Guinness PRO12
Edinburgh edge closer to Hibernian ground share
ESPN Staff
June 7, 2015
Easter Road before kick off
Easter Road before kick off© Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

Edinburgh are considering a ground share with football side Hibernian as the club look to move away from Murrayfield next season.

Edinburgh, whose average attendance of 5,000 in the Pro12 is a fraction of Murrayfield's 68,000-seater capacity, have long been linked with a move to Hibernian's Easter Road, and Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson has confirmed the option of a ground share is being explored.

Dodson told BBC Scotland: "You see some leaks in the press about us talking to Hibernian about Easter Road.

"We're closer to that than we have been for a while. Our hope would be that we can have a couple of games as a test with a view to moving there.

"We hope we can come to some sort of arrangement for the coming season.

"We can't stay at Murrayfield for the longer term."

Edinburgh used Easter Road in the 1998-99 season and finished eighth in the league this year.

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