1872 Cup Champions

[Big D]

15. Blair Kinghorn 14. Eroni Sau*13. Mark Bennett 12. Matt Scott 11. Duhan van der Merwe 10. Simon Hickey (9. Nic Groom CAPTAIN
1. Pierre Schoeman 2. Mike Willemse 3. Pietro Ceccarelli 4. Fraser McKenzie 5. Murray Douglas 6. Ally Miller 7. Luke Crosbie 8. Nick Haining

Replacements: 16. Cameron Fenton 17. Jamie Bhatti 18. Murray McCallum 19. Sam Thomson 20. Magnus Bradbury 21. Henry Pyrgos 22. Jaco van der Walt 23. George Taylor

I like the look of that 3/4 line.

[Adder]

Scott Bennett centre combo is working well

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[Big D]

Good performance tonight.

[Chunks Baws]

Great result, the whole team put in a performance. The only black mark was McKenzie's yellow. It was completely unnecessary and he should know better. On another day that could cost us.

[Adder]

Who is yet to come back?
Dell, berghan, Macinally, Nel, Gilchrist, toolis,Richie, Graham... Looks like they have a lot of depth up front. Backs aren't too bad either. I like the look of Sau

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[whatisthejava]

Edinburgh shaping up very well, but that blemish against Leinster needs to be addressed next time they play.

[Big D]

Who is yet to come back?
Dell, berghan, Macinally, Nel, Gilchrist, toolis,Richie, Graham... Looks like they have a lot of depth up front. Backs aren't too bad either. I like the look of Sau

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Dell is gone to London Irish.

Nel
Berghan
Rambo
GG
Toolis
Ritchie
Watson
Mata
Graham

All missing I think.

[switchskier]

Interesting interview with Scott (who seems to be the one they put forward for these) saying that the more expansive style is despite cockers rather than because of him.

https://www.theoffsideline.com/matt-scott-edinburgh/

[Big D]

Interesting interview with Scott (who seems to be the one they put forward for these) saying that the more expansive style is despite cockers rather than because of him.

https://www.theoffsideline.com/matt-scott-edinburgh/

It's actually good coaching IMO. Giving the players ownership and listening to them is a good thing.

[Cameo]

Interesting interview with Scott (who seems to be the one they put forward for these) saying that the more expansive style is despite cockers rather than because of him.

https://www.theoffsideline.com/matt-scott-edinburgh/

It's actually good coaching IMO. Giving the players ownership and listening to them is a good thing.

Yeah, I agree. My one fear is that his instinct might be to regress to the limited gameplan once the biggest games come or they have a couple of poor performances.

With no Champions Cup, Edinburgh should be aiming for at least second in their pool.

[Mikey Brown]

Just watched the 'highlights'. Grim stuff.

[sharvey44]

Just watched the 'highlights'. Grim stuff.

Grim conditions but no excuse for some of the sloppiness. L/O was awful all night.

[switchskier]

Game is on freesports if anyone is sad like me and in on a Friday night.

[Mikey Brown]

Some real spazzy handling/passing letting them down. Should be further ahead.

[Adder]

Would be nice to see Groom on for Pyrgos.

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[switchskier]

Marked reluctance to take easy 3's on multiple occasions. Showing dragons no respect and very clearly out for the bonus point when they should perhaps think about winning the game first, especially as we look so blunt in attack.

[Chunks Baws]

Game is on freesports if anyone is sad like me and in on a Friday night.

I knocked back an invite to the pub to stay in and watch it

Bit crap, should be further ahead. What the fuck was that call from Clancy at the maul we'd have scored from? The maul was pouring forward

[switchskier]

Well that was at least amusing. Painful game to watch though.

Wasn't Sau taken out without the ball before that?

[Chunks Baws]

About fuckin time.

[Big D]

Does Clancy not look at the chasers in front of the kicker? Nearly every time.

[switchskier]

Well the way that ended rather summed up the game, kicked out on the full under no real pressure to blow it. Dragons are terrible, Edinburgh merely poor and blunt. That's a missed bonus point.

It's easier at the end of the game when players are tired, but we looked so much more dangerous for the 7 minutes that Shiel was on the pitch.

[Chunks Baws]

That was a slog. Shiel was lively in his short time on the pitch.

[General Zod]

What’s the daft wee tune they play after a try? Can we look forward to some Scotland dance music this Spring?!

[no sleep]

Team v Agen:
Hoyland, Sau, Johnstone, Taylor, Farndale, Hickey, Shiel; Bhatti, Fenton, Berghan, Thomson, Gilchrist, Barclay, Ritchie, Haining.

Replacements: Willemse, Sutherland, McCallum, Carmichael, Miller, Nutton, Baggott, Fife.

Looks quite callow. Like the back row (like even more that it's not the strongest they could put out).

[switchskier]

Evidently prioritising the league this year, which I think makes sense. Not keen on Hoyland at full back and that is quite an experimental backline. Anyone got any idea who Nutton is?

Don't think that this is televised is it?