The fan-favourite and Edinburgh Rugby #1250 is now in his sixth season in the capital and is the 10th front-rower in club history to hit the milestone, joining living Edinburgh legends Allan Jacobsen (double centurion), Craig Smith, Ross Ford and WP Nel in the coveted ‘centurions club’. Schoeman is one of 11 internationalists named in the starting XV for tomorrow night’s BKT United […]
The duo starts as two of five changes made to the starting XV – WP Nel (tighthead prop) and Charlie Shiel (scrum-half) come into the starting line-up as Javan Sebastian drops to bench, with Ben Vellacott missing out through personal reasons. Elsewhere in the pack, Tom Dodd makes his second appearance for the club at blindside flanker as Viliame […]
Blair Kinghorn (full-back), Grant Gilchrist (lock), Hamish Watson (openside flanker), Viliame Mata (number 8), Ewan Ashman (replacement hooker) and WP Nel (replacement tighthead prop) are all named in the capital side’s 23 for the Round 2 clash. Sean Everitt’s side are looking to make it two-from-two after last weekend’s opening round victory away to Dragons RFC, with […]
Healy – who joined the club from BKT URC rivals and title winners Munster in the summer – gets the nod as GB Sevens wing Ross McCann, Javan Sebastian (prop), Cameron Neild and Tom Dodd (both back-row) are all handed starting debuts by Senior Coach Sean Everitt – also taking charge of his first competitive fixture. Edinburgh Rugby also welcome the return […]
Scrum-half Ben Vellacott returns to captain the side after missing last weekend’s Connacht match due to the birth of his son. Wes Goosen shifts to outside-centre as GB Sevens flyer and former Boroughmuir Bear Jordan Edmunds comes into the starting XV on the wing. In the pack, hooker Patrick Harrison starts – as Adam McBurney moves to the […]
Tighthead prop Luan de Bruin gets the nod up front while lock Glen Young comes into the pack in place of Marshall Sykes who misses out through injury. In the backline, Cammy Hutchison starts at inside centre in his final appearance for the club. Henry Pyrgos – also featuring in his last fixture for Edinburgh […]
A strong side is named for the ‘Fan Appreciation Night’ clash which sees the club pay tribute to the capital faithful who’ve backed the team throughout the 2022/23 campaign, with a range of activities planned across match night including free food vouchers, player signing sessions and Q&As, and live music in the supporters’ clubhouse and fanzone. More info on F.A.N […]
Chrystie, who heads up Edinburgh Rugby’s Academy programme, has selected six academy products to start the match, with three set to feature from the bench. Scotland U20 captain Liam McConnell skippers the side, with Cammy Scott and Jamie Hodgson named as vice captains. Loosehead prop Mikey Jones, who recently signed his first professional contract, starts […]
Prop Pierre Schoeman, back-row duo Jamie Ritchie and Hamish Watson, and wing Duhan van der Merwe all return to the starting line-up as Head Coach Mike Blair names five changes to the XV that faced Connacht last weekend. WP Nel – who featured from the bench in Galway – starts at tighthead prop in the only other […]
McInally (concussion) has been cleared for action having progressed through the graduated return to play protocol, with Boffelli is now fit and poised to make his first appearance since December (against Glasgow Warriors). Head Coach Mike Blair makes three further changes to the side that faced Scarlets a fortnight ago. Ben Vellacott gets the nod at scrum-half as Lee-Roy […]
