The Edinburgh Predators were formed during the 08/09 season, with goal of being a full member team for the 09/10 season.
Full membership was granted after the completion of an associate game against UWS Pyros, which was won 12-8.
The Edinburgh Predators take players from the University of Edinburgh only
The University was established by a Royal Charter granted by James VI in 1582.
This was an unusual move at the time, as most universities were established through Papal Charters. What makes the University of Edinburgh even more unusual is the fact that its funding came the following year from the Town Council, making it in many ways the first civic university, known as the ''''''''Tounis College''''''''.
It became the fourth Scottish university in a period when the much more populous and richer England had only two - a position which continued until the early 19th Century when Durham and the London Colleges began to be founded.
As an interesting, if vaguely macabre, aside, it is worth noting that James VI was the son of Mary Stuart and Lord Darnley. Lord Darnley was murdered at the Kirk o'''''''' Field site in Edinburgh and the chief suspect for the murder was Bothwell, who Mary later married. Old College, The University''''''''s first real campus, was built and still stands on the very same Kirk o'''''''' Field site. The Raeburn Room (where Prince Phillip as Chancellor of the University, sometimes now dines) presently stands on the exact place of the murder.
In sporting terms there are 65 member clubs competing in a wide range of sports. This equates to over 6500 people registered with a sports team each year. This year alone, Edinburgh topped the BUSA (BUCS) rankings in Scotland, and came 6th in Britain.
