen: Jack Bergin x 2
Bridgehaugh
Referee: Ian Kenny (SRU)

Round 2

edit
12 August 2022
Southern Knights  15 - 24  Boroughmuir Bears (1BP)
Try: Fraser Renwick x 2
Cameron Scott
ReportTry: Corey Tait
Callum Ramm
Josh King
Joe Jenkins
Con: Jack Bergin x 2
The Greenyards
Referee: Ruairidh Campbell (SRU)
13 August 2022
Stirling Wolves  17 - 38  Heriot's Rugby (1BP)
Try: Gregor Hiddleston
Euan Cunningham
Logan Jarvie
Con: Marcus Holden
Report
Report
Try: Lewis Govenlock
Jed Gelderbloom
Jack Mann x 2
Rory Steele
Con: Bruce Houston x 5
Pen: Bruce Houston
Bridgehaugh Park
Referee: Jonny Perriam (SRU)
13 August 2022
(1BP) Watsonians  34 - 23  Ayrshire Bulls
Try: Bobby Bratton
Harrison Courtney
Jason Baggott
Neil Irvine-Hess
Con: Lee Millar x 4
Pen: Lee Millar x 2
ReportTry: Robert Beattie
Blair MacPherson
Con: Will Hunt
Richie Simpson
Pen: Elias Caven
Will Hunt x 2
Myreside Stadium
Referee: Finlay Brown (SRU)

Round 3

edit
19 August 2022
Stirling Wolves  3 - 20  Southern Knights
Pen: Marcus HoldenReportTry: Cameron Scott
Douglas Crawford
Con: David Colvine x 2
Pen: David Colvine x 2
Bridgehaugh Park
Referee: David Sutherland (SRU)
20 August 2022
Ayrshire Bulls  49 - 7  Boroughmuir Bears
Try: Elias Caven x 3
Blair Macpherson
Aaron Tait
Jamie Shedden
Liam McNamara
Con: Richie Simpson x 6
Will Hunt
ReportTry: Marcus Goodwin
Con: Jack Bergin
Millbrae
Referee: Jonny Perriam (SRU)
20 August 2022
Heriot's Rugby  12 - 27  Watsonians
Try: Dan King
Jack Mann
Con: Bruce Houston
ReportTry: Lewis Berg
Lomond MacPherson
Jamie Berrisford x 2
Con: Lee Millar x 2
Pen: Lee Millar
Goldenacre Sports Ground
Referee: Ian Kenny (SRU)

Round 4

edit
26 August 2022
Ayrshire Bulls  24 - 17  Watsonians
Millbrae

Round 5

edit

Round 6

edit

Round 7

edit
24 September 2022
Ayrshire Bulls  31 - 5  Southern Knights
Millbrae

Round 8

edit

Round 9

edit
7 October 2022
Ayrshire Bulls  26 - 0  Stirling Wolves
Millbrae

Round 10

edit
15 October 2022
Southern Knights  19 - 21  Stirling Wolves
The Greenyards

Semi-finals

edit
22 October 2022
Ayrshire Bulls  17 - 0  Boroughmuir Bears
Millbrae

Super 6 final

edit

Team of the tournament

edit

The 2022–23 Super 6 commentator's team of the tournament was named as follows:-[6]

Pos Player Team
FB 15   Dom Coetzer Watsonians
RW 14   Aidan Cross Southern Knights
OC 13   Lewis Berg Watsonians
IC 12   Robert Beattie Ayrshire Bulls
LW 11   Eli Caven Ayrshire Bulls
FH 10   Jason Baggott Watsonians
SH 9   Jordan Lenac Ayrshire Bulls
N8 8   Blair Macpherson Ayrshire Bulls
OF 7   Iain Wilson Heriot's Rugby
BF 6   Rudi Brown Southern Knights
RL 5   Jamie Beresford Watsonians
LL 4   Ed Bloodworth Ayrshire Bulls
TP 3   Michael Scott Ayrshire Bulls
HK 2   Cal Davies Watsonians
LP 1   Harrison Courtney Watsonians
Substitutes
HK 16   Jerry Blyth-Lafferty Boroughmuir Bears
LP 17   Andrew Nimmo Ayrshire Bulls
TP 18   Euan McLaren Heriot's Rugby
LK 19   Benedict Grant Stirling Wolves
FL 20   Kwagga van Niekerk Watsonians
FH 21   Andy Stirrat Ayrshire Bulls
FH 22   Lomond Macpherson Watsonians
CE 23   Liam McNamara Ayrshire Bulls

Leading Points scorers

edit

The leading points scorers from the League Stage rounds of the competition.[7]

Player Points Team
  Jack Bergin 77 Boroughmuir Bears
  Will Hunt 71 Ayrshire Bulls
  Bruce Houston 63 Heriot's Rugby
  Lee Millar 56 Watsonians
  Eli Caven 55 Ayrshire Bulls
  Blair Macpherson 45 Ayrshire Bulls
  Jason Baggott 44 Watsonians
  Marcus Holden 36 Stirling Wolves

References

edit
  1. ^ "Super Six Update". Scottish Rugby Blog. 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ Bathgate, Stuart (2 October 2019). "Super 6 sides all announce their full 35-man squads". The Offside Line.
  3. ^ "A Guide to the Super Six". Scottish Rugby Blog. 9 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Super6 to relaunch on 30th July after 15 month hiatus". The Offside Line. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ Barnes, David (12 August 2019). "Super6 fixture schedule announced". The Offside Line.
  6. ^ "Commentators Team of the Championship | 2022 FOSROC Super6".
  7. ^ FOSROC Super6 [@Super6Rugby] (18 October 2022). "An update of the Top Point Scorers before the semi-finals this weekend😮💨 #FOSROCSuper6 https://t.co/fG36dfxFwP" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
edit