1872 Cup Champions

[Matt Ha]

Full match here.

Impressive display in general. Pack really worked hard with Grant, Mackenize and Toolis making dents all the time. Kinghorn is a constant menace to defences and he should be around the Scottish squad.

[Adder]

What about the new fly half. Is he much better?

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[switchskier]

What about the new fly half. Is he much better?

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Looks the fairly typical solid South African fly half to me. Does everything pretty well but not exceptional at anything. Worth a bit more of a look but I don't see an exciting player there that will become a long term fixture.

Good start and finish to th game. We look so much better playing at tempo and the pace noticeably quickened when SHC and Toolis came on. The first time he touched th ball SHC made ten meters with a little snipe down the blindside and then we lost the ball because no one went in to play scrum half and exploit it. For the middle period of the game the creative tactic seemed to be back to give it to Kinghorn (who did look really good again).

[switchskier]

Rumours that SHC could be off to either Bath, Newcastle or L Irish. Bath stands out as the odd one there for me. Newcastle would be a bad move as they have a very good first choice scrum half currently, Irish are going down but Bath could be a great move for him.

[whatisthejava]

Pyrgos could well be shifted if SHC moves.

Too wayward a pass for me.

[Big D]

Rumours that SHC could be off to either Bath, Newcastle or L Irish. Bath stands out as the odd one there for me. Newcastle would be a bad move as they have a very good first choice scrum half currently, Irish are going down but Bath could be a great move for him.

He has to move on really. Fowles and Kennedy under contract and Sheil deserving of a step up based on what I've heard of his prem performances. Unless they plan on rel3asing kennedy.

Edinburgh need a quality 9 and it doesn't matter if they are SQ for me as long as they do a job for a year or 2 until the likes of Shiel and Munro (and mcandrew for that matter) come through.

[ARM]

Rumours that SHC could be off to either Bath, Newcastle or L Irish. Bath stands out as the odd one there for me. Newcastle would be a bad move as they have a very good first choice scrum half currently, Irish are going down but Bath could be a great move for him.

He has to move on really. Fowles and Kennedy under contract and Sheil deserving of a step up based on what I've heard of his prem performances. Unless they plan on rel3asing kennedy.

Edinburgh need a quality 9 and it doesn't matter if they are SQ for me as long as they do a job for a year or 2 until the likes of Shiel and Munro (and mcandrew for that matter) come through.

Looks like SHC might finally getting back to some form after getting some game time.

Given that (and I agree that Embra need a quality 9; Fowler is awful) why would you want SHC to move on?

[Big D]

Rumours that SHC could be off to either Bath, Newcastle or L Irish. Bath stands out as the odd one there for me. Newcastle would be a bad move as they have a very good first choice scrum half currently, Irish are going down but Bath could be a great move for him.

He has to move on really. Fowles and Kennedy under contract and Sheil deserving of a step up based on what I've heard of his prem performances. Unless they plan on rel3asing kennedy.

Edinburgh need a quality 9 and it doesn't matter if they are SQ for me as long as they do a job for a year or 2 until the likes of Shiel and Munro (and mcandrew for that matter) come through.

Looks like SHC might finally getting back to some form after getting some game time.

Given that (and I agree that Embra need a quality 9; Fowler is awful) why would you want SHC to move on?

The SRU don't tend to just bin SQ contracts halfway through there term so Fowles and Kennedy are still contracted for next year. I did caveat it with unless Kennedy was moved on. For whatever reasons coaches seem to like Fowles.

In an ideal world of bin Fowles and Kennedy, bring in a quality 9 with SHC and Sheils.

[Big D]

Robbie Freuan to retire apparently. Absolutely the right thing to do.

Shame the gamble hasn't paid off, but it was still worth taking.

[General Zod]

Robbie Freuan to retire apparently. Absolutely the right thing to do.

Shame the gamble hasn't paid off, but it was still worth taking.

Fair enough. Hope he gets a round of applause at the next home game and a chance to say “bye”.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Rizzo has been recalled back to Leicester.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Edinburgh sign some random championship prop as Rizzo leaves a hole. Matt Shields from Rotherham. Doesn't look promising for Dicko.

[Big D]

Edinburgh sign some random championship prop as Rizzo leaves a hole. Matt Shields from Rotherham. Doesn't look promising for Dicko.

Is shields not a tighthead?

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Edinburgh sign some random championship prop as Rizzo leaves a hole. Matt Shields from Rotherham. Doesn't look promising for Dicko.

Is shields not a tighthead?

I have no idea. It was pushed in the same story as Rizzo being recalled so I assume it was a replacement.

Sutherland, Dicko, Marfo, Dell.

Nel, Berghan, McCallum, Bryce.

Bryce is naff and Dicko still nowhere to be seen. So not exactly clear what side the new lad is meant to cover.

On that note Bryce must be kicking himself over this positional switch. I mean the man got a couple of Scotland caps as a hooker... I think the SRU have failed the player a bit here.

[switchskier]

Berghan either injured or due a mandated rest period as the new boy is straight onto the bench with mccallum starting. A few changes with the most exciting being graham getting his chance. Somewhere between a first and second team I reckon.

Is this televised anywhere?

Edinburgh: Kinghorn; Hoyland, Dean, Burleigh, Graham; Van der Walt, Hidalgo-Clyne; Marfo, McInally (capt), McCallum, Toolis, Gilchrist, Bradbury, Watson, Mata.

Replacements: Cochrane, Sutherland, Shields, Carmichael, Ritchie, Kennedy, Fife, Rasolea.

London Irish: Tonks; Ransom, Fowlie, Williams, Loader; Bell, Steele; Reid, Fainga'a, Saulo, Lloyd, De Chaves (capt), Cooke, Northcote-Green, Lomidze.

Replacements: Woolstencroft, Elrington, Chawatama, Basham, Coman, Meehan, Brophy Clews, Williams.

[General Zod]

Was also gonna ask if it was televised anywhere. An admittedly brief search hasn’t turned anything up.

[Big D]

Game moved to murrayfield.

[Big D]

26-10 at the half and BP tied up.

[Big D]

Wonder how McCallum v Reid is going in the scrums.

[Big D]

50-20. Job done.

[Edinburgh in Exile]

That went rather well.

I’m assuming that the not nots sent their c’s. Still... 50 points... Jesus.

[Big D]

That went rather well.

I’m assuming that the not nots sent their c’s. Still... 50 points... Jesus.

Apparently Irish were pathetic. But still that's two weeks gonna row poor aides have been put to the sword which is a good sign.

[Adder]

Is this the sign of us having a good 10?

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[ARM]

Embras form concerns me

[whatisthejava]

Ok

Edinburgh has a pretty good record against the weeg in the last few years and if im honest I think the weeg have been coasting.

I reckon Edinburgh beat the weeg at home and lose away

I also think Edinburgh will miss out on the play offs by 4 points but will qualify for the champions cup next year