Jed-Forest Sevens Explained

Jed-Forest Sevens
Sport:	Rugby sevens
Founded:	1894
Teams:	16
Country:	Scotland
Champion:	Melrose
Season:	2023
Most Champs:	Hawick
Count:	28
Related Comps:	Kings of the Sevens

Jed-Forest Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Jed-Forest RFC, in Jedburgh, Scotland. The Jed-Forest Sevens was the fourth of the Border Sevens tournaments to be instated, in 1894, after the Melrose Sevens (1883), Gala Sevens (1884) and the Hawick Sevens (1885).^[1]

The Jed-Forest Sevens are traditionally the last tournament of the Kings of the Sevens competition.^[2]

2024's Starrett's Jed-Forest Sevens will be played on 18th May.^[3]

Sports day

Jed-Forest RFC] introduce a sports day in 1894 featuring rugby sevens as a way to supplement the club's income at the end of the season.^{[4] [5]}

Sponsorship

The Sevens tournament is now sponsored by Starrett UK. It was sponsored by RJT, Mainetti and Tennents before that.

Past winners

'A' sides are shown where a club had entered two sides in the tournament

See also

• Jed-Forest RFC
• Borders Sevens Circuit
• Scottish Rugby Union

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - A Sporting Nation - The first Melrose Sevens match 1883. www.bbc.co.uk.
2. Web site: Jedforest 7s - Kings of the 7s.
3. Web site: Jed-forest Rugby Club - Mainetti Jed-forest 7s. www.jedforestrfc.com.
4. Book: Roodt, Gerhard. The Dna of Rugby Football: A Short History of the Origin of Rugby Football. 7 August 2015. Partridge Africa. 9781482808292. Google Books.
5. Web site: On this day in Scotland: The world's first rugby sevens tournament. Iainthepoet. 28 April 2012.