Murrayfield | Murrayfield Stadium, home to the Scottish national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team plays at Murrayfield Stadium, which is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union and is also used as a venue for other events, including music concerts.

Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, the home of Scottish rugby union.

File: The Saltire-geograph. org. uk-718800. jpg | A variety of Saltires at Murrayfield Stadium ; the national stadium of Rugby Union in Scotland.

One of MacAskill's first acts as a cabinet secretary was to lift the ban on alcohol sales at international rugby union games held at Murrayfield Stadium.

They beat the Leicester Tigers in the final at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

In 2009 Fettes won the Bell Lawrie Scottish School's Cup, at Murrayfield Stadium, for the first time.

Most recently it was won by England who beat Scotland 13-6 at Murrayfield Stadium.

The ground alternates between Murrayfield Stadium in Scotland ( on even years ) and Twickenham Stadium ( on odd years ).

Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60, 832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the seventh-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford, the Olympic Stadium ( London ), Twickenham, Wembley and the Millennium Stadium.

The franchise played in the World League of American Football ( later renamed NFL Europe ) between 1995 and 2004, initially playing all home games at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh and latterly sharing home games with Hampden Park, Glasgow.

The SFU bought some land and built the first Murrayfield Stadium which was opened on 21 March 1925.

The SRU owns Murrayfield Stadium, which is the main home ground of the Scottish national team, though in 2004 international rugby games were played at Hampden Park in Glasgow and McDiarmid Park in Perth, as part of the SRU's campaign to reach out to new audiences outside the traditional rugby areas.

The semi-finals produced two tight matches, in which England overcame its Scottish rival 6-9 at Murrayfield Stadium and Australia defeated the defending world champion New Zealand 16-6 at Lansdowne Road.

Edinburgh currently play their home games at Murrayfield Stadium.

Due to the SRU's high debt, partly as a result of the redevelopment of Murrayfield Stadium, retrenchment was called for and the four professional sides were reduced to two.

Edinburgh playing against Munster Rugby | Munster at Murrayfield Stadium in the 2007-08 Celtic League

Leinster won the the 2009 Heineken Cup Final in Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, beating Leicester Tigers 19-16 to claim their first European crown.

Hearts considered moving to Murrayfield Stadium, which had opened in 1925.

It is known mostly for containing Murrayfield Stadium, home to the Scottish national rugby union team and venue for many sporting events such as the 2000 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final which saw Bradford Bulls beat Leeds Rhinos 24-18 and the 2002 Challenge Cup final which saw Wigan Warriors beat St Helens 21-12.

It is now one of the largest football stadia in Scotland and has a seating capacity of 22, 199 ; only Celtic Park, Murrayfield, Hampden and Ibrox are larger.

Murrayfield Stadium has also been the venue for some large concerts.

Although mainly a rugby union stadium, Murrayfield has in the past hosted American football, rugby league and association football matches and music concerts.

) Since 2007, Murrayfield has hosted the Edinburgh 7s, the final event in the annual IRB Sevens World Series in rugby sevens.

This has seen clubs such as Ferencvaros, Schalke 04 and AEK Athens playing at Murrayfield.

Murrayfield has played host to American football and was one of two home venues for the now defunct Scottish Claymores in the NFL Europa between 1995 and 2004, the other being Hampden Park in Glasgow.

He won his first England cap as a replacement against France in the 2002 Six Nations Championship, but has only managed to win a handful of caps since then, mostly during the 2004 Six Nations Championship, coming off the bench in Rome and at Murrayfield.

The inaugural tournament was held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh in April 1993, and has been held every four years since.

He also played 7's for New Zealand in the inaugural world cup held at Murrayfield.

Scotland also beat England 18 – 12 at home at Murrayfield on 25 February 2006 to reclaim the Calcutta Cup.

They also won the repeat fixture at Murrayfield 22 – 15.

He also scored a try in his Murrayfield Six Nations debut against England in 2004.

He also led them in the famous win against France on 4 February 2006 at Murrayfield when he earned his 50th Scottish cap.

Murrayfield also hosts football matches.

The village also houses three primary schools: Murrayfield Primary, Our Lady of Lourdes Primary, Blackburn Primary, and a combination primary / secondary special school called Pinewood School.

Andrew Douglas Nicol ( born 12 March 1971 in Dundee ), is a former rugby union player and the first British player to lift the Heineken Cup as captain of Bath Rugby. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and he also captained the Scotland national rugby union team from scrum-half on the famous occasion in 2000 when Scotland beat England 19-13 at a rain-soaked Murrayfield and so prevented England from achieving the Grand Slam that year.

In 2005, Bowman presented BBC Scotland's coverage of the Live 8 event at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, and hosted the network's T in the Park programmes together with Dougie Anderson who had also worked on RI: SE.

Murrayfield hosted select matches from the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Although a union stadium, Murrayfield hosted the rugby league Rugby League Challenge Cup finals in 2000 and 2002 and 2003.

In July 2005, Murrayfield hosted the final Live 8 concert, Edinburgh 50, 000-The Final Push, with performances from the likes of James Brown, Texas & The Proclaimers.

In 1994, Murrayfield completed a 50 million pound renovation where floodlights were installed for the first time.