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A happy 50th birthday to the legend that is Doddie Weir, a Melrose stalwart who continues to do fantastic work with
@MNDoddie5
To mark this special milestone, some of the team at Melrose Rugby and
@Sthrn_Knights
got together to wish him a happy birthday.....
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We would like to pay tribute to our dear friend Doddie Weir OBE who sadly passed away earlier today after a long and public battle with MND.
Every single person who has been touched by Doddie’s kindness, bravery, and humour will feel his loss.
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We are delighted that during the Annual General Meeting held on the 24th of November it was announced that Doddie Weir will be joining the Duke of Buccleuch as Honorary President of Melrose Rugby.
The Duke of Buccleuch and Doddie are both delighted with the news.
@MNDoddie5
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On this emotional day as we celebrate the extraordinary life of Doddie Weir OBE, it's heart-warming to see so many people paying their respects here at The Greenyards.
Please consider donating to help find a cure for MND
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🤝 Here is the moment The Greenyards 3G community sports pitch was officially opened by
@DoddieWeir5
@VoteJardine
and
@cllrdavidparker
Thank you to everyone who has helped make this happen including
@LiveBorders
@scotborders
@Scotlandteam
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Amazing gesture by
@tigerrugby
➡️ they're retiring their No.5 jersey in honour of all the work
@DoddieWeir5
is doing for those with MND. We'll be auctioning this jersey off sometime in the future to raise money for
@MNDoddie5
#DoItForDoddie
#Community
#HappinessIsEggShaped
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Tune into
@channel5_tv
at 8pm tomorrow night to see our guys giving out really good hugs 👀
(and possibly some kicking lessons to
@SusanCalman
)
The camera man had great difficultly with this sequence in Secret Scotland. It’s tough to get two people who are so vastly different in height in the same shot. Really lovely gents though. Very good at hugging. Friday night at 8pm on
@channel5_tv
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All the best for your first cap
@rufus_mclean
😃
#MelroseMinisToMurrayfield
🏴 Introducing your Scotland team to play Tonga in the opening match of the 2021 Autumn Nations Series this Saturday at
@BTMurrayfield
.
Read more ➡️
#AsOne
|
@autumnnations
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Today was 1XV Captain Richard Ferguson’s last home match for Melrose.
It was his 246th game finishing with a win against Kelso.
All the best
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This evening Gordon Chisholm,
@Melrose7s
secretary, laid a wreath at the grave of Ned Naig. Founder of 7s rugby 135 years ago. We remember all that he has done for our sport
#Melrose7s2018
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🎥As we remember 100 years since the end of WW1, please take the time to watch this moving tribute to the 13 Melrose men who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country!
#WeWillRememberThem
Full film available on Facebook.
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Congratulations
@DoddieWeir5
from all of your rugby family. X
It was an emotional night for Doddie Weir.
He was named as the winner of this year's Helen Rollason Award.
Watch the
#SPOTY
red carpet show on
@BBCRedButton
& online here 👉
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🟡🔵DODDIE AID 2022 🟡 🔵
Our u18 Wasps have joined
@DoddieTeamSouth
to settle the age old debate of BACKS vs FORWARDS, as they go head-to-head to cover the most miles and raise the most money throughout January - All for the
@MNDoddie5
Foundation!
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A Southern Knight was despatched to collect Janet Brown from Newcastle Airport; who had taken one of the last flights out of Australia to get home to the Borders and was facing a long bus/taxi journey ahead of her. So we are very pleased she is now safely home.
@Sthrn_Knights
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Happy Birthday Doddie 💙💛
Remembering Melrose and Scotland legend Doddie Weir on what would have been his 54th Birthday
#MND5
@MNDoddie5
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It’s official! We have planning permission for 3G pitch & floodlights!
#legacyproject
#MelroseLegacy
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Melrose Rugby are deeply saddened by the passing of former President John Reed, our deepest sympathies go to Alison and all his family.
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It’s a sad day at Melrose Rugby. We say goodbye to our dear friend, Mike Bleasdale.
