The team selection includes a further three changes to the side that faced the Warriors in last weekend’s opening leg as Wes Goosen (wing) – who also returns from injury – Henry Pyrgos (scrum-half) and Boan Venter (loosehead) are all handed starts for 150th anniversary derby. With a bumper crowd of more than 25,000 expected for the festive clash, supporters […]
World rugby’s oldest intercity rivalry celebrates a landmark anniversary exactly 150 years and one month from the first-ever meeting between the two cities at Burbank Park, Glasgow, on 23 November 1872. Edinburgh Ruby are the current holders of the famous trophy – which this week was replenished to celebrate the anniversary of the fixture – […]
Outside centre Matt Currie takes the place of Mark Bennett who remains in the graduated return to play protocol. Club centurion and Scotland internationalist WP Nel gets the nod at tighthead prop, while lock Glen Young returns to the starting XV in place of Jamie Hodgson. Saturday’s match-up is the first Heineken Champions Cup fixture […]
