History
The club was formed in 1877 and was elected to full membership of the Scottish Rugby Union in 1880. The club have played at the Greenyards since the club's inception.
Melrose have won the Scottish 1st Division title 8 times (1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2011 and 2012). Melrose won the Scottish cup in 2008 and were runners up in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Despite the population of Melrose hovering around 3,500 for a number of years the team has been a consistently successful club in the upper echelons of the Scottish game.
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