One of Mike’s lasting lagacies is his dedicated support of women’s rugby.
Lovely to see many of the ladies at the Greenyards today who came to pay their respect.
🖤💛
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A massive £3075 raised for
@DW5Trust
at Melrose Co-op Vets v Crusaders match. Thanks to players, organisers & spectators for a great night
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Huge congratulations
@Scotlandteam
on the historic win today! Calcutta Cup is coming home. Big shout out to all the Borders lads,
@gregortownsend
and
@JohnDalziel6
🏉🏆👏🏴
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Final score!!!
@OfficialAyrRFC
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Melrose win the BT Cup with man of the match G.Runciman
#madeithappen
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Aberdeen Asset Melrose 7s winners are Harlequins. Well done to runners up Melrose and to Charlie Walker who won Player of the Tournament
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🎖 The moment
@DoddieWeir5
received his OBE from the Queen, congratulations!
The moment Doddie received his OBE from The Queen 👏🎖
Read more:
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Good news coming from the BGH that Russell Anderson has been released from hospital, thanks to all medical staff from both Melrose &
@OfficialAyrRFC
who helped!
#MELvAYR
12’ | Play has been held up after a nasty injury to Melrose hooker Russell Anderson, he’s been stretchered off - we wish him a speedy recovery.
Both teams headed to the dressing room but we’re now back underway [0-0]
#TennentsPrem
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Apologies this is a bit late, but congratulations from all of us at The Greenyards to the new Scotland forwards coach,
@JohnDalziel6
and new Glasgow forwards coach,
@KellydrBrown
.
Two ex-Melrose Rugby greats!
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Yeah The Boys!!!
The 7s squad have won
@HawickRFC
7s, defeating
@JedforestRFC
19-12 in the final!
#BlackAndYellow
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Your new Melrose Rugby playing kit unveiled ahead of the BT Charity Shield 👌🏽
New kit manufacturers Macron have helped us hark back to our roots in this traditional jersey of black and yellow hoops 🙌🏻
We’re sure your all going to let us know what you think! 🏉
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Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for the 2019 Scottish Schools U18 Plate WINNERS,
@melrose_wasps
.
Wasps 24, Gordonstoun 5.
#MelroseWasps
#MadeItHappen
@MelroseYDO
👏 👏 👏
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BREAKING | 🏴 Player of the Year Craig Jackson called up to
@Scotlandteam
7s squad for
@WorldRugby7s
in San Francisco!
Full Story ➡️
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Legends rise: awaken the Southern Knights 🛡
#Super6
|
#SouthernKnights
|
#ToBravelyConquerAll
|
#LegendsRise
|
@scotlandteam
|
@Super6Rugby
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Retweet this for the chance to win a Melrose bobble hat and travel mug, perfect for keeping you warm on match days this winter ☃️The winner will be drawn once we reach 5000 followers!
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of two prominent club members: Sandra Peace and John Crawford.
The club flag flies at half mast as a mark of respect, and our thoughts are with their families at this very sad time.
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UPDATE: Rory was released from hospital to go home tonight.
We are grateful to the skill and expertise of both the Melrose &
@StirlingCounty
medical staff & unsuspecting Stirling supporter Alasdair Preiss.
🚑 In Stirling we understand there has been a break in play as Rory Darge is down injured - the players have returned inside for the moment.
🤞🏼it’s just precautionary!
Current score Stirling 14-15 Melrose
#MakeItHappen
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Melrose Rugby are delighted that DoR Rob Moffat, along with Corporal R Cowe, Ian Ramsey, Craig Redpath have been awarded retrospective caps.
🔗 link to the
@theoffsideline
article can be found in here -
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Congratulations to Thomas Brown who has successfully made it into the U18 Scotland Training Camp leading up to the match against England
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Mike Bleasdale, on Monday 27th July.
Rest in peace Mike.
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Congratulations to
@Geeorrgee
who has signed a professional contract with
@EdinburghRugby
👏
#MadeItHappen
NEWS | Taylor signs first professional deal ✍️
🗣️ “It’s always been my aspiration to get to the next level in rugby."
