FOLLOW LIVE The match is live on Viaplay 1 with coverage starting at 2.55pm ahead of a 3.05pm GMT kick-off in Cape Town. Can’t watch on Viaplay? Follow all the action in the Galbraith Match Centre with whistle to whistle updates. TEAM NEWS WP Nel will become only the third player to reach 200 appearances […]
Scotland internationalist Nel, 37, will fittingly enter the 200 club in Cape Town where his professional rugby career started at Western Province 16 years ago. Having been a mainstay in the capital pack since arriving in Edinburgh in 2012, the tighthead prop now joins club legends Alan Jacobsen [273 appearances] and Chris Paterson [205] in […]
Nel joined Edinburgh from South African franchise Cheetahs in 2012. Fresh faced, athletic and a fierce scrummager, the tighthead prop cemented his cult-like status from the get-go with a 40m solo try against Leinster that grows in distance every time the story is retold. Fast-forward 12 years and Nel is still plying his trade at […]
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The squad depart for Cape Town later today (Sunday 17 March), with seven Scotland internationalists involved in the Six Nations set to travel depending on availability. Head Coach Sean Everitt said: “We’re really excited for the challenge of this tour, taking on two of South Africa’s biggest sides on their own turf. “As a team, we’ve spoken about […]
The result cemented Edinburgh’s second place finish in their inaugural season, during which the side only lost one game, winning four, and drawing two. The Clovers made much of the early running, with defensive efforts crucial in keeping the capital in the game. Briar McNamara somehow held up an Irish attacker over the line, while […]