The capital side had four scores and the bonus-point in the bag after 30 minutes following an impressive opening period, but a stop-start second-half meant Edinburgh were unable to accelerate through the gears as 14-man Zebre upped the intensity after the break. “I thought that when we were on it today, we were really good,” […]
Mike Blair’s side ran in three tries before the hosts had Pelser sent off just 22 minutes into the match and led 31-0 early in the second half. However, Zebre rallied despite their numerical disadvantage, with Alessandro Fusco, Luca Rizzoli and Jacopo Trulla all going over after the break. Adam McBurney had touched down twice […]
Mata becomes the first overseas, non-Scottish qualified player to reach the milestone in the club’s long history and is Edinburgh Rugby’s 37th centurion, joining former capital back-row greats Simon Taylor, Ally Hogg and Roddy Grant in reaching 100 matches. Goosen – who joined the club from Super Rugby side Hurricanes in the off-season – has been made to wait for […]
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Kunavula, 26, has been allowed to leave his Edinburgh Rugby contract early and departs the Scottish capital having made 23 appearances. The back-row joined Edinburgh Rugby from Fiji Sevens in 2019 and scored his first try for the club in a then-Guinness PRO14 match against Dragons at the Principality Stadium in March 2021. Head Coach Mike […]
Mata returned to fitness at the start of the season following a nine-month injury lay-off and has looked back to his impactful best in the number 8 jersey. Atalifo has yet to feature this campaign and joins a squad littered with international talent, with the Flying Fijians set to visit BT Murrayfield on Saturday 5 […]
A big crowd is to be expected at the hotly-anticipated derby clash, which returns to its traditional festive spot in the rugby calendar, allowing supporters to kick start their Hogmanay celebrations in style on Friday 30 December (kick-off 7.35pm), at the home of Scottish rugby. Edinburgh Rugby’s 22/23 Season Ticket Members will get the first […]
Leading 12-3 at the break, the hosts raised the intensity in the second-half, scoring six tries in a 29 minute period of domination to put the Italian club to the sword. “We controlled territory in that first half as well as you can into the wind,” said Blair. “Then when we got points after half […]
British and Irish Lions wing Van der Merwe rejoined Edinburgh from Worcester earlier this month and crossed twice in the second half as Mike Blair’s men ran in nine tries in total at DAM Health Stadium. There was also a brace for URC top try scorer Darcy Graham, who took his season tally to eight, […]
