- Source: Co-Optimist Rugby Club
The Co-Optimist Rugby Club is an invitational rugby union club founded in 1924 by Jock Wemyss, the former Scottish test player, together with George St Claire Murray, a rugby enthusiast from the Watsonians club.
The Co-Optimists have played against national fifteen-a-side teams including France, Ireland and Zimbabwe in the 1980s. The club also has a proud record at the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, finishing as runner-up to Fiji in 1980, as a semi-finalist against Australia in 1981, and a quarter-finalist in 1986.
Club colours and emblem
The club colours are a navy blue jersey with white shorts and navy and white hooped socks. The Co-Optimist badge is a lion couchant in blue on a white background.
Notable players
Many well-known international players have represented the club including: Finlay Calder, Jonathan Davies, Mike Gibson, Gavin Hastings, Scott Hastings, Andy Irvine, Dickie Jeeps, John Jeffrey, Tom Kiernan, Ian McGeechan, Doddie Weir, Tony O’Reilly and Rob Wainwright.
Partial list of games played against international opposition
= XVs
== Sevens
=Honours
Melrose Sevens
Champions (1): 1993
Langholm Sevens
Champions (1): 1936
Jed-Forest Sevens
Champions (1): 1940
Selkirk Sevens
Champions (4): 1937, 1938, 1947, 1975
Edinburgh Charity Sevens
Champions (2): 1939, 1960
Edinburgh Borderers Sevens
Champions (1): 1925
Glasgow High Kelvinside Sevens
Champions (1): 1984