Edinburgh Reivers
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| Founded | 1872 |
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| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
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New Myreside (Capacity: 5,500) Murrayfield Stadium (Capacity: 67,800) |
| Chairman | John Davidson |
| CEO | Jon Petrie |
| Coach(es) | Richard Cockerill |
| Captain(s) | Magnus Bradbury |
| Most caps | Allan Jacobsen (286) |
| Top scorer | Chris Paterson (783) |
| Most tries | Tim Visser (60) |
| League(s) | Pro14 |
| 2016–17 | 9th |
| Official website | |
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Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby teams from Scotland. The club competes in the Pro14, along with Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Since January 2017, Edinburgh plays most of its home games at New Myreside with selected matches at BT Murrayfield.
The original Edinburgh District team played the first ever inter-district match against Glasgow District in 1872, winning the match 3–0.
The amateur district team was reformed with professionalism, as Edinburgh Rugby, in 1996 to compete in the Heineken Cup, its best performance coming in the 2011–12 season, when the club reached the semi-final but lost narrowly to Ulster, 22–19. The quarter-final tie against Toulouse attracted a club record crowd of over 38,000 spectators to Murrayfield Stadium. In 2003–04 Edinburgh became the first Scottish team to reach the quarter-finals.
In 2014–15 Edinburgh became the first Scottish club to reach a major European final, when they met Gloucester Rugby in the European Rugby Challenge Cup showpiece at Twickenham Stoop in London.
Edinburgh District played in the world's first ever inter-district match, against Glasgow District, in 1872.
For the history of the District prior to professionalism, see:
Following the introduction of professional rugby in 1995, the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) considered that Scottish club sides would not be able to compete against the best teams from France and England. The SRU therefore decided that the four district teams were to be Scotland's vehicle for professional rugby and in 1996 the Edinburgh District team was reformed as Edinburgh Rugby to compete in the Heineken Cup. Because of the SRU's significant debt, partly as a result of the redevelopment of Murrayfield Stadium, further reorganisation soon became necessary and the four professional sides were reduced to two. After two seasons as Edinburgh Rugby, the club was merged with Border Reivers to form a new team known as Edinburgh Reivers.
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