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Kelso Rugby Football Club are a Scottish rugby union team founded in 1876. They play their home games at Poynder Park, Kelso in the Scottish Borders.
The men's team currently play in Scottish National League Division One and the Border League (the oldest established rugby union league in the world); the women's team play in Scottish Womens National One.




History


Kelso RFC won the prestigious Melrose Sevens tournament seven times in the space of 12 years from 1978 to 1989. Kelso were also winners of the Scottish Premiership in 1988 and 1989.
The most recent successes for the club in the 15-a-side game were consecutive Premier League championships in the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons. Notably, however, the team also reached the final of the Scottish Cup, played at Murrayfield, in both 1998 and 1999, losing to Glasgow Hawks (36–14) and to local rivals Gala RFC (8–3), respectively.
Adam Roxburgh took over as a head coach at Kelso from 2015. The captain for 2016–17 season was Dom Buckley.
After dropping down to the third tier in 2016, the team secured immediate promotion back to Scottish National League Division One for the following season with a second-place finish. The history is not without controversy.




Kelso Sevens


Kelso RFC hosts their rugby sevens tournament, the Kelso Sevens. It takes place annually in May (until recently Kelso along with Selkirk RFC held their 7s competition in August) and the competition is part of the Kings of the Sevens tournament. The most recent winners of the trophy (2018) are Melrose RFC.




Honours


Scottish Premiership
Champions (2): 1987–88, 1988–89
Scottish Cup
Runners-Up: (2) 1997–98, 1998–99
Kelso Sevens
Champions (18): 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1948, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2008
Melrose Sevens
Champions (7): 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
Langholm Sevens
Champions (8): 1930, 1931, 1934, 1974, 1981, 1997, 1998, 2010
Hawick Sevens
Champions (6): 1928, 1960, 1973, 1981, 1985, 1997
Gala Sevens
Champions (9): 1925, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1948, 1974, 1983, 1985, 2001, 2023
Berwick Sevens
Champions (4): 1983, 1984, 1985, 2008
Jed-Forest Sevens
Champions (14): 1913, 1914, 1926, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Earlston Sevens
Champions (13): 1934, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1955, 1958, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1997, 1998
Selkirk Sevens
Champions (14): 1928, 1929, 1934, 1936, 1948, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1997
Kings of the Sevens
Champions (3): 1996, 1997, 1998
Kilmarnock Sevens
Champions (1): 1980
Newton Stewart Sevens
Champions (1): 2011




Notable players






References






External links


Official website

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