Incredible win Edinburgh!! Whose up for Dublin???

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First of all, let me get something out the way:

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem.

Well now that is over, unbelievable day, unbelievable win, unbelievable crowd - what a 25th birthday!

First of all to the game itself - Toulouse were very poor. Credit to Edinburgh though because we matched them where they said they would stuff us - we definitely had the upper hand in the scrums and we coped with their physicality admirably. What was worrying though was, just like Scotland, we had 4 or 5 attacking lineouts near their 22 and we lost possession almost straight away. You normally don't get away with that against good teams and luckily we did. Really need to improve that for the semis.

As for the sin binnings, well I thought Chunks was incredibly harsh. Yes it was a penalty but when have you ever seen someone get yellowed for that?? It was on the halfway line so it wasn't as if he prevented a score. Stupid and cynical yes, a yellow no IMO. For some reason they didn't show any replays of the Rennie one - was that justified?

As for the Servat one well I think it's fair to say the crowd played a huge part in that! I can't believe Owens was considering not giving a card for what was a ridiculous piece of foul play when we were near their line and looking for quick ball. The crowd went totally mental and was baying for blood and luckily he gave the yellow or else there'd be a riot.

On the topic of the crowd - what an atmosphere! Can't thank all the Scottish fans enough from all round the country who came yesterday. I saw rugby tops from the North, South, East and West and they all contributed to the special atmosphere. On a side note then, it is bloody annoying that any time the crowd got noisy they would boom the PA system out with some crap song!

So my final thought is on the captain, and MOTM, Greig Laidlaw. He was superb yesterday. Not just kicking the goals but the way he varied the play too. Fantastic passing and his tactical kicking was spot on too - 2 occasions where he sent a great kick for Visser and then Jones to chase which, although not resulting in a try, went out of play deep into their half putting them under pressure.

So finally - who is up for Dublin????? Apprently yesterday the flights were 38 quid return but Ryanair have obviously got wind of what is going on and have significantly increased the cost this morning! I wish I could swear on here!

So what a day, what a game, and what a great birthday present from Edinburgh!

So proud of them my eyes were definitely filling up at full time.

Thanks JosieJoe!