READ ➡️
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Last November, Jamie Bhatti came off the bench to make his Glasgow Warriors debut. This year? Makes flailing roadkill of the great Stephen Moore and thunders some 40 metres into Wallabies territory. Break lays the platform for Jonny Gray's try.
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The
@Sthrn_Knights
and the wider Melrose Rugby family pays a fond farewell to Fraser ‘Fraz’ Thomson, who is leaving us to focus on his coaching career with Gala.
More info here
Good luck Fraz!
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We’re delighted to reveal our 1XV shirt will prominently feature Melrose hero Doddie Weir’s charity
@MNDoddie5
Story here.
@SCRUMMAGAZINE
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BREAKING NEWS: As Stirling County 2nds have not been able to raise a team,
@MelroseStorm
have been awarded a 28-0 victory and win the Reserve League for a record 3 years in a row!
#StormArmy
#Winning
#MakeItHappen
🍾
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🏆🏆 Two in a row! Makes the final two tournaments very exciting...
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#RepresentationMatters
🏉 ➡️ at training last night, one of our Ladies was seen sprinting full-speed down the pitch, ball in hand, dodging invisible defenders, yelling "I'm Chloe Rollie!" 🤣
#BeTheBestYou
#UnlessYouCanBeChloeRollie
@Scotlandteam
@itschloerollie
@happyeggshaped
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Last night the club hosted the disco for Melrose festival's fancy dress event. Although
@struanhutchison
made a fantastic Chelsea Davey, we thought the tartan giraffes stole the show!
@DoddieWeir5
inspiring the next generation to join the fight against MND 🦒
@MNDoddie5
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💯 Thanks to everyone who has helped to make this centenary playing of the Crichton Cup so special!
📸 Credit: Antony Sherlock
#CC100
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Congratulations to our very own Jim Telfer!
⭐️ Introducing the World Rugby Hall of Fame 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
🇫🇯 Osea Kolinisau
🇰🇪 Humphrey Kayange
🇳🇿 Huriana Manuel-Carpenter
🇦🇺 Cheryl McAfee
🏴 Will Carling
🏴 Jim Telfer
👏 Congratulations and welcome to all our new inductees
#WorldRugbyHOF
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Big Congratulations to
@RossMcCann3
and Patrick Anderson who have been selected for the U20s Scotland Squad for the World Cup
#makeithappen
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Thank you to
@JohnDalziel6
for presenting
@crjacko12
with Man of the match. And a token of thanks to John for all he has done for Melrose
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At the launch of
@DW5Trust
at The Greenyards on Friday,
@DoddieWeir5
spoke to
@BBCJohnBeattie
#MND
#Community
#DoItForDoddie
Former Scotland rugby star
@DoddieWeir5
tells
@BBCJohnBeattie
about the emotions and fears of his battle with MND
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🏴 Our lads put in a great shift for
@Scotlandteam
Club XV this evening out in Ireland where they were part of a 19-19 draw 💪🏼
#AsOne
#MadeItHappen
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As
@kellydrbrown
announces his retirement from rugby, Melrose wish him all the best. A great rugby player and a great role model.
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We are delighted to be hosting
@EdinburghRugby
v
@FalconsRugby
on 25th of August 6pm KO here at The Greenyards
#Rugbyrugbyrugby
#edinburgh
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MELROSE TRY OF THE DAY from today's match vs Heriot's by
@Neil_IH
. Great 80m sprint to the line.
#gallop
http://t.co/zrrgpDBfXO
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FULL TIME and we grind out the win at Malleny Park 💪🏼
@ChieftainsRC
31-32 Melrose
#MadeItHappen
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Well done to
@thomasb40630
on being picked for the Waikato U19 training squad 👏 Tom is being well looked after out in NZ by David Fox, who brought the Waikato 7s team over to the
@Melrose7s
back in 2011
#RugbyFamily
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Here is the Road Safety Western Force to take on
@ChiefsRugby
at the Force Field on Saturday, 22 April!
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A win at Selkirk 7s to put the cherry on the cake.
