Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership feature match: Musselburgh v Edinburgh Accies

Rooted to the bottom, Musselburgh have won two of their 13 matches and have a points difference of -335. Accies teeter on the edge of the relegation zone, just a single point ahead of tenth-placed Kelso.

The visitors return to play this weekend after a 27-point thrashing at the hands of Currie Chieftains, while Musselburgh lost to an equally large scoreline against league leaders Ayr RFC – 50-19 in their last run out.

As we near the conclusion of the 2024/25 season every point matters and both sides will be desperate to notch a win.

Five things to watch out for this weekend:

• Friday night’s matchup sees fourth-placed Currie host second-placed Heriot’s at Malleny Park. Currie’s charge up the ladder is down to an incredible run of form after a shaky start to the season.
• It’s a west coast derby on Saturday, with the Hawks hosting league leaders Ayr. In the reverse fixture, Ayr ran out 57-12 victors.
• Watsonians will look to keep their good form rolling as they host Hawick on Saturday afternoon. The visitors sit mid table and will look to show their value against a strong side.
• Another Borders derby sees Selkirk host Melrose. Both sides sit just outside of the semi-final berths, in sixth and fifth respectively. These matches are always fiery.
• Kelso host Marr in the second relegation dogfight of the weekend. Marr, with a game in hand, sit 11^th, looking at the prospect of a win to take them out of the relegation places. Kelso have the same prospect as both sides sit on three wins for their season.

This weekend’s matches:

Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership
Friday 17 January:

• Currie Chieftains v Heriot’s Rugby Men, 7:30pm KO

Saturday 18 January:

• Glasgow Hawks v Ayr RFC, 2pm KO
• Kelso RFC v Marr RFC, 3pm KO
• Musselburgh RFC v Edinburgh Academical FC, 3pm KO
• Selkirk RFC v Melrose Rugby, 3pm KO
• Watsonian FC v Hawick RFC, 3pm KO