The game started near perfectly for the home side, with the capital men racing into a 12 point lead after 14 minutes. Chris Dean opened the scoring with three minutes on the clock, latching onto a Luke Crosbie offload after the flanker burst through the defence, freeing the centre to run around the last man […]
Press Pass is brought to you by Glen Moray, the club’s Official Single Malt Whisky Partner. Never rushed or forced, always in balance, steady and with care, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Find out more about Glen Moray today. On Doddie Weir “It is really sad. For the family reading all the […]
The Italian side held on for a 24-17 win with Rhyno Smith’s late score the difference in a back-and-forth battle at Stadio Monigo. “Yeah, it’s definitely disappointing,” said Blair. “We knew this was going to be a really tough game with the team that they picked. “Benetton were excellent and managed the game really well […]
Benetton survived the early sending off of debutant Matteo Minozzi to claim a hard-fought victory. Minozzi was dismissed for dangerous play after just 10 minutes at the Stadio Monigo on Saturday but the hosts – who had two spells with just 13 men – claimed a hard-fought, bonus-point win with tries from Marcus Watson, Sebastian […]
McInally (hooker), Lang (inside centre) and Immelman (full-back) all start the Round 8 match-up in Treviso, while Vellacott (scrum-half) is once again fit to be named on the bench. Head Coach Mike Blair makes five further changes to the side that claimed a road win in Cardiff last month as Henry Pyrgos (scrum-half), Angus Williams […]
Press Pass is brought to you by Glen Moray, the club’s Official Single Malt Whisky Partner. Never rushed or forced, always in balance, steady and with care, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Find out more about Glen Moray today. On the signing of Tom Cruse “Tom bring’s experience and cover. I’ve explained […]
Cruse joins the club with immediate effect, having left Wasps after the English Premiership side entered administration last month. The former Sale Sharks and London Irish front-row adds further experience and cover for Edinburgh’s stable of hookers, with both Adam McBurney and Dave Cherry expected to miss time through injury. Cruse said: “Edinburgh is an amazing club […]
This week, however, we’ve put the spotlight on two Edinburgh teammates that will be facing each other this Saturday as Scotland welcome Argentina to the Scottish capital in the final Autumn Nations Series Test. Darcy Graham and Emiliano Boffelli will be marking one another this weekend in a clash of wingmen; one month ahead of […]
Dangerous wing duo Duhan van der Merwe, who amassed 107 metres in 10 carries against the All Blacks, and Darcy Graham – a try-scorer against in last weekend’s narrow loss to New Zealand – once again start on opposite flanks. Up front, Pierre Schoeman retains his place at loosehead prop while Grant Gilchrist once again […]
With the likes of loosehead star Pierre Schoeman and Warriors’ British and Irish Lion Zander Fagerson linking up in Scotland’s front-row, we analyse the big men from both sides of the rivalry that could lock horns in world rugby’s oldest intercity derby this December. Tickets for the unmissable deciding leg of the derby – which […]
