What a fabulous night to be an Edinburgh fan. Thanks for following along. See you next week when we take on Ulster at home under the Friday Night Lights.
Ben Healy kicks it out and that secures us the BP win on the road.
We went for the posts there and that should secure our bonus point win tonight… There’s only 30 seconds left.
Ross Thompson is tonight’s BKT URC Player of the Match. Congrats, Ross.
We have won a penalty for Connacht’s backline being offside.
A sigh of relief. Connacht knock the ball on and we will have the scrum.
Liam McConnell comes on for Ben Muncaster
That was INCREDIBLE!! Charlie picks the ball up from the back of the ruck, sees the space and runs it in from 70 metres. Healy converts. Could that be enough? (21-28)
Glen Young is on for Marshall Sykes. Ben Healy is on for Ross Thompson.
Hamish Watson gets over the ball and wins a crucial penalty.
We won a turnover penalty and have the lineout. We lost the ball in the lineout and Connacht have found their way up to our five metre line.
Charlie Shiel has come on for Ali Price. His first action will be to defend a lineout after we tackle Connacht in the air.
Connacht kick into touch and have the lineout.
Connacht manage to get over the ball at the breakdown and win a penalty in their own half.
Shayne Bolton is across in the corner. Hanrahan converts. All square with just 15 minutes to go!! COME ON EDINBURGH!!! (21-21)
We have collapsed the scrum. Connacht kicked it to touch, Edinburgh didn’t set up in time and Connacht win a free kick
Paddy Harrison has come on for Ewan Ashman. That’s a whole new front row for us.
Schoeman is off and Boan Venter has come on.
Connacht wheel the scrum and we win a penalty. The kick doesn’t find touch.
We clear from the restart and Connacht have the lineout, but it’s squint. Edinburgh scrum.
The maul rolls messily, but it doesn’t matter, Ben Muncaster has crossed the wash. Thompson just gets the conversion. (14-21)
We have won another penalty and kicked to the corner. We will have the lineout just over five metres from Connacht’s line.
We won another penalty and Darcy Graham taps it quickly.
Mo has picked up an injury and cannot continue. Findlay Thomson has come on to replace him.
There is no foul play deemed. We were playing advantage so will have the penalty.
We are having a look at a tackle on Mo Tuipulotu upstairs.
Connacht go into touch and we have the lineout and are building the phases.
Treacy hits a great line and gets Connacht’s second under the posts. Hanrahan converts. It’s all square here.
We win another penalty in the maul. Ross kicks it down field and we will have a lineout
Javan Sebastian is on for D’arcy Rae.
We have won a penalty at the scrum. There’s a wee bit of afters…
Much to our relief, Connacht knock on under pressure. We will have the scrum in our own half.
Connacht have turned us over in the maul. It will be their scrum.
Connacht play the ball on the floor and we win a penalty. Thompson kicks it to touch and we will have the lineout on Connacht’s 22.
Connacht make a great run and Finn Treacy is over. Hanrahan converts. (7-14)
RT will kick off the second half… keep it up Edinburgh!
A Connacht knock on ends play for the first half. We are 14 points clear of our opponents.
Connacht have a scrum just as the clock ticks into 40.
Marshall Sykes gets over the ball and win us a penalty. We have gone for a lineout. Price has cleared our lines and Connacht have possession.
We knock on in the air and Connacht will have the scrum.
It’s a forward pass from Edinburgh and Connacht will have the scrum. They have won a free kick.
Connacht won a scrum penalty, it didn’t find touch and we are on the attack again.
We knock on in the breakdown and Connacht will have the scrum.
The lineout from that penalty was squint and we have the scrum in Connacht’s half.
We are pinged for taking the man out in the lineout.
Ross Thompson makes a great break, finds Jack Brown but he is tackled into touch. Connacht lineout in their own 22.
Hamish Watson has created magic out of nothing. He sprints down the left wing, dummies it and scores!!! Thompson converts. (0-14)
Schoeman turns it over. We run it from our own tryline, kick upfield and Connacht’s fullback kicks it long. Edinburgh lineout.
We are deemed to be deliberately slowing the ball down. Connacht tap and go.
Edinburgh were illegal in the lineout before. Connacht have won another penalty, kick it, have the lineout on our own five metre line and maul it.
They kick into touch and they have the lineout.
Connacht win a penalty after we are accidentally offside.
Thompson kicks it into touch and we have the lineout still in our own half. We are overturned quickly after and Connacht have possession.
The referee takes a look after the try. There’s an obstruction and it is no try. (0-7). Edinburgh penalty.
Connacht get on the scoreboard after hitting a hard line through their captain Cian Prendergast. JJ Hanrahan converts. (7-7)
He is given his five seconds to use it and doesn’t, Connacht scrum deep less than ten from our own tryline.
There was a knock on before it went into touch. It is a scrum instead.
Connacht built their phases, but a pass goes into touch and we will have the lineout in our own 22.
Ali Price takes a giant hit and knocks on. Connacht scrum in our half.
Connacht knock on at the lineout and we will have the scrum just inside our half.
Thompson clears the lines and eases the pressure. Connacht will have the lineout.
Connacht build, but they knock on just on our own five metre line. It’ll be our scrum.
A phase after the restart, we knock on and Connacht will have the scrum in our half.
Our Lion, Pierre Schoeman hits the line hard and scores from five metres out. Thompson converts. (0-7)
We have now won a third penalty for Connacht coming in at the side in the maul. We are less than ten metres out.
Connacht are offside in the lineout and we have now gained even more metres. We will go for a lineout in their 22.
Connacht are offside and we have won a penalty. Thompson hoofs the ball upfield and we will have the lineout just in Connacht’s half.
Aki stumbles the ball into touch and we will have the lineout on our 22.
Connacht throw a forward pass and we will have the first scrum of the evening on our own 10 metre line.
Muncaster receives the kick off, Price clears the line and Connacht have the first lineout in their own half.
We are underway at Dexcom Stadium. Come on Edinburgh!!!!!!!!
James Lang has dropped out of tonight’s fixture. Findlay Thomson comes onto the bench.
Good evening and welcome to tonight’s match centre for our fixture against Connacht in Galway.
Kick-off 7:35 pm
