The club will return to Scotland's Premiership for the first time in five years as part of the expanded top tier. 

'Exciting times for Melrose' as rugby club returns to premiership

It was the first meeting of the two clubs for over five years.

Borders League match ends in triumph for Gala

Stuart Cameron with the latest Borders rugby roundup 

Former Scotland international Greig Oliver died in a paragliding crash on Sunday in South Africa.

The rugby union player, who plays primarily as a full-back, will retire after the Rugby World Cup in September. 

Scotland, who also represented his country at cricket, made his international rugby union debut in the 1957 Five Nations Championship against France.

Social media is awash with tributes to Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir who died after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017.

The former Scotland, Newcastle Falcons and Melrose rugby player was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2017.

Eight teams from the Scottish Borders battled to be the victors of the popular tournament. 

The girls will play in the ‘Rugby Europe 7s Trophy’ in Andorra this weekend.