Melville Rugby & Sports Club

Melville Rugby & Sports Club was established in 1959, and celebrated its 50th jubilee in 2009.

We are a Premier Club, with our Premier A team taking the Haswell Catley trophy three times, in 1979, 1981, and most recently in 2016.

We are hoping to field five senior rugby teams in 2026, Premier A & B, Colts, Womens, and Presidents - known as the Melville Mustangs.

Our Womens team have been in the premier competition for 8 seasons, and have won 4 of those seasons.

We also boast several netball teams, which play at various levels of the Hamilton Netball competition.

Come and join us!  Once here, you will not want to leave.  Melville will become your family.

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Melville Rugby and Sports club has appointed a new Director of Rugby.

The Melville Rugby & Sports Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark McAlley as the Club’s new Director of Rugby.


Mark currently serves as Director of Sports development at Sacred Heart Girls College, Hamilton. Over the last three years has held the dual role of Director of Rugby and Head coach at the Waihi Rugby Football club where he enjoyed unprecedented success, leading them to three back-to-back championships, winning 41 from 42 Premier games during the last three seasons.

He brings a wealth of experience. He is currently assistant coach with the Thames Valley Swamp Foxes. He has coached: the Thames Valley Sevens team; the Jackals-the Thames Valley Development Team; the Hamilton Marist Premier team; and the Waikato Women’s Development team. He has coached the Fielding High School 1st XV and is currently coaching the Scared Heart Girls 1st XV.

Mark’s passion for developing players, supporting coaches and building strong rugby programmes made him an outstanding candidate for the role. His experience at community, secondary school and representative level will be a tremendous asset.

We welcome Mark to the club and look forward to working alongside him to rebuild our rugby program and develop pathways to a successful future.

Contact number 027 224 0850