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Melrose on course for the double

Monday 18 March 1996 00:02 GMT
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Rugby Union

Tennents' League champions Melrose will face Boroughmuir in the fifth round of the Tennents 1556 Cup a week on Saturday.

Melrose hit form in the fourth round with an 89-12 home win over West of Scotland and look more than capable of achieving the double this season.

Watsonians have an easy match against Langholm while Hawick are drawn against Biggar in what should be a win for the Mansfield Park side.

SRU TENNENT'S 1556 CUP Fifth-round draw: Dundee High School FP v Jed- Forest, Kilmarnock v Corstorphine, Glasgow Academicals v Gala, Hawick v Biggar, Stewart's-Melville FP v Heriot's FP, Melrose v Boroughmuir, Musselburgh v Preston Lodge FP, Watsonians v Langholm. Ties to be played 30 March.

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