Co-Optimist Rugby Club
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| Nickname(s) | Co-Ops | |
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| Founded | 1924 | |
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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.[1]
The Co-Optimists have played against national fifteen-a-side teams including France, Ireland and Zimbabwe in the 1980s.[1] The club also has a proud record at the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, finishing as runner-up to Fiji in 1980,[2][3] as a semi-finalist against Australia in 1981, and a quarter-finalist in 1986.[2]
The club won the Melrose Sevens tournament in 1993.
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, Tony O’Reilly and Rob Wainwright.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Co-Ops History". Co-Optimist Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Brazen behaviour: how fans like to party hard at Hong Kong Sevens". South China Morning Post. 18 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016.
- ↑ "The HK 7s history". Fiji Times. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.