With the Vodacom Bulls down to 14 men for most of the second-half – after captain Marcell Coetzee was shown red for a dangerous tackle on Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh were able to seize control of the contest with Duhan van der Merwe and Bill Mata running in tries three and four for the capital […]
With the game tied-up at 22-22, the capital side worked the ball into Connacht territory where Ben Healy was able to chip over a no-nonsense drop-goal to take all four points with the clock in red. The victory is Edinburgh Rugby’s third in four matches, and leaves Everitt’s side sitting in 8th place in the […]
Early tries from Sio Tomkinson and Corey Baldwin gave the Welsh region the perfect start at Rodney Parade. But the boot of eventual BKT URC Player of the Match Ben Healy kept Edinburgh in the game, and Ben Vellacott’s try 15 minutes from time set up a grandstand finish. And Healy had the final say, […]
He has always been a fan of Edinburgh’s playing style Sean Everitt was Head Coach of the Sharks when Edinburgh Rugby became the first Northern Hemisphere URC side to win on South African soil when they claimed a 5-21 win at Kings Park in March 2022. With some scintillating backs play on show from the […]
On the win “I’m so conflicted. I thought for the vast majority of the game we were right on it. We had a five-minute period around 30 minutes when Sam got his yellow card and we lost it a little bit, but apart from that we were on it for a huge amount the game. […]
On making an ‘almost winning return’ “You never want to lose. You play the game to win. Even when you lose graciously with all that effort, it’s still crap. You never learn to lose. “The fact that I was able to come back to this club and help out, and I want to help them […]
On the match and how Edinburgh battled to the final minutes “I am proud, proud of a lot of the effort and the commitment. “We just lacked a bit of precision under pressure, not throughout the 80 mins, but during certain periods which was frustrating but we played the last twelve minutes with Jaco in […]
On the last play and choosing to ‘take the win’ “We wanted the players to kick it out. We (coaches) made that call. You don’t always get these things right but our view ws that we had a yellow card, we were playing into a stiff breeze and we hd no momentum in our attack. […]
On the team’s fitness We looked to keep the ball in play, fatiguing them. Things always don’t go as you plan them but they definitely looked more fatigued at the end. We also kept our starters on for a fair bit of the game as well because we felt they were accustomed to the conditions […]
Edinburgh trailed 10-17 with 14 minutes to go before Connor Boyle’s pushover score and Harrison’s winner secured maximum points for the hosts who had lead 10-0 at half-time. “I’m proud. I genuinely believe that’s our best win of the season so far,” said Blair. “The position we put ourselves in, with a really stiff breeze […]
