You may just need your thermals .

First year I will have missed. There are a number of factors as to why I am not going. The friendly locals breaking the jaw of one of our party for being english were a mojor consideration.
The ground is too far out from the centre of Edinburgh too. Much prefered Cardiff tbh.
Of course our form too has a bearing, I am not busting a gut too go watch them when the players can't be d.

As it's my first year going, could anybody let me know how expensive it is up there? and can anyone suggest a decent pub or is it best off just going straight into the ground?

Hi

we went up last year and to be honest it was pretty expensive the lager in the ground was more expensive than when the union crowd play there (well that was accordin to 2 scottish blokes who were infront of us in the queue who were livid at the increase)

We had a really good time in the Murrayfield Hotel, BBQ in garden and lots of fans gathered there, lots of singing and banter.

Heard stories that people were refused entry into pubs in town if they had team shirts on

Cardiff was by far a better the people were more welcoming and the stadium better placed and warmer!!!

Take your jumpers its bloomin freezing up there

Thanks for the heads up on all accounts, better remember my jacket then...How come people were getting refused into pubs for representing their clubs? or is it just a Scottish thing?

A lot of Glasgow and Edinburgh pubs have a 'no colours' rule: it's mainly aimed at Glasgow-Rangers; Hibs-Hearts and associated emnities. But it's a blanket ban.

any one know where main pub/area (family area) is where the majority of cas fan will be (were last season) on the saturday evening area

Somewhere in Cas probably...

^^^^^^ lol

Yep I'll be finding a pub to watch it in. Can't justify spending 10 hours sat in a car on my birthday so an all day beer session it is!

I managed to wax six hundred quid. Granted we spent three days there, and that includes accomodation. We drinking from morning to night as well. Beer is about what you expect to pay in a large touristy city, except in the ground where it reaches a whole other level. You will need to get a taxi from city centre, iirc it was about twelve quid. There aren't any other pubs near the ground so go up when you are ready to stay there for the day.
There are loads of decent pubs in the city head for the Grassmarket, that is where most other rugby fans were. Good atmosphere.

Anybody who is going and needs tickets PM me as I am selling some for £10 each

Sadly, one of the pitfalls of Edinburgh is that most/all of the city centre pubs do not allow any children in. Hence, if you have any children in your group you may have to stay in the hotel lobby bar if you want a beer whilst watching the game. As a family game this will be a very off putting factor for many!

As a result of this and many other factors, I'm expecting overall attendance of the games to be down on last year. I would be very surprised if the RFL don't have to manipulate the attendance figures even more than usual this year!

As a family man, it gonna be a Pub and a big screen in Cas for me I'm affraid!!