ECC - Edinburgh Rugby vs Lyon 24/10/2014

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Edinburgh Rugby vs Lyon Olympique Universitaire
Date: Friday 24th October -  KO: 19.45
Venue: Murrayfield

Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Ian Tempest (England), Ashley Rowden (England)
Timekeeper: John Montgomery (Scotland)
Assessor: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

TV - Nope

Table as it stands

European Rugby Challenge Cup - Pool 4
1  Lyon  1  1  0  0  28/18  1  5  
2  Edinburgh  1  1  0  0  15/13  0  4  
3  Bordeaux-Begles  1  0  0  1  13/15  1  1  
4  London Welsh  1  0  0  1  18/28  0  0  

Teams:

Edinburgh Rugby:

15 Greig Tonks
14 Dougie Fife
13 Sam Beard
12 Andries Strauss
11 Tim Visser
10 Phil Burleigh
9 Sam Hidlago-Clyne

1 Alasdair Dickinson
2 Ross Ford
3 Willem Nel
4 Anton Bresler
5 Grant Gilchrist (captain)
6 Roddy Grant
7 Hamish Watson
8 Tomas Leonardi

16 James Hilterbrand
17 Allan Del
18 John Andress
19 Ben Toolis
20 David Denton
21 Sean Kennedy
22 Tom Heathcote
23 Nick McLennan

Lyon Olympique Universitaire:

15 Jerome Porical
14 Franck Romanet
13 Paul Bonnefond
12 Waisele Seru Sukanaveita
11 Thibaut Regard
10 Romain Loursac
9 Mathieu Loree

1 Sami Mavinga
2 Damien Fitzpatrick
3 Hoani Tui
4 Mickael De Marco
5 Connie Basson (capt)
6 Julien Puricelli
7 Alexandre Derrien
8 Masi Matadigo

16 Vincent Colliat
17 Emmanuel Felsina
18 Horace Pungea
19 Joe Tuineau
20 Steevy Cerqueira
21 Adrien Bau
22 Didier Tison
23 Vincent Martin

Gilchrist now off. WTF is going on!?!? its 20 minutes into the game and weve had 5 injuries!

If you check ER twitter, they keep hashtagging #Pro12Rugby

What the hell is happening in this game?!

At this rate we're going to be lucky to have 15 players left on the field

Edinburgh now have 3 subs left on the bench.

22-7 after 34 minutes. Heathcote firing them over

Enough excuses IYA! (Loved that story by the way)
Gilchrist replaced by Toolis now! That's the 5th change inside the first half...

Tattie Scones RRN wrote:Edinburgh now have 3 subs left on the bench.

I have genuinely list track of the changes pre and during the game. Who is left on the bench? Presumably 2 props

Imperialbigdave wrote:

A Simply Mesmeric Try wrote:I noticed Heathcote starting, so where did Burleigh start before coming off? And Watson injury isn't good.


13 - 7, 20ish mins gone

12. Strauss replaced before kick off.

I bet you he still wont play Ritchie or Bradbury next week either, citing them as "not ready"

To be fair IBD, Ritchie is just literally out of school. I know one of the coaches and, genuinely, great things are expected of him but he just doesn't have the size just now and they are, understandably, reluctant to let him get man-abused. Bide yer time seems to be the message

InjuredYetAgain wrote:

Imperialbigdave wrote:

A Simply Mesmeric Try wrote:I noticed Heathcote starting, so where did Burleigh start before coming off? And Watson injury isn't good.


13 - 7, 20ish mins gone

12. Strauss replaced before kick off.

I bet you he still wont play Ritchie or Bradbury next week either, citing them as "not ready"

To be fair IBD, Ritchie is just literally out of school. I know one of the coaches and, genuinely, great things are expected of him but he just doesn't have the size just now and they are, understandably, reluctant to let him get man-abused. Bide yer time seems to be the message

Fair enough, although he was considered good enough to play the pre season games...

Bradbury on the other hand is a bit older, over 17st, and was a beast at the JWC. I dont buy that hes isnt physically as ready as he'll ever be.

Pre-match subs were after changes:

Hilterbrand
Sutherland
Andress
Toolis
Denton
Kennedy
Dominguez
McLennan

Changes so far:

Dominguez for Burleigh
Denton for Watson
Hilterbrand for Grant
Toolis for Gilchrist

I'm at the game and I have no idea who's playing where. I can't remember so many injuries.

justified sinner wrote:I'm at the game and I have no idea who's playing where. I can't remember so many injuries.

Any of them serious?

I must confess I have never seen Bradbury, Dave. It doesn't look like we will have much choice but to play Bradbury against Leinster next week, though. Let's hope Jamie Heaslip is given the day off!
Short of an Ebola outbreak, I can't see how we can have more players unavailable.

Tattie Scones RRN wrote:Pre-match subs were after changes:

Hilterbrand
Sutherland
Andress
Toolis
Denton
Kennedy
Dominguez
McLennan

Changes so far:

Dominguez for Burleigh
Denton for Watson
Hilterbrand for Grant
Toolis for Gilchrist

Did someone not say Beardy Weirdy was knacked too?

