Fixtures Edinburgh Men 23/24 BKT United Rugby Championship
May 10, 2024 Hive Stadium
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21:27

Full-time in Hive Stadium!

Five points and job done!
80'

JAVV!!!!!

Big Javan Sebastian powers over with the last play of the game! Cammy Scott slots home and it's 40-14!
79'

BKT Player of the Match: Ewan Ashman!

Well deserved for the hooker!
77'

TRY VELLACOTT!

BLINK AND YOU MISS IT! That's pure lighting from Ben Vellacott who breaks through the Zebre line for a wonderful solo score! Cammy Scott converts and its 33-14.
76'

Cammy Scott on

Ben Healy is off and is replaced Cammy Scott at 10!
76'

BIG SCRUM PEN!

The big men do their thing to win the penalty!
75'

Knocked on

Duhan knocks on in our territory and Zebre will have a scrum.
72'

Knocked on

Goose does well to get up for a high ball but it's knocked on in contact. Zebre scrum on half-way.
69'

Benji!

What a break! The scrum-half shimmer and carries us 40m however its attempted offload is knocked on by the supporting runner Chris Dean. Hive Stadium on its feet!
68'

Zebre knock on

That's good D from the backline who drift well and force a knock on in our 22.
65'

TRY DEANO!!!

YES DEANO! THAT'S TRY NUMBER FOUR AND THE BP SCORE! After Healy breaks down the blindside the ball finds it way back inside to Chris Dean who touches down! Ben Healy converts from the touchline and it's 26-14!
64'

Momentum building

Vellacott has injected a bit of pace and we are carrying hard in midfield. We win a penalty on half-way and Healy will send another long into Italians' 22.
61'

Zebre clear with a penalty

After Duhan VDM knocks on going down the wing, Zebre winch penalty from a resulting scrum. They then win another penalty from the resulting lineout half-way.
60'

Double sub

Ben Vellacott and Chris Dean on Ali Price and Mark Bennett.
58'

Scrum

Zebre knock on from the kick off and we'll have the chance to attack from good scrum position.
56'

Try Zebre

Winger Jacopo Trulla finishes in the corner after sustained pressure from the visitors. Giovanni Montemauri converts and it's 19-14.
54'

Quadruple sub

On come Boan Venter, Marshall Sykes, Javan Sebastian and Dave Cherry. Off come Pierre Schoeman, Sam Skinner, WP Nel and Ewan Ashman.
53'

Schoe carrying like a mad man

We build the phases with Schoeman taking three short balls in quick succession. We evenutally knock on however and Zebre will have a scrum in their 22.
51'

Scrum pen

A big scrum penalty on the Lothian Stand side gives Healy the chance to angle one deep into the Zebre 22.
49'

Penalty won

We win a breakdown penalty and advance the ball to half-way. We knock at the lineout however and Zebre will have a scrum.
46'

Scrums...

Plenty of resets here, the big men eyeing each other up and not a lot of clean ball coming form the scrum...
42'

Jamie Breaks, Healy nudges

That's a cracking break from Jamie Ritchie who straightens and brings us deep into the Zebre half. Ben Healy then shows calmness with a clever grubber that pins the Italian deep.
41'

Back underway!

We're back in action at Hive Stadium!
40'

Half-time at Hive Stadium

We hold a 19-7 lead at the break!
40'

Zebre break and we win the turnover penalty

We nudge the resulting penalty to half-way.
38'

TRY WP NEL!

The big man powers over to stretch our lead at Hive Stadium! With Healy converting its' 19-7!
37'

Try or no try...

The big men have gone to work under the sticks and look to have powered over... just. The referee is checking for clear grounding.
39'

Advantage

What a short ball from Bill Mata! The number 8 powers over the gainline before Zebre are penalised at the resulting breakdown. We kick to the corner again...
34'

Knock on

Zebre knock on from a high ball and we'll have a scrum in our territory.
32'

TRY NUMBER 2 FOR ASHMAN!

The lineout and driving maul does its job again! Ashman holds on and powers over to give us the lead once again at Hive Stadium! Ben Healy spits the uprights and it's 12-7!
30'

Advancing and building

We make a break down the Main Stand touchline through Goosen before Ali Price does brilliantly to keep the ball in with a quick pass inside. Zebre are eventually penalised and we'll kick to the corner again!
27'

Duhi comes to life!

The winger breaks and then some to bring us into the red zone. A few carries later the hosts are pinged and we'll nudge one into the corner!
23'

Try Zebre

Well, he's given it... Geronimo Prisciantelli races in from 30m out and scrum-half Thomas Dominguez converts to make it 5-7 at Hive Stadium.
23'

Referee taking a look

Zebre think they are in for a score but looks like very obvious obstruction in the build up to the try.
23'

Lineout on half-way

Zebre go long with a box kick and we'll have a lineout on half-way.
20'

Jamie Ritchie!

What a take from Jamie Ritchie who brings down a high ball to put us over the half-way. He's been impressive so far!
17'

TRY ASHMAN!

THE DRIVING MAUL POWERS OVER! Ewan Ashman is the man who guides the ball over for our opening try of the night! Healy's conversion is unsuccessful and it's 5-0 at Hive Stadium!
16'

Rolling maul!

Zebre are forced into a clearance from their 22 and we set up a lineout in promising position. A strong lineout drive brings us closer to the visitors' try line, they are penalised and we kick to the corner!
12'

Back and forth

We swap possession with the Italians with an attempted cross-field kick to Bill Mata just coming up short. Another cross-field kick then falls into the hands of Wes Goosen who nearly gets an offload to Mark Bennett for the opening score of the game!
9'

Mish!

Classic Hamish Watson. The British & Irish Lion gets over the ball and wins the turnover penalty in our 22.
8'

Zebre on the attack

The visitors have the ball in our 22 and continue to push with a series of short ball in midfield.
6'

Penalised

The boys are up for it, brining plenty of physicality at the breakdown. We're pinged however for not releasing and Zebre advance it into our half.
4'

What a night for rugby!

Its a beautiful night and a loud crowd at Hive Stadium. Both side swap punches with the ball on midfield.
1'

Kick-off!

We're underway at Hive Stadium!
19:23

Welcome to the Galbraith Match Centre!

Hello and welcome to the Galbraith Match Centre for tonight's URC Round 16 clash with Zebre Parma! Stay here for whistle to whistle updates from kick-off!