Edinburgh Rugby vs Zebre, Friday 1st April

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Edinburgh Form
Last 3 Matches
27/3/16 Dragons 15 - 16 Edinburgh
4/3/16 Edinburgh 23 - 28 Connacht
28/2/16 Edinburgh 24 - 23 Scarlets

Zebre Form
Last 3 Matches
25/3/16 Munster 47 - 0 Zebre
4/3/16 Ulster 32 - 0 Zebre
28/2/16 Zebre       10 - 27      Leinster

Teams
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Rugby v Zebre, Friday 1 April, kick-off 7.35pm, BT Murrayfield

15                  KINGHORN Blair
14                  HOYLAND Damien
13                  ALLEN Michael
12                  BURLEIGH Phillip
11                  BROWN Tom
10                  TOVEY Jason
9                     KENNEDY Sean


1                     DICKINSON Alasdair
2                     FORD Ross
3                     NEL WP
4                     BRESLER Anton
5                     TOOLIS Ben
6                     COMAN Michael (C)
7                     WATSON Hamish
8                     DU PREEZ Cornell

Substitutes

16                  MCINALLY Stuart
17                  DELL Allan
18                  ANDRESS John
19                  TOOLIS Alex
20                  BRADBURY Magnus
21                  HIDALGO-CLYNE Sam
22                  DEAN Chris
23                  HELU Will

Zebre
15 Kayle Van Zyl
14 Ulrich Beyers
13 Tommaso Boni*
12 Matteo Pratichetti
11 Leonardo Sarto*
10 Kelly Haimona
9 Guglielmo Palazzani

8 Johan Meyer
7 Federico Ruzza*
6 Jean Cook
5 Marco Bortolami
4 Quintin Geldenhuys (cap)
3 Dario Chistolini
2 Oliviero Fabiani
1 Andrea Lovotti*

16 Bruno Postiglioni
17 Guillermo Roan
18 Pietro Ceccarelli
19 Gideon Koegelenberg
20 Emiliano Caffini*
21 Luke Burgess
22 Carlo Canna
23 Giulio Bisegni


Refs & Co
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU, 56th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sam Grove-White, Graeme Ormiston (both SRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Kirk (SRU)
TMO: Charles Samson (SRU)

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Can I also mention that Jean Cook is one of my mother's friends and whilst she makes a fabulous scone I am not totally convinced about her suitability as a blindside, given her status as a 9 stone Presbyterian woman with piles and a glass eye who thinks all team games are stupid.

Just had an attack of the workplace giggles over this one, top work GC

George Carlin wrote:

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Can I also mention that Jean Cook is one of my mother's friends and whilst she makes a fabulous scone I am not totally convinced about her suitability as a blindside, given her status as a 9 stone Presbyterian woman with piles and a glass eye who thinks all team games are stupid.

Just had an attack of the workplace giggles over this one, top work GC

That's the sort of mean spirited, bad tempered bissum who would make an excellent blind side.

Pretty minging weather tonight which won't help our 4 try aspirations

Not the best of starts.

Bradbury is going to get pretty much a full game!

Du Preez is bloody strong!

Zebre much the better team so far!

Zebre looked to have the better of us in the scrum there!

Edinburgh are awful

Good kick Tovey - he doesn't hang about!

Think the ref is being harsh on zebre - they're all over our set piece and maul

Do we ever do more than 2 passes wide a phase??

Tovey started well.

Mystery as to why Bradbury didn't start.

Bradbury is having a great game with ball in hand

EWT Spoons wrote:Mystery as to why Bradbury didn't start.

Barnstorming game so far!

Bradbury showing more in 20 minutes than Ritchie has done the whole season!

Bradbury playing really well, taking his chance

Amazing try saving tackle from Zebre 8

How have we not scored here??

That was utterly pathetic from Edinburgh

Same old story for Edinburgh. Can't buy a try!

Two poor teams.

Tovey's kicks to touch are decent

Not that we do anything with it!

The floodgates may yet open, just need to get going and take chances

Edinburgh backline cohesion is so ropey

Zebre are up for it but we've been bloody awful too

That quick penalty was a shambles!

Tovey started pretty well. Lovely penalty kick, fair play. Nice pick up off his toes too, where Edinburgh should probably have done better.

Good play zebre.

We're a shambles!

I can't tell if the players are tired or just don't care. That last phase the Edinburgh lads just didn't look up for it.

Oh God. Why did I bother with this?!

Scrum against the head now.

We need to get the front row off - they shouldn't have been played 5 days after the last game and no post 6N break!

Have to say I am genuinely much more entertained by this game than I thought ... for all the wrong reasons!!!

COME ON Edinburgh (said in frustration) ... have they really fallen off this season or something?

There is a child running the line! Has the Pro 12 run out of adults to officiate??

Good greif Ford.

If we don't get a try before HT I can't see us having any chance of a BP.

We need to try and get a win first!!

This is depressing.

This is painful

Final score 3-0 or maybe 3-3 gg

Who did solomons coach before this? Was it the Southern Kings? (Genuine question)

Excited to see the game on tv. Now wishing I hadn't bothered. Zebra making Edinburgh looking ordinary

I'd take 3-0. It's cold as well!

Up there with one of the most abject performances yet.

And I said that last week!

Ineffable wrote:Who did solomons coach before this? Was it the Southern Kings? (Genuine question)

Yes, before that Northampton (very briefly) and Ulster

We need to adjust the swear filter for Edinburgh games.

Riskysports wrote:Excited to see the game on tv. Now wishing I hadn't bothered. Zebra Edinburgh making Edinburgh looking ordinary

Fixed it for you

Well it was obstruction, but Zebre probably deserve a try more than Edinburgh!

Whoever the commentator is on Alba English, tell him it's Tovey, not Toevee

Edinburgh don't need any help from zebre to look ordinary

RDW_Scotland wrote:Zebre are up for it but we've been bloody awful too

That quick penalty was a shambles!

Right choice tho - 3 on 2 overlap, loads of room. Great defensive play I thought

RDW_Scotland wrote:

Ineffable wrote:Who did solomons coach before this? Was it the Southern Kings? (Genuine question)

Yes, before that Northampton (very briefly) and Ulster

Did any of those teams during those stints manage to string together a smooth phase? I thought under him Edinburgh had become more solid / reliable after the exhilarating HK wonder runs but now I'm not so sure.

I do often see Edinburgh as a cup team thanks to those HK runs and even last season in the challenge cup.

Ah Risca, that is Johnny Beattie. A truly awful commentator