A HUGE FIVE POINTS!
GET IN! WE DUG DEEP FOR THAT ONE!
GET IN! WE DUG DEEP FOR THAT ONE!
The hosts are pinged for playing Shiel at the scrum and that’ll do it!!!
We do brilliantly to get hands on ball, it’s a maul and it’s our put in at the scrum!
The hosts steal and send it long.
Thompson is back to clean up and clears our lines.
Vannes have the lineout on half-way.
We turn over the hosts and clear our lines!
Vannes kick to touch and they build the phases…
We knock on in the air and the hosts will have the scrum just over half-way.
The stand-off splits the uprights and it’s a four point game. 25-29.
We’ll take aim at the sticks.
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.
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.
The hosts break through and power in for the score. The conversion is missed and it’s 25-26.
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.
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!
The stand-off replaces Ben Healy at 10.
The big men liked that!
We kick into the Vannes 22.
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!
Dave Cherry makes way for Paddy Harrison at hooker.
Duhan knocks on in the wide channels after a tidy cross-field kick from Healy. It just didnt bounce for the winger.
The ref judges Rae had his knee on the ground and the Vannes get an easy exit.
Darcy breaks through following a beauty of a switch from the lineout but its knocked on in contact.
Healy sends a beauty long and we’ll have the lineout 10m out!
We win the penalty and Healy advances us to half-way.
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.
The hosts win the penalty in their 22.
Meanwhile D’arcy Rae is on for Javan Sebastian at tighthead.
The hosts have the put-in in their 22 as we knock on from a high-ball.
A simple penalty makes it 20-19 to the hosts.
Great defensive shift there. We’ll have the scrum in our half.
Jamie Ritchie has passed his HIA and returns to the field. Hamish Watson returns to the bench.
A big 40 coming up – c’mon Edinburgh!
Two point lead at the break.
Schoeman is held up over the line and that’ll do it for the first half.
We’re on metres short and pushing…
Wes cleans up at the back and Vannes are pinged for going off their feet.
We send it long into touch.
The number 8 is injured and is replaced by Glen Young.
The hosts power in after breaking into our 22.
It’s 17-19.
Ritchie is off for HIA with Hamish Watson taking his place. Crosbie is captain in the meantime.
We steal brilliantly at the breakdown but the quick pass wide is knocked on. Scrum Vannes.
The hosts react well after the score but we scramble well and force a knock on.
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!
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.
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.
We scramble brilliantly with Vannes pushing for the line and looks like the hosts have come up short here. TMO taking a look.
The hosts are under our sticks with the put in.
The hosts are building the phase in our 22 before we’re pinged again for high tackle.
Sam Skinner looks like he was pinned in there, but the ref blows up and Vannes send it long into touch.
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!
The hosts strike back and it’s 3-5.
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…
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.
We knock on from a high ball and Vannes have the put in on half-way.
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!
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!
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.
Ben Healy is just wide with his penalty attempt from range.
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.
We’re underway in Vannes!
C’MON EDINBURGH!
Ready to go!
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