Tag: Murrayfield

Edinburgh score three tries in the last eight minutes to take a bonus point win.Connacht were the visitors to Murrayfield on a chilly Friday night in the latest round of the final RaboDirect PRO12...

With both teams on potential hat-trick results, it was to be the Aussies who took the win in an exciting encounter at Murrayfield.Those respective hat-tricks were three wins in a row for Scotland against...

Scotland suffered their first defeat of the Autumn Test Series, when they were outclassed by South Africa at Murrayfield earlier today. The Springboks certainly lived up to their position as the second seeds in...

South Africa score four unanswered tries to win a fairly one-sided match at MurrayfieldIn spite of Bakkies Botha's assertion that the South Africans saw the Scots as a real threat, it only took the...

Capitals overcome the odds to beat league leaders, Belfast Giants, at Murrayfield.Belfast Giants took the trip 'across the water' to play the Edinburgh Capitals at Murrayfield in the latest round of the Elite Ice...

Edinburgh survive another final minute onslaught to win their second RaboDirect match in succession.Zebre were the visitors to Murrayfield on Friday night, giving Edinburgh their second home match in a row against Italian opposition....

Edinburgh resist last minute pressure to win only their second RaboDirect match of the season.Italian visitors, Benetton Treviso, were the opposition at Murrayfield on Friday night. Welcomed by an expectant 4,000-ish spectators following the...

Edinburgh defy odds to take the win over Munster at MurrayfieldPossibly the only two people outside the Edinburgh camp who thought they were in with a chance against former Champions, Munster, were the two match-day mascots...

Scarlets take the win in a, frankly awful, fourth round RaboDirect match at Murrayfield.Llanelli Scarlets brought a bunch of fairly vocal supporters with them to Murrayfield to face Edinburgh in a fourth round match-up...

Edinburgh’s first home match of the season was against one of last season’s fellow strugglers, Newport-Gwent Dragons. In spite of a heavy defeat in the first round, the home side were hopeful of getting...

As the professional rugby season gets under way, I thought it might be an idea to do a ‘piece to internet’ about how the words and images get from there to here...I have...

Edinburgh v Ulster RaboDirect PRO12 22 March 2013Edinburgh's biggest PRO12 crowd of the year - apart from the 1872 Cup match - turned out on a freezing Friday night to watch, what was probably,...

Scotland v Wales, RBS 6 Nations, 9 March 2013Report and Photos - John PreeceThere were high hopes that Scotland could take the match to complete their first 'three-in-a-row' run of wins in the 6...

Scotland v Italy, RBS 6-Nations, 9 February 2013Given the respective results from last weekend, the feeling was that, yes, Scotland could win, but not by much if they did. With one try in the...

Edinburgh v Leinster RaboDirect PRO12Four converted tries and a penalty from Leinster were more than sufficient to see off an Edinburgh side which played better than previous weeks, but still had no real answer...

If the crowd of 4,500 were looking for a repeat of last year's 48-47 thriller at Murrayfield, the weather gods had determined that it was not to be. A thoroughly miserable, wet evening ensured...

Approximately 575 patients, family, friends, carers, doctors and nurses came to Murrayfield recently to celebrate 20 years of the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit in Edinburgh. Lots of them had travelled long distances to enjoy...

Just over 3,000 spectators braved the, initially, miserable weather to see Edinburgh playing their home game of the season. With the 'stars' away on International duty, it fell to the, marginally, lesser lights of...

'A Plan A, but no Plan B..' was how the South African style of rugby was described by a variety of 'experts'. And for 60 minutes of the 80 at the weekend, Plan A...

Report and Photos - John Preece 6,543 spectators turned up at Murrayfield to watch Edinburgh turn in one of their worst performances for a long time. Considering it was a 'first team' pick, they were...

Edinburgh rugby star Stuart McInally has been rewarded for his fine early season form with a starting berth in the club's opening Heineken Cup match against Saracens on Saturday. McInally is selected at Number 8...

Report - Bill McNie Photos - John Preece Portobello High beat Royal High 22-12 at Murrayfield last Friday evening to claim the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools U16 Edinburgh Regional Plate. After missing with a penalty attempt...

Report and Photos by John PreeceEdinburgh came away from their latest encounter at Murrayfield wondering where it had all gone wrong. Fielding what was, on paper, a strong starting line-up, The Edinburgh side were...

Or at least someone in her entourage does! Candy Cupcakes got an order to send some round to the pop star before her performance at Murrayfield on Saturday night and here is what they...

Edinburgh Rugby play Toulouse this weekend at home in the Heineken Cup Quarter-Final Edinburgh not To Lose!  This is the message on the Deuchars IPA pump clips in pubs around Edinburgh ahead of this weekend’s...

Paul Edie is the LibDem candidate for Corstorphine/Murrayfield ward.This is what he says about himself:-Gender MaleLocation Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomIntroduction I am the Liberal Democrat Councillor for Corstorphine and Murrayfield on Edinburgh City Council. I serve as the Convenor...

Jeremy Balfour is the Conservative Group leader and is the candidate for Corstorphine/Murrayfield Ward. He was born in Edinburgh and has lived here most of his life. He is a former lawyer and church...

Edinburgh fielded a fairly inexperienced team in their latest RaboDirect PRO12 clash at Murrayfield against the Dragons from deepest, darkest Wales and probably paid the price, losing 29 points to 15 in an error-strewn...

Two Scottish players have been included on the shortlist for RBS 6 Nations player of the Championship. Edinburgh Academy old boy, Ross Rennie, and fellow Scotland team member, David Denton, are both named as potential...

Scotland faced France at Murrayfield  with two defeats in the bank from two matches and hoping for 'third time lucky'. It wasn't to be, however. France sneaked ahead with a 58th minute try and sealed...