Fixtures Edinburgh Men 24/25 EPCR Challenge Cup
March 14, 2025 Hive Stadium
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80'

Full-time!

It's all over in Hive Stadium. What a contest!
78'

McKnight: Player of the Match!

Ross McKnight is deservedly named tonight's Player of the Match!
76'

Try Saracens

The visitors break again and Gareth Simpson finishes. Johnson converts.
74'

Scrum Sarries

Fin Thomson gets held up in contact and Sarries will have the put in, inside their half.
73'

Scrum Edinburgh

We force a scrum in the Sarries 22 straight from the restart!
71'

Try Saracens

The visitors hit back as Alec Clarey powers over. Johnson converts and its 45-47.
68'

ANOTHER TRY!!! CAMMY SCOTT!

ITS A CAPITAL CLASSIC!!! SAM LEWENI BREAKS. HE FINDS ED HASDELL. JERRY BLYTH LAFFERTY BREAKS. MIKEY JONES THEN CARRIES BEFORE SCOTT FINSHES!!! WHAT A GAME AT HIVE STADIUM!!! MCALPINE CONVERTS AND IT'S 45-40!
66'

TRY SHEDDEN!

WE HIT BACK STRAIGHT AWAY. WHAT A BREAK FROM OWSLEY! THE BALL EVENTUALLY FINDS SHEDDEN WHO FINISHES OUT WIDE. MCALPINE CONVERTS!
64'

Try Saracens

Elliot darts over to make it 31-38
63'

Morris off

Hooker Harri Morris is replaced by Jerry Blyth Lafferty
62'

TRY SAM LEWENI!!!

We move it wide at pace after the penalty. Freddie Owsley draws his man and Sam Leweni is on hand to finish!!! 31-33!
60'

McKnight. What a break!

The winger collects and breaks again!!! He feeds it to Conor McAlpine who gets dragged down illegally metres out and Alex Lozowski is sent to the bin!
58'

Try Saracens

The visitors work kit quickly down the short side and full-back Tobias Elliot gets his second of the match. Louie Johnson converts and it's 26-33.
56'

Ed Hasdell on

The Currie Chieftains lock is on to replace Glen Young.
53'

Shedden on

Ross McCann makes way and on comes Ayr RFC's Jamie Shedden.
51'

HAT-TRICK MCKNIGHT!!!

OMG. The big winger has a hat-trick!!! Cammy Scott hangs up a cross-field kick and McKnight is on hand to pluck out the air for his third of the night! Scott nails the conversion and we're all tied up, 26-26!
48'

Try Saracens

Saracens get over as Saracens captain Ivan Van Zyl darts over. 19-26.
46'

Changes at the break

We made three changes at the break. Charlie Shiel, Robin Hilsop and Javan Sebastian are off. Connor McAlpine, Mikey Jones and Angus Williams are on.
45'

Breakdown pen!

The boys are up for this! Harri Morris gets on ball and we win the breakdown pen!
43'

MCKNIGHT DOUBLE!

Ross McKnight gets another! We work it down the short side and the big winger finishes! Cammy Scott converts and it's 19-21!
41'

Back underway!

We're back underway and on the attack straight away as Tom Currie collects from the restart!
40'

Half-time

It's 12-21 at the break. So much fight in that opening 40!
40'

TRY McKnight!!!

GET IN!!! That's a beauty of a score from Ross McKnight! We go long with a penalty, Rotimi Segun misjudges the bounce and McKnight is there to collect, bounce his opposite man and run in for a solo try! Cammy Scott is just wide with the conversion.
39'

Owsley swoops in!

Saracens charge down a box kick from the restart and look to be in for the easy score but Freddie Owsley swoops in to touch down!  
38'

TRY CHICO!!!!

YES CHICO! Scrum-half Charlie dummies and dances before wrestling over from 10m out to get us on the board!!! Cammy Scott converts! 7-21.
36'

Try Saracens

The visitors get another as Lucio Cinti finishes in the corner. Lozowski adds another from the tee and it's 0-21.
33'

Saracens into our 22

The visitors kick into our territory after winning a scrum penalty.
32'

Unlucky!

Glen Young puts the pressure on and is only inches away from intercepting! The lock surely would have gone the distance!
28'

Last ditch defence

We get back well and stop what looked to be a sure try from the visitors. Saracens win a penalty in midfield and send one into our 22 but we steal at the resulting lineout and kick clear!
27'

Morris again!

The hooker has been hugely physical and puts in another massive shot. Great work from the young hooker!
22'

Try Saracens

The visitors get another as James Hadfield finishes a lineout drive. Lozowski adds the extras from out wide and it's 0-14.
19'

Bennett off

Mark Bennett picks up a knock and has to come off. Freddie Owsley is the replacement.
17'

Try Saracens

The visitors break the deadlock as full-back Tobias Elliots finishes after a grubber over the whitewash. Alex Lozowski converts and it's 0-7.
16'

Benzo covers well

We react well after a long clearance from Saracens and Mark Bennett gets down to cover.
13'

Liam competes well

The back-row does well to contest a box kick and we win a lineout as a result.
11'

McKnight again!

The winger puts in another cracking shot after a really well timed kick chase!
7'

Penalty won!

We compete well at the breakdown and win a pen. We kick into the Saracens 22 but the attack is defended well the visitors win a pen in return to kick clear.
5'

McCann clears!

We react well to a short box kick, the ball is fed to Ross McCann who send a tidy kick long!
3'

Saracens into the corner

The visitors kick to the corner after winning a penalty in our 22. We steal however and Mark Bennett kicks us clear!
2'

Cracking shot!

Ross McKnight puts in a brilliant shot after a great kick chase!
1'

Kick-off

We're underway in tonight's development friendly against Saracens!
15:05

Team update: Owsley in

Former Edinburgh winger Freddie Owsley has been added to the bench for tonight's development friendly with Saracens.
15:03

It's Game Day!

Welcome to the Galbraith Match Centre for tonight's development friendly with Saracens! We'll have live text updates from kick-off at 7.35pm.