Kings of the 7s 2022/2023
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The Evie’s Crichton Cup Winners for 2022….. St Boswells!
After some residency and ancestry checks the result stands. Well done to all involved for a cracking day, great turnout at the Greenyards for a great cause!
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Here it is! Your squad for the final XVs game of the 17/18 season... the BT Cup Final against
@StirlingCounty
#SilverSaturday
#MakeItHappen
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The minutes silence before the game is in memory of John Reed (former Melrose president) and Stewart Wallace (former Kelso president)
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Another win for the Scotland U18s, great to see the boys from Melrose making their mark
#AsOne
#BackingBlue
#MakeItHappen
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FT and we have the Bonus Point Win!
Melrose 31-14 Highland!
Thanks to
@HighlandRFC
for travelling down for the great game. Safe travels home!
Big thanks to all our supporters who came out in the rubbish weather!
Normal Service Resumed!
Next week is Gala!
Over and Out!
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Our final award of the evening is a special award to Bill Noble. Bill has been our strength and conditioning coach for for a number of years now and is heading on to pastures new.
Thank you for everything Bill! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
He
#MadeItHappen
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Yesterday we reached the final of
@EarlstonRFC
7s,
@WATSONIANFC
took the win in the end by just 2 points
Melrose 24-26 Watsonians.
However it was this young man who stole the show, 17 and a player of the tournament performance in first senior rugby outing!
#BrightFuture
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🏆 Congratulations to this young squad for wining
@WalkerburnRugby
7s today!
A great way to end the season, with five of the squad U18 and
@Keiran__Clark
picking up another Player of the Tournament award!
#MadeItHappen
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On 8 August, Bruce Ruthven, Nicholas Alston and Blair Roden will be taking part in a challenge to raise money for The friends of the BGH and The Edinburgh Cancer Centre (Western General)
Please donate if you can
#MoveForMark
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🏆 Best of luck to
@OfficialAyrRFC
&
@HeriotsRugby
today in the Scottish Cup Final at BT Murrayfield!
We hope all 1️⃣2️⃣ teams involved in
#SilverSaturday
today enjoy the experience at BT Murrayfield!
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We are in the BT Cup Final!!
Confirmation that we will face
@OfficialAyrRFC
at Murrayfield 22.4.17
#madeithappen
#RoadtoMurrayfield
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Devastating news for Doddie Weir. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this difficult time.
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We are delighted to announce that we are welcoming back fan favourite Bruce Colvine to the Melrose Rugby ranks. Thanks for looking after him
@Sthrn_Knights
😉 👍
#BruceIsBack
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👏🏼 congratulations to Richard Ferguson who will lead the 1XV as captain in the 2019 -2020 season!
Ferguson’s right hand man will be David Colvine as vice captain!
Full story 👇🏼
🔗
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📣ROB APPOINTED AS SUPER 6 COACH📣
🗣 Rob Chrystie "I currently balance a full-time job alongside being Head Coach. It’ll be really good to get the head down and look at ways we can drive the club forward, on and off the pitch"
📰full story:
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Great work by
@adidasrugby
kitting us out in the new
#blackandyellow
range. Great way to start the new season.
http://t.co/AoYIAhs0xE
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Ex-player and Melrose man
@kellydrbrown
returns to the Scotland team as a specialist skills coach
#Legacy
Good to see another familiar face in Scotland camp! Kelly Brown will act as a specialist skills coach (contact area) throughout the autumn!
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It was an outstanding display by our 1XV against
@WATSONIANFC
on Saturday! Special mention to
@scottlawson02
who, once again, has stepped in to help us out. A true gentleman showing the real values of rugby!
#ThankYouScotty
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Great to see Nyle and Sam included in
@Scotlandteam
7s squad coached by
@JohnDalziel6
. Very well deserved & 2 very in form players
#seevens
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U16 WASPS are through to the final! What a performance 👏
@gregortownsend
popped down to cheer on the boys and had a few words to say about their victory...
#MakeItHappen
#Future
#Legacy
@MRFC_YouthRugby
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