Melrose Rugby Bulletin 22/1/26
Afternoon to you –
Well it was back to winning ways on Friday night – a stressful game (for the spectators anyway!) but great to get the win! The final score was 22 – 19. Congratulations to 'Eclectic Coffee Man of the Match', Sam Derrick on a great game. It’s always interesting to see who the Offside Line names to their Dream Team of the Week, this week, we got one player on the list – Big Congratulations to Jack Dobie! To read Iain’s match report & watch BBC Alba's coverage from Friday night click on the button below!
Eclectic Coffee’s Man of the Match, Sam Derrick receiving coffee & a bottle of fizz from Mike Williams
On Saturday the Storm headed to Gala to take on the Reivers due to their home game against Peebles being cancelled, great that Gala were able to arrange a team so late in the week, the Storm came away victorious, winning 35 – 14. The U18’s game at Duns was unfortunately cancelled due to a frozen pitch, the U16s headed to Dunbar and came home with the win, the U13s against Peebles was also cancelled & the U14s & U15’s against Royal High fell foul of the cold too. If you noticed rugby on the Greenyards on Saturday, that was Earlston playing Livingston – Congratulations to them for getting the win!!
We’ve got a full schedule of games on this weekend, see below for details!
As well as the 1XV taking on Watsonians this weekend, our U16 Wasps, welcome George Watsons to the Greenyards on Saturday morning in our only match at the club this weekend. The 3rd XV are lacing up their boots again on Saturday and heading over to Earlston to take on their 2nd XV at 2pm. We're playing a huge variety of teams this weekend - from Dunbar to Selkirk, Edinburgh to Earlston & Kelso too!
Scotland Club XV call ups announced...
There was some exciting news published yesterday - the Scotland Club XV to play Ireland on Friday 13th February has been announced! Huge CONGRATULATIONS to Angus Runciman, Finn Douglas & Jack Dobie (big week for Dobie!) and also to Assistant Coach Scott Wight! Exciting stuff & good to see the International Club games being revived! We'll keep you posted if we hear of plans for this to be televised.
Feature on Melrose Rugby
If you were watching Friday nights footage of the Melrose v Selkirk game on TV you might have seen the feature on the club. There were some great interviews with Doug, Moff and Finn Douglas too - if you've got a few minutes, have a watch, it's a really great piece!
Doddie's Triple Crown 2026 Ride...
Rob Wainwright & Mark Beaumont are at it again! They are taking on an 800 mile bike ride from Melrose to Dublin starting at the Greenyards on Tuesday March 10th, arriving in Dublin on the Friday evening before Scotland take on Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. The circuitous route is as follows:
Day 1: Melrose to Leeds
Day 2: Leeds to Gloucester
Day 3: Gloucester to Pembroke (overnight ferry to Ireland)
Day 4: Rosslare to Dublin
There will be an opportunity to join the ride here at the club and take on part of the route to the Carter Bar with the rest of the Peloton, we'll send out more details when we have them, but if you're up for a nice early morning bike ride for My Name'5 Doddie, mark you diary!! To express interest in joining in - please drop me a note at office@melroserugby.org.
Fancy a new hat or tie?
We've just received a stock of new Oddballs hats, they are on the website and can be purchased for £22 by clicking on the image below! We also have a new delivery of the Heritage Club Tie selling for £20. If you ordered any kit before Christmas from the club website and have had an email from me, I have your purchases in the office so do please come and pick them up!
Southern District Union - SDU Trial Game
We've had notification of another trial match for the SDU, this one will take place at Poynder Park, Kelso on Wednesday 4th February at 7:30pm (TBC) There is a healthy contingent of Melrose players in the squad, I'm sure it will be an entertaining and competitive game of rugby!
Although we have no Premiership rugby at the club until the Hawick match on the 7th, we do have guests from Argentina here next Saturday (31st Jan)! We're looking forward to welcoming Athletic Club de Belgrano RFC who will play the U18s at 1pm & Storm at 3pm - so come on down to the club and support the boys!
Melrose Sevens 2026 Tickets
Just a reminder that 7s tickets are moving fast, so it's time to think about your stand ticket or VIP table!! You can follow the link to purchase or give the office a call!
Think I'll leave it there for now - enjoy your weekend & go well to all our players on Saturday!
Warm wishes
Hilary