Melrose 29 - Heriot's 36: Heriot's rally to leave champions stunned - Top Rugby Stories - Scotsman.com HERIOT'S coach Phil Smith praised his players for their attitude and desire to win a game in which, four minutes into the second half, they trailed 22-8. The Edinburgh side had to draw on their resolve to match Melrose, the Scottish champions, try by try - there were five apiece - to grab a surprise win in injury time. "I just had a feeling this week that we could do it," he said. In the past, at 8-22 down, we would have thought it would have been game over - not this time, and I was delighted with our performance. There was dismay in the Melrose camp. "It was a wake-up call as everyone wants to beat the champions," said coach Craig Chalmers. Heriot's are a good side and were hungrier than us. Melrose recovered from a shaky start before scoring two tries in as many minutes and Fraser Thomson burst through for the bonus point four minutes after the restart. However, Heriot's had already shown their threat, with tries from new Kiwi Jack Turley and Marc Teague, with Fraser Brown, Jason Hill and Max Learmonth completing a successful visit. Graham Wilson added five successful kicks. Scorers: Melrose - Tries: Helps 2, Skeen, Thomson, McCormick. Cons: Mill 2. Heriot's: Tries, Turley, Teague, Fraser Brown, Hill, Learmonth. Cons, Wilson (4); Pen, Wilson. Melrose: F Thomson; G White, N McGrath, R Mill, J Helps; A Skeen, B Colvine; N Little, W. Mitchell, G. Holborn, R Ovens, P Eccles, J Dalziel, A Nagle, R Miller. Subs: R Ferguson, C Keen, A Walker, S McCormick, J Murray. Heriot's: M Penn; M Teague, M Learmonth, R Carmichael, C Goudie; OJ Brown, G Wilson; G Cameron, K Bryce, S Cessford, C J Ozawuma, R Martin, J Turley, F Brown, J Hill. Subs: JP Ward, R Nimmo, C Mulligan, M Nimmo, A Scott. Referee: G Gordon.