Co-Optimist Rugby Club

Co-Optimist Rugby Club
Nickname(s) Co-Ops
Founded 1924
Team kit
Official website
www.co-optimistrugbyclub.co.uk

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. 1 2 3 "Co-Ops History". Co-Optimist Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "The HK 7s history". Fiji Times. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
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