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Bashed the Romanians.......

http://epcrugby.com/matchcentre/match_c ... xid=220501

Goodgame. Scrappy in the second half but it was all over by HT

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Mata looks awesomely scary

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Bonus Johnny Petrie was commenting for us

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This game is up on YouTube n' aw.



Adder, you are on this at about 2 minutes.

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:This game is up on YouTube n' aw.



Adder, you are on this at about 2 minutes.

God I'm handsome.

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Watched it yesterday, have to say I thought we were shocking. SHC, what has happened to you? New fella looks a bit handy though.

AL. wrote:Watched it yesterday, have to say I thought we were shocking. SHC, what has happened to you? New fella looks a bit handy though.

Yeah, big confidence issues for SHC. Sean Kennedy is our top scrum-half at the moment.
Game was very scrappy but we still pumped them with our second team though,the first team being rested for the Harlequins.
There a few spells of thin rain during the game which wouldn't have helped with the ball handling.
Matta is going to be huge. (Petrie was really excited about him).

Otherwise the Romanian team is divided into 2:
-Forwards, all Romanian,
-Backs. all were Islanders and Kiwis.

It just seemed to me the backs were hurrying everything, maybe a lack of composure (cant say that word without hearing it in Jiffys irritating voice), admittedly I watched after a Sunday session at the pub no may not have been fully attuned.

I am not sure I could pick a first team out of our squad at the moment, there are definitely some names on the team sheet but the whole team...not so sure. Its been a while since I have seen them really get a quality win with a team effort to make me think that was a first team. Still with Solomons out the way, I live in hope. Now if we could bash Harlequins, that would be a different story.........

Yep, 1st team pack fairly obvious but the backs, especially the centres, are hard to pick from.


1 Sutherland/Dickinson
2 Ford
3 Nel
4 Toolis
5 Gilchrist
6 Bradbury
7 Hardy/Watson
8 CDP

9 Sean Kennedy (atm)
10 Tovey

11 Brown
12 Burleigh
13
14 Allen/Hoyland
15 Bryce (although Kinghorn, only played as a Sub last week and could possibly play the full game this weekend)

I reckon that Bresler starts ahead of Toolis currently but it's pretty close between the three locks. Gilchrist has the highest ceiling but still not quite back to his best I feel.

Have high hopes that Manu can make himself first choice, not as enamoured with CDP as others are. Again though coming back from injury.

Don't think that Burleigh is a clear choice to start. When was the last time he played really well? The trouble is that none of the other centres are demanding to take his place.

switchskier wrote:I reckon that Bresler starts ahead of Toolis currently but it's pretty close between the three locks. Gilchrist has the highest ceiling but still not quite back to his best I feel.

Have high hopes that Manu can make himself first choice, not as enamoured with CDP as others are. Again though coming back from injury.

Don't think that Burleigh is a clear choice to start. When was the last time he played really well? The trouble is that none of the other centres are demanding to take his place.

I've just read on the Edinburgh Rugby Forum that Burleigh is still recovering from injury and will probably not be coming back before mid november. Dean seems to be getting picked at 12 at the moment.

AL. wrote:It just seemed to me the backs were hurrying everything, maybe a lack of composure (cant say that word without hearing it in Jiffys irritating voice), admittedly I watched after a Sunday session at the pub no may not have been fully attuned.

I am not sure I could pick a first team out of our squad at the moment, there are definitely some names on the team sheet but the whole team...not so sure. Its been a while since I have seen them really get a quality win with a team effort to make me think that was a first team. Still with Solomons out the way, I live in hope. Now if we could bash Harlequins, that would be a different story.........

NUMBERS!!

You would be thrown out my local for using language like that! He's a tedious little c**t that bloke.

Adder wrote:

Big D wrote:

Adder wrote:
To be fair to Treviso, they had a lot of injuries and their bench was very weak. I believe a 9 played on the wings and so on...
Add to that, whatever turmoil is going on in their club.

I get that, and that is some mitigation but there were plenty of internationals in that team and some of them were missing 75% of their tackles and as a team they missed 25%.

Aye, It's not brilliant at all. They have no team structure, but it's only the 5t game of the season, it might still build up (although I'm not expecting much).The big players should step up, but who was a "great" in their team? Maclean, Gori, Allan and?

Anyway, got my Bus tickets, I'm off to Timisoara (officially) this weekend. Sofia-Belgrad-Timisoara and back. Will be "fun".

That sounds like an interesting bus trip. We went via train from Salonika-Skopje-Belgrade-Timisoara. Didn't realise there was a war on.

AL. wrote:You would be thrown out my local for using language like that! He's a tedious little c**t that bloke.

Now lets look back at me being thrown out the pub. Run it on, hold it there.

chickp wrote:

Adder wrote:

Big D wrote:
I get that, and that is some mitigation but there were plenty of internationals in that team and some of them were missing 75% of their tackles and as a team they missed 25%.

Aye, It's not brilliant at all. They have no team structure, but it's only the 5t game of the season, it might still build up (although I'm not expecting much).The big players should step up, but who was a "great" in their team? Maclean, Gori, Allan and?

Anyway, got my Bus tickets, I'm off to Timisoara (officially) this weekend. Sofia-Belgrad-Timisoara and back. Will be "fun".

That sounds like an interesting bus trip. We went via train from Salonika-Skopje-Belgrade-Timisoara. Didn't realise there was a war on.

Balkan chain in the North west of Bulgaria-East of Serbia was quite stunning, the rest not so much, but I slept a lot. Timisoara is a beautiful but quiet city.
When did you do that trip? I was surprised to see there were still building with the Nato Bomb marks in Belgrade.

Stade Francais 27 - 0 Timisoara.
A very remixed SF team but either they are doing the 5 point minimum, or they are not investing in this tournament.

Signing news at 10 am.

Guessing it's a contract extension rather than a new signing.

Chunks Baws wrote:Signing news at 10 am.

Guessing it's a contract extension rather than a new signing.

Please be Nel. Please be Nel. Please be Nel. Please be Nel.

Edit: On twitter it says "signing" which may suggest a new player.

I'm sure the Weeg twitter said 'signing' news when Hogg extended his contract the other week.

An Argentine THP Felipe Arregui. Played a handful of games in super rugby and has been capped this year.

Argie TH Felipe Arregui on a short term deal until the end of January.

Sensible move

http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/37727870

Edinburgh sign Argentina prop Felipe Arregui until January


Argentina tight-head prop Felipe Arregui has signed for Edinburgh from Super League franchise Jaguares until the end of January.

Acting head coach Duncan Hodge was delighted to give the 6ft 2in Arregui the chance to shine at the Pro12 club.

"At only 22, he has an impressive CV for a prop and we're excited to see what he can offer," he said.

"He's shown a real enthusiasm and energy in training, which we're sure will transfer on to the park."

Edinburgh have been without tight-head prop WP Nel, who is out with a neck injury, since the start of October.

Having already played for his country at under-19 and under-20 level, the 6ft 2in, 17st 5lb Arregui made his debut for Argentina as a replacement in their 26-24 victory over South Africa in August.

The prop, who can also pack down at loose-head, was named as part of the Jaguares squad for 2016 after impressing with Argentine side Duendes.

Arregui, who featured for the Super Rugby side on five occasions, told Edinburgh's website: "I'm very happy and excited to be joining Edinburgh Rugby and I come with the intention of giving my all for the team.

"I really like the way the squad and coaches work to improve each day with a view to growing the team and the club."