• Ned Haig (7 December 1858 in Jedburgh, Scotland – 28 March 1939 in Melrose, Scotland, buried in Wairds Cemetery, Melrose, Scotland) was a butcher and rugby...
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  • writer Matt Haig (born 1975), British author Ned Haig (1858–1939), Scottish rugby union player Nigel Haig (1887–1966), British cricketer Paul Haig (born 1960)...
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  • back to 1883 when the tournament was suggested by former Melrose players Ned Haig and Davie Sanderson. Shogun are the current men and women's holders having...
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    Scottish Regalia lived at Huntlyburn House, now a wing of the Hospital. Ned Haig, butcher and rugby union footballer who founded rugby sevens and the Melrose...
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    effectively ended in England. Rugby sevens was initially conceived in 1883 by Ned Haig and David Sanderson, who were butchers from Melrose, Scotland as a fund-raising...
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  • Scotland, the birthplace of rugby sevens where in 1883 local butcher boy Ned Haig with help of his boss David Sanderson invited local rugby union teams to...
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    place in November 2019. A plaque on the side of the stand in memory of Ned Haig was officially unveiled in April 2022. "Melrose, High Street, Greenyards...
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    were standardised in the 19th century by Archibald Chisholm Rugby sevens: Ned Haig and David Sanderson (1883) The Dugout was invented by Aberdeen FC Coach...
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    kicker until he begins his run-up. Rugby sevens was initially conceived by Ned Haig, a Jedburgh butcher who moved to Melrose, and David Sanderson as a fund-raising...
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  • football team and its organiser Joe Warbrick, Jack Kyle, Melrose RFC and Ned Haig (for their roles in the invention of rugby sevens), Hugo Porta, and Philippe...
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