Melrose Rugby Football Club, located and founded in the town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders in 1877, is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world.
The same year an extraordinary request was received by the club, Melrose Football Club (later Melrose RFC), invited seven players to represent Selkirk in a new kind of game—seven-a-side rugby.
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Controversially, due to the influence of former national coach Jim Telfer, Melrose RFC did not have to change its date.