The SRU should get Richie Vernon, Rory Hughes, James Eddie and Will Bordill all loaned to Edinburgh. Get them game time & help Edinburgh.

Just checked the update at half time - that's got to be the worst half of injuries ever in recent memory?

PM for RDW when you are next online.
He didn't say he was going to the game and, unless he is getting triple time for unsocial hours, it is too late for you engineer chappies to be leaning on a shovel scratching your hoop next to 3 miles of traffic cones on the motorway after digging a hole the size of an A4 piece of paper.

Nematode wrote:The SRU should get Richie Vernon, Rory Hughes, James Eddie and Will Bordill all loaned to Edinburgh. Get them game time & help Edinburgh.

With the numbers away with international call-up, plus injuries, Glasgow may need them next month!

I seem to be having some sort of monologue here.
It's lonely in my world but I am glad that I no longer have a split personality

InjuredYetAgain wrote:I seem to be having some sort of monologue here.
It's lonely in my world but I am glad that I no longer have a split personality

Me too.

InjuredYetAgain wrote:

InjuredYetAgain wrote:I seem to be having some sort of monologue here.
It's lonely in my world but I am glad that I no longer have a split personality

Me too.

If it makes you feel better, Im nodding intently

Sounds like we're the better team - even though we've got a hooker in the back row

Need to get to the end with 15 players...

IYA - are you both at the game?

Argybargy wrote:IYA - are you both at the game?

The twitter feed makes it sound like a very scrappy game, with terrible handling from both sides

22-17....

EWT Spoons wrote:

Argybargy wrote:IYA - are you both at the game?

Nah. I couldn't decide. Half of me wanted to go but the other half didn't.

22-17 now. Getting to asbestos underpants time...

Attendance of 4621 tonight - where did they all come from??

France?

RDW_Scotland wrote:Attendance of 4621 tonight - where did they all come from??

FES gave his staff the night off.

FT EDI 25 - 17 LYON

Brilliant result given the ridiculous injuries - deny them the LBP too.

25-17 final score.
Our visitors leave with nil pois!

Well done Edinburgh. I'm assuming that only 4 Edinburgh players finished the game.

Was there a sniper in the crowd or something?

George Carlin wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Attendance of 4621 tonight - where did they all come from??

FES gave his staff the night off.

Just the east wing judging by the numbers. Well done Edinburgh. Looks like you get to keep Solomons....

Well done Edinburgh!  Anyone any idea about the seriousness of the injuries?  Especially Gilchrist.

Yeah would be pretty gutting for Gilchrist if he was injured before he led the team

Lots of positive comments about hilterbrand - he plays well when he doesn't have to throw or hook!

Great stuff from Edinburgh tonight - sounds like Heathcote had quite a game!

In other news, Zebre have beaten Brive 26-21, in France!

Great result, especially given the leadership void without Strauss and Coman.

Hope no serious injuries. Gutted for Gilchrist if he misses the AIs.

P.s. My staff never get the night off. What sort of hippy free for all operation do you think we run in Stockbridge!? Next you'll accuse me of paying above the minimum wage!

funnyExiledScot wrote:Great result, especially given the leadership void without Strauss and Coman.

Hope no serious injuries. Gutted for Gilchrist if he misses the AIs.

P.s. My staff never get the night off. What sort of hippy free for all operation do you think we run in Stockbridge!? Next you'll accuse me of paying above the minimum wage!

You pay your staff???
I assumed it was sheer loyalty to the emperor of Stockbridge that kept them there.

Also bad news on the Gilchrist front. Editor at the Herald tweets that it looks as if he'll miss the AI's.

GLove39 wrote:Also bad news on the Gilchrist front. Editor at the Herald tweets that it looks as if he'll miss the AI's.

Gutted if that's the case. Will any Edinburgh players feature in the Scotland squad?

Have to say though, it's great Edinburgh have got 2/2 and that'll give them a huge boost going back into the Rabo.

Shame we're away to Leinster next week...

I enjoyed that game, looked like we could have been on for the BP until we lost half our team. the guys that came on fronted up well, but we lost our attacking structure. We won we move on.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Shame we're away to Leinster next week...

Good news is Leinster will have a very short turnaround so are likely to rotate.

3 wins in a row now, can only be a good thing for the team morale.

IanBru wrote:
In other news, Zebre have beaten Brive 26-21, in France!

Kinda makes up for their terrible loss at home to Oyonnax.

According to the SRU website, Hamish Watson has a broken jaw and Roddy Grant bust a cheekbone. No word on Gilchrist.
It looks like there may be opportunities for the younger back row guys in the coming weeks.

No 7s left though.

Plus, Ritchie is listed as injured, does that just leave Bradbury as our only player left to pick, and he's never started a competitive game?


If Gilchrist is injured we only have 2 fit locks - bresler and toolis

This is getting desperate

Anyone at the game able to rate the players? Scotsman says Dell, hilterbrand and Denton were the standouts.

Sounds like a great break from Hurley for the try too.