MURRAYFIELD was today being tipped to host one of the biggest weekends on the rugby league calendar in 2009.
Once a year, organisers of the 13-a-side code hold six matches over a weekend to give fans from a variety of clubs an outing and the chance to mingle.
The six Engage Super League matches held on Saturday and Sunday were watched by 58,831 spectator
s at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Normally reliable sources south of the border are now insisting that "it would not be a surprise" if Edinburgh pipped Dublin as an alternative venue especially given two sell out Challenge Cup Finals have been held in the Capital since 2000.
Meanwhile, Heriot's rugby union skipper Marc Teague is continuing to hold out hope of landing a professional contract next season.
Teague saw his club's hopes of claiming the Scottish Hydro Electric national cup dashed by Melrose at the weekend but afterwards insisted a 24-31 defeat had done nothing to stifle ambitions. Already capped by Scotland at all age-groups as well as sevens and club international level the 26-year-old winger would love to take a step up.
At the same time he says he would be happy to return to Goldenacre for another crack at silverware.
"I'm open to (pro) offers (but) if nothing comes along I thoroughly enjoy playing at Heriot's and couldn't see myself anywhere else," he said.
The prolific try-scorer Teague saw opportunities limited at Murrayfield by a resolute Melrose defence until the second half when Heriot's began to carve openings from 0-31.
"It was really just nerves," claimed Teague in explaining the poor start.
He said: "In the end we gave them a try too many in the first half through missing and falling off tackles as well as dropping passes.
"At the interval we said if they could score four tries in a half so could we and we tried to raise the tempo.
"That put Melrose players on their backs with cramp as we proved that with quick ball we could do damage."
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