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The first ever international rugby football [1] game was played on the playing fields at Raeburn Place on 27 March 1871 between England and Scotland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was won by Scotland. Scotland continued to play their home internationals in Raeburn Place, then at Inverleith Sports Ground until the Scottish Rugby Union acquired Murray's Field ...
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, known as the Hive Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the home of Edinburgh Rugby, one of Scotland's two professional rugby clubs. [2] The stadium is located next to Murrayfield Stadium (and Murrayfield Ice Rink) on land which was among several rugby training pitches (some ...
With a seating capacity of 67,144, it is the largest stadium in Scotland, the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, and the twenty–second largest in Europe. [1] It officially opened on 21 March 1925 with a game between Scotland and England. [2] The game was won by Scotland who came out victorious following a Grand Slam. [3]
Corstorphine (Scottish Gaelic: Crois Thoirfinn) (/ k ər ˈ s t ɔːr f ɪ n / kər-STOR-fin) is an area of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh.Formerly a separate village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, it is now a suburb of the city, having been formally incorporated into it in 1920.
Meggetland is a multi-purpose sports pavilion in Edinburgh, Scotland. The complex consists of multiple astroturf and grass pitches for football, rugby, hockey, and cricket, regularly hosting these sports. [1] [2] [3] Notably, the ground hosted three Edinburgh Rugby matches during the 2013–14 Pro 12 season against Ospreys, [4] Cardiff Blues [5 ...
The first ever rugby international (Calcutta Cup match), Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, 1890. Raeburn Place is the main retail thoroughfare, and the playing fields there were the location of the first international rugby match when the Edinburgh Academy sports ground hosted the game between Scotland and England on 27 March 1871. [9] [10]
When rugby turned professional, Edinburgh Rugby used the stadium for their home matches 1996 to 1998. [3] That team was succeeded by the Edinburgh Reivers which played at Myreside from 1999–2002. [3] [4] In May 2016, Edinburgh Rugby announced a partnership with the owners of the ground, George Watson's College.
Land at Inverleith, at that time on the undeveloped northern fringe of Edinburgh, was purchased in 1897 by the Scottish Rugby Union (then the Scottish Football Union), which had previously played international matches at Raeburn Place about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) further south towards the city centre; that was primarily a cricket venue (although it is still used for rugby today as the home of ...