[1] The team was founded in 1880 by former pupils of the High School of Dundee.

The men's side played in Scottish National League Division One; the women's side, known as the Dundee Valkyries, played in the Scottish Womens Midlands & East One until 2021 when the club bought Morgan Rugby Club to form "Dundee Rugby Club".

No doubt inspired by Abertay's Louis Auldjo, Dundee's first international rugby player, who had represented Scotland against England at the Oval in 1878, Dundee High School Former Pupils' Rugby Football Club was formed in 1880 by a group of schoolfriends and rugby aficionados, David Hynd, David Hutchison and Tom Ferguson, the principals of the affectionately monikered "Maryfield Gang" after the scrap of wasteland on which they would play after school.

With no sport on the school curriculum in the 19th century, the boys passionately followed local teams Abertay and Red Cross and upon leaving school met in The Victoria coffee house on 23 November 1880 and decided to form their own team.

The first winners of the Dundee City Sevens were Blazin’ Squad (Men) and the Howe Harlequins (Women).