The DHL Stormers overcame Edinburgh Rugby’s early dominance to emerge as 34-18 victors in Cape Town. Mike Blair’s side were in control for most of the first half, with Pierre Schoeman’s powerful try opening up a 10-0 lead. However, Deon Fourie and Joseph Dweba touched down during a spell in the sin bin for Stuart […]
Edinburgh were edged out by Emirates Lions this evening as the visitors struck a late penalty to claim a 19-22 victory in the Scottish capital. Both teams scored three tries in a bruising battle that burst into life in the second-half after a largely uneventful opening 40 which saw the two sides head into the […]
Duhan van der Merwe scored two tries on his return to Edinburgh colours as the capital side claimed a 53-8 win over Benetton this evening. British and Irish Lions wing Van der Merwe rejoined Edinburgh from Worcester earlier this month and crossed twice in the second half as Mike Blair’s men ran in nine tries […]
Edinburgh were 38-19 victors over Zebre Parma but faced a stern second-half test from their hosts despite MJ Pelser’s first-half red card. Mike Blair’s side ran in three tries before the hosts had Pelser sent off just 22 minutes into the match and led 31-0 early in the second half. However, Zebre rallied despite their […]
Edinburgh consolidated fifth place in the United Rugby Championship with a hard-fought victory at Cardiff this afternoon. Tries from Ben Muncaster, Luke Crosbie and Patrick Harrison and 10 points from Emiliano Boffelli sealed the win, while centurion Chris Dean put in an excellent performance to be named BKT Player of the Match. Cardiff responded […]
Morne Steyn kicked a late penalty as the Vodacom Bulls edged Edinburgh Rugby 33-31 in a dramatic climax in Pretoria. With Darcy Graham scoring a hat-trick, Mike Blair’s side fought back from an early 15-0 deficit to lead 31-30 with 10 minutes remaining at Loftus Versfeld. Steyn’s penalty in the last minute gave the […]
Edinburgh Rugby got their 2022/23 campaign off to a flyer as the capital side put Dragons RFC to the sword with seven tries, including a scintillating brace from Darcy Graham. Dragons led 0-6 after 20 minutes thanks to two penalties from JJ Hanrahan, however that was as good as it was to get for […]
