Ahead of the Edinburgh Rugby team's return to play home matches at the stadium, temporary stands were installed to increase seating capacity to 13,799.

On 4 March 1933, Watsonians played their first match at New Myreside, against Royal High School FP Rugby Club.

[3][4] In May 2016, Edinburgh Rugby announced a partnership with the owners of the ground, George Watson's College.

The partnership allowed a trial period starting in January 2017 for Edinburgh to return to Myreside for six months, downsizing from Murrayfield Stadium.

[3] The plans involved increasing the stadium capacity by erecting temporary stands at the North and South ends.