Stewart's Melville FP

Rugby team
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union = Scottish Rugby Union
fullname = Stewart's Melville Former Pupils Rugby Football Club
location = Edinburgh, Scotland
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founded = 1875 (as Daniel Stewart’s Hospital)
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ground = Inverleith
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league = Premiership Division Two
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Stewart's Melville FP RFC is a Scottish rugby football club in Edinburgh. Members of the Scottish Rugby Union, they play in the Premiership Division Two. They play at Inverleith. The club was founded in 1875, when a match took place between the former pupils of Daniel Stewart’s Hospital and George Watson’s College. The club took on its present form following the merger of Daniel Stewart’s College and Melville College in 1973.

As the name suggests, many of the players in the club's history were former pupils of the Stewart's Melville College (formed in a merger of Daniel Stewart's College and Melville College) in Edinburgh, and this remains the case today.

Youngsters such as David McCall and Ross Samson have both gained International honours this year having joined the club after leaving school. They are joined in the team by more experienced players, Graham Shiel (ex-Melrose and Scotland) and Craig Joiner (ex Leicester Tigers and Scotland).

The 1st XV were coached by Grant MacKenzie, a P.E. teacher who worked at the school.

Recent Internationals

*Graeme Burns
*Dougie Morgan
*Alex Brewster
*Finlay Calder
*Douglas Wyllie
*Ian Forsyth
*A.J.W. Hinshelwood

External links

*Official Site: http://www.stewmelrugby.com/