Castres Olympique
Edinburgh
Castres Olympique
Edinburgh Castres claim the win after a dominant second-half performance.
The replacement does brilliantly to race back and make the last ditch tackle as Castres break again.
Goosen has to head off for Currie after picking up a knock.
Ashman finishes a good counter attack score but its disallowed as the TMO spots a knock on in the tackle in the build up to the score.
Great hit and defensive turnover from Tom Dodd.
Scott advances us to half-way.
We scramble well in defence and Castres chuck it forward out wide.
Scrum in our half coming up.
Two tries in quick succession.
Castres race in for another after working the man advantage out wide. 33-0
Adam Vargas races in out wide. The conversion is over and it’s 26-0.
We currently have no centres on the pitch with Lang off injured and replaced by Connor Boyle.
Liam McConnell and Wes Goosen are in our midfield with O’Conor in the bin.
Piers O’Conor is sent to the bin, after making contact with the head in the tackle.
A mix up at the lineout. The ball is overthrown and Tyler Ardron is there to collect and muscle over. The conversion is successful. 19-0
Castres are continuing to pepper our line in the final third here.
We survive yet another attack as Castres offload into touch.
Castres are keeping their foot on the gas, they move it wide and Goosen reads it well, shooting up to force the knock on.
Castres break again off turnover ball.
Shiel and McConnell get back well and force the knock on.
Scrum Edinburgh.
The Castres lineout drive is effective and hooker Loris Zarantonello dots down. The conversion is over and it’s 12-0.
Castres are quick to get on ball and win the penalty in our 22.
They nudge one into the corner.
Castres knock on in contact!
Brilliant defensive set and an exceptional tackle from Cammy Scott.
That’s another incredible turnover from Freddy Douglas, this time in our 22.
We move it wide and Goosen knocks on with open space in front of him.
Scrum to come.
Castres move it wide and Ambadian is racing in however Goosen and Wells do enough to smash the winger into touch.
We have a goal line drop out. Meanwhile Ross McCann is off for HIA.
One score in it. In the fight.
C’mon Edinburgh!
We steal the ball back and Liam McConnell kicks into touch. 5-0 at the break.
Some really strong and physical carries from both sides.
We’re under pressure and a pass drifts wide and forward.
Castres scrum just over half-way.
A really clever grubber round the corner to keep Castres pinned in their 22.
Harris Morris gets on ball. He’s had a great game so far.
The hosts steal and race from distance with support runners on shoulders.
Castres nudge one in behind and Lewis Wells is there to collect and clear our lines.
A brilliant turnover from the big lock.
Cammy Scott then puts in a quality 50:22!
Piers O’Conor sends one long down the short side to keep Castres pinned back.
We’re knocking on the door and then look to move it wide and Ross McCann’s pass is intercepted.
Castres race clear, kick long but we get ball brilliantly to clean up.
Castres eventually knock on.
Scott hits another to touch, this time only a few metres out.
What a brilliant turnover.
Currie makes a hit out wide, then gets back to his feet to get on ball.
Scott nudges onto into the Castres 22.
Castres pinged again straight from the scrum.
Cammy Scott advances us up to half-way.
Brilliant lineout defence. Freddy Douglas gets on ball to half the drive.
We’ll have the scrum now on our 5m line.
Another penalty, albeit an unlucky one in contact.
Castres send one into the corner.
Castres send one into our 22.
After great defensive set.
The hosts knock on close to the line on half-way.
Ollie Blyth Lafferty wins the penalty at the scrum!
We nudge one to touch!
Wes Goosen is on for Jack Brown at full-back.
The ball drifts over the dead ball line.
Castres have the scrum and move it wide.
We have a stop in play after Jack Brown takes a sore one when flying into a tackle. He will need to come off.
That’s classic from Freddy. He gets over the ball and wins the turnover penalty!
We continue to keep the ball really well but hats off to Castres who have put in some big shots to stop any momentum.
Venter eventually knocks on in close quarters. Scrum just shy of the Castres 22 coming up.
That’s good hands from McConnell and Douglas to create space.
Jack Brown pings one into the Castres corner to pin them deep.
The hosts take the lead as winger Christian Ambadian finishes in the corner.
The conversion is wide. 5-0
A good defensive set.
The hosts have a scrum in a dangerous position and attack with width, but we drift well and force a knock on.
So unlucky.
Piers O’Conor hits a quality line straight off the scrum but the inside centre is held up by a brilliant piece of Castres defence.
The hosts clear their lines with the goal line drop out.
Brilliant physicality at two mauls.
We force two turnovers. Jack Brown eventually kicks long but it drifts over the try line.
Castres goal line drop out drifts into touch so we’ll have a scrum under the hosts sticks here…
We counter well at the Castres ruck but Freddy Douglas is caught offside.
Castres advance the ball to just over half-way.
Some really strong carries from Edinburgh to start the match.
Lewis Wells and Harri Morris both putting in the hard yards as we retain possession on half-way
We’re underway in Castres!
C’mon Edinburgh!!!
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