Murrayfield Stadium
Edinburgh (Murrayfield), Edinburgh, Scotland
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (Murrayfield), Scotland — opened 21 March 1925, 16 rugby league games hosted, home of None — never a rugby league club's home ground.
Sourcing caveat: No source confirms Murrayfield ever hosted a Rugby League World Cup match, despite this sometimes being assumed of a Scottish national stadium — the 2000 World Cup's Scottish matches were played at Tynecastle and Firhill instead. Floodlight status for rugby league fixtures was not independently confirmed.
Ground facts
| Opened | 21 March 1925 (Opened as Scotland's rugby union national stadium; rugby league has used it only for occasional one-off events, never as a club or representative home ground.) |
| Home club | None — never a rugby league club's home ground |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 16 |
| Top recorded crowd | 67,247 |
| Capacity | 67,144 (current, rugby union configuration) |
| Challenge Cup Finals hosted | 2 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Years used | 2000–2010 |
| Location | Edinburgh (Murrayfield), Edinburgh |
Name history
- Murrayfield Stadium — 1925-present
Rugby league history
Scottish Rugby Union's national stadium and one of the largest stadiums in the UK, used by rugby league only for a small number of headline neutral-venue events: two Challenge Cup Finals (2000 and 2002, while the Cup final was touring away from Wembley during its redevelopment) and Super League's 'Magic Weekend' showcase round in 2009 and 2010, each seeing four Super League fixtures played there across a single weekend.
Scotland's national rugby union stadium; not a regular rugby league venue.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 29 Apr 2000 — Bradford Bulls 24-18 Leeds Rhinos, Challenge Cup Final, attendance 67,247 (the highest rugby league attendance ever recorded at the venue)
- 27 Apr 2002 — St Helens 12-21 Wigan, Challenge Cup Final, attendance 62,140
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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