Myreside Stadium

Myreside Stadium, communément appelé Myreside, parfois New Myreside, est un stade de rugby à XV de l'ouest d'Édimbourg, en Écosse. Le terrain est propriété du George Watson's College (en). Il héberge les matchs du Watsonians RFC depuis 1933, puis d'Edinburgh Rugby, au début de l'ère professionnelle puis de juillet 2017 à mars 2018.

1. Histoire

Le terrain est occupé par le club des Watsonians, un club accueillant d'anciens élèves du George Watson's College, de 1933 à nos jours. Il y dispute son premier match le 4 mars 1933. Le club d'Edinburgh Rugby y établit son camp de base à partir de la saison 1996-1997, avant d'en changer en 1998 pour Easter Road. Entre 1999 et 2002, les Edinburgh Reivers en font leur terrain à domicile. Après douze saisons passées dans le stade national de l'équipe d'Écosse de rugby à XV, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Rugby annonce son retour à Myreside pour une période d'essai de six mois à partir de janvier 2016, l'affluence moyenne des matchs du club se situant entre 3 500 et 4 000 spectateurs, loin des 67 150 sièges disponibles de Murrayfield. Le club se réserve la possibilité de jouer ses meilleures affiches dans le stade national, notamment ses rencontres contre ses rivaux écossais des Glasgow Warriors, mais planifie l'agrandissement de la capacité des tribunes du stade, avec la création de deux tribunes temporaires, aux extrémités du terrain, venant compléter la tribune centrale de 1 961 sièges seulement. Le 3 février 2016, le premier match d'Édimbourg à Myreside se solde par une courte défaite contre le Munster (9-10). Edinburgh Rugby annonce un retour définitif à Myreside en juillet 2017 et y dispute l'intégralité de la saison 2017-2018 du Pro14. Les agrandissements provisoires portent sa capacité à 5 500 places, ce qui en fait le second plus petit stade d'une équipe professionnelle de rugby à XV parmi les trois principaux championnats d'Europe, devant le stade Sergio-Lanfranchi des Zebre, à Parme. Le déménagement d'Edinburgh Rugby à Myreside rencontre une certaine opposition de la part des riverains de cette banlieue aisée de la capitale écossaise, mais aussi des critiques formelles sur le choix de cet environnement feutré renforçant la perception d'un rugby élitiste en Écosse. Ce stade a accueilli le 5 janvier 2018 la confrontation de la Celtic League contre l'équipe sud-africaine des Southern Kings pour une victoire 37-7 de l'équipe locale devant 3 114 spectateurs. Dès février, cependant, Edinburgh Rugby annonce ne plus jouer à Myreside et retourner finir la saison à Murrayfield. Le 2 mars, l'annonce est faite que le club abandonne définitivement le stade pour trouver un nouveau terrain de résidence.

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Myreside Stadium

Myreside Stadium is a sports ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. Often simply known as Myreside, Watsonians RFC have used this venue on the east side of Myreside Road as their home ground for rugby union matches since 1933. Edinburgh Rugby used it for some home matches 1996–2002 and again in 2017 and 2018; this included Pro14 and European Rugby Challenge Cup matches. A main stand is positioned along the west side of the grass pitch, with floodlights around the ground. Ahead of the Edinburgh Rugby team's return to play home matches at the stadium, temporary stands were installed to increase seating capacity to 13,799.

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Myreside Cricket Ground

Myreside Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1901 when George Watson's College played Blair Lodge School. The ground held its first first-class match when Scotland played Ireland in 1982, while in 1990 it held a second first-class fixture between the sides. The ground held its first List A match when Scotland played Glamorgan in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. Five further List A matches were played there, the last of which saw Scotland play Worcestershire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. The ground is still in use today by Watsonians Cricket Club. It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.

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