Editing Easter Road (section)

===Other sports===

Easter Road was briefly the home ground for [[Edinburgh Rugby]], a professional [[rugby union]] team, in the late 1990s.<ref name = "rugby">{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/edinburghrugby/Gunners-eye-Easter-Road.2742748.jp |title=Gunners eye Easter Road |newspaper=[[Edinburgh Evening News]] |publisher=Johnston Press |date=16 January 2006 |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> [[Heineken Cup]] matches against [[Ebbw Vale RFC|Ebbw Vale]] and [[Stade Toulousain|Toulouse]] were played at the ground during the [[1998–99 Heineken Cup pool stage|1998–99]] season, with attendances of a few thousand.<ref name = "rugby"/><ref name = "frame"/> Edinburgh again expressed interest in using Easter Road in both 2004 and 2006, but this was opposed by Hibs manager [[Tony Mowbray]], who was concerned that playing rugby would damage the pitch.<ref name = "frame">{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby/easter_road_put_in_the_frame_as_new_home_for_gunners_1_1022561 |title=Easter Road put in the frame as new home for Gunners |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=3 November 2006 |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby/easter_road_on_rugby_agenda_1_1184272 |title=Easter Road on rugby agenda |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=7 July 2004 |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> The [[Scottish Rugby Union]] (SRU) included Easter Road in a bid for Edinburgh to host the [[Heineken Cup]] and [[European Challenge Cup]] finals in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first=Graham |last=Bean |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/sru-easter-road-could-be-amlin-final-venue-1-2972682 |title=SRU: Easter Road could be Amlin final venue |newspaper=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=21 June 2013 |access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref> In June 2015, the SRU chief executive indicated that trial matches could be played at Easter Road with a view to Edinburgh Rugby moving there for a longer term.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33039431 |title=Edinburgh Rugby keen on 'test games' at Easter Road |first=Tom |last=English |publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 June 2015 |access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> It has since been announced that the team will move to [[Myreside]] from January 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36255369 |title=Edinburgh confirm move from Murrayfield to Myreside |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 March 2016 |access-date=28 May 2016}}</ref>

One of the hospitality suites within the stadium staged an [[amateur boxing]] show on 15 November 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/boxing/Boxing-bound-for-Easter-Rd.5763682.jp |title=Boxing bound for Easter Rd|newspaper=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=24 October 2009 }}</ref>