Fixtures Edinburgh Men 24/25 EPCR Challenge Cup
January 11, 2025 Stade de la Rabine
RC VannesRC Vannes
25 - 29 Away
ER-Full-500×500Edinburgh
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80'

A HUGE FIVE POINTS!

GET IN! WE DUG DEEP FOR THAT ONE!
80'

PEN EDINBURGH!

The hosts are pinged for playing Shiel at the scrum and that'll do it!!!
79'

Turnover!!!

We do brilliantly to get hands on ball, it's a maul and it's our put in at the scrum!
77'

Vannes steal

The hosts steal and send it long. Thompson is back to clean up and clears our lines. Vannes have the lineout on half-way.
76'

PEN EDINBURGH!

We turn over the hosts and clear our lines!
75'

Scrum pen

Vannes kick to touch and they build the phases...
73'

Vannes scrum

We knock on in the air and the hosts will have the scrum just over half-way.
72'

Thompson nails it!

The stand-off splits the uprights and it's a four point game. 25-29.
71'

Scrum pen!

We'll take aim at the sticks.
69'

In the Vannes 22

We're pushing here with Tuipulotu taking a quality short ball to break the gain line. We'll have a scrum just shy of the hosts 22.
68'

Changes

Charlie Shiel is on for Ali Price. Mosese Tuipulotu is on for James Lang. Hamish Watson is on for Sam Skinner with Young into the row.
65'

Try Vannes

The hosts break through and power in for the score. The conversion is missed and it's 25-26.
63'

Scrum Edinburgh

Vannes knock on from the restart and we have the scrum in our 22. We move it wide and Goosen gets us the hard yards.
62'

DUHAN YOU BEAUTY!

We move the ball from the lineout and Ross Thompson puts in a beauty of a cross-field kick to Duhan who touches down! Thompson nails he conversion and it's 20-26!
61'

Ross Thompson on

The stand-off replaces Ben Healy at 10.
60'

SCRUM PEN EDINBURGH!

The big men liked that! We kick into the Vannes 22.
58'

Holy Darcy!

We force a knock on with Vannes in our 22 before sending a cross-field wide to Darcy Graham. The wingers puts on the afterburners and races into the Vannes half before being dragged down, with the ball knocked on. Outrageous from the wee man!
56'

Harrison on

Dave Cherry makes way for Paddy Harrison at hooker.
56'

Knocked on

Duhan knocks on in the wide channels after a tidy cross-field kick from Healy. It just didnt bounce for the winger.
54'

Scrum pen

The ref judges Rae had his knee on the ground and the Vannes get an easy exit.
54'

Knock on

Darcy breaks through following a beauty of a switch from the lineout but its knocked on in contact.
52'

50:22!

Healy sends a beauty long and we'll have the lineout 10m out!
51'

Scrum pen!

We win the penalty and Healy advances us to half-way.
50'

Venter on

Boan Venter is for Pierre Schoeman. Vannes nudge a penalty just shy of our 22 but the throw is squint and we'll have the scrum.
49'

Scrum pen Vannes

The hosts win the penalty in their 22. Meanwhile D'arcy Rae is on for Javan Sebastian at tighthead.
48'

Scrum Vannes

The hosts have the put-in in their 22 as we knock on from a high-ball.
46'

Vannes take the lead

A simple penalty makes it 20-19 to the hosts.
44'

Vannes knock on

Great defensive shift there. We'll have the scrum in our half.
41'

Ritchie returns

Jamie Ritchie has passed his HIA and returns to the field. Hamish Watson returns to the bench.
41'

Back underway in Vannes

A big 40 coming up - c'mon Edinburgh!
40'

Half-time in Vannes

Two point lead at the break.
40'

No try

Schoeman is held up over the line and that'll do it for the first half.
40'

Pushing for a fourth here!

We're on metres short and pushing...
39'

Vannes penalised

Wes cleans up at the back and Vannes are pinged for going off their feet. We send it long into touch.
38'

Muncaster off

The number 8 is injured and is replaced by Glen Young.
38'

Try Vannes

The hosts power in after breaking into our 22. It's 17-19.
33'

Ritchie off for HIA

Ritchie is off for HIA with Hamish Watson taking his place. Crosbie is captain in the meantime.
33'

Stolen but knocked on

We steal brilliantly at the breakdown but the quick pass wide is knocked on. Scrum Vannes.
33'

Vannes knock on

The hosts react well after the score but we scramble well and force a knock on.
29'

WHAT A TRY! ALI PRICE AGAIN!

A STUNNER! Vannes rush up in defence again! Lang delays his pass to Graham who then finds the trailing Lang again. Lang shows great composure to find Price on his shoulder who touches down for his second and our third try of the game! Healy converts - 10-19!
27'

Knock on

Matt Currie initially did brilliant to take a ball in contact but his offload to Darcy is knocked on. Scrum to the hosts in their half.
26'

Try Vannes

It looked short but the referee had other ideas and Vannes are awarded the score. Not quite sure how the ref got a look at that... The conversion goes over and it's 10-12.
24'

Brilliant defence

We scramble brilliantly with Vannes pushing for the line and looks like the hosts have come up short here. TMO taking a look.
23'

Vannes opt for the scrum

The hosts are under our sticks with the put in.
22'

Vannes pushing

The hosts are building the phase in our 22 before we're pinged again for high tackle.
20'

Not rolling

Sam Skinner looks like he was pinned in there, but the ref blows up and Vannes send it long into touch.
18'

TRY ALI PRICE!

Just like that, we're in for our second score of the game! We move it wide, Matt Currie dummies before finding Darcy Graham who breaks the gainline. The winger finds the trailing Price who canters in! With Healy adding the extras it's 3-12!
16'

Penalty Vannes

The hosts strike back and it's 3-5.
14'

Two penalties on the trot

Vannes go quick after we're penalised for not rolling away. Jamie Ritchie is then judged to be offside despite it looking like the ball had popped out the side of the ruck. The hosts take aim at the sticks...
12'

Stolen but kick goes long

That's a brilliant steal at the breakdown. We look togo long straight away via the boot of Currie however its misjudged and rolls over the dead ball. Scrum Vannes.
10'

Scrum

We knock on from a high ball and Vannes have the put in on half-way.
8'

TRY WES!!!

WES RUNS IT IN FOR THE OPENING SCORE OF THE GAME! Ali Price the mastermind with a brilliant miss one pass to the full-back. The conversion is wide. 0-5!
7'

Brilliant steal and we go again!

That's a brilliant steal at the breakdown and we move it wide to Wes who chips inside! After Vannes try to run it out we get on ball and win a breakdown pen which Schoeman takes quickly!
5'

Good start!

Plenty of intent from Edinburgh so far. We move the ball side to side with Jamie Ritchie putting in a nice offload that nearly frees Wes Goosen. We are eventually turned over but positive signs so far.
3'

Healy misses

Ben Healy is just wide with his penalty attempt from range.
2'

Knock on

RC Vannes knock on from a high ball. A solid scrum leads to Duhan taking a short ball straight from 9 and we eventually win a penalty as the hosts go off their feet at the breakdown.
1'

Kick-off!

We're underway in Vannes! C'MON EDINBURGH!
12:58

Ready to go!

Ready to go! Final touches at Stade de la Rabine and it's nearly time for kick-off in Vannes!
11:00

Get ready for kick-off

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