Pro14 Edinburgh vs Cardiff Blues Sat 23rd

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In some amazing scheduling, Edinburgh play Cardiff just hours after Scotland play France and even shorter after Wales take on England.

Whilst this potentially isn't great news for the clubs as players may travel to the Int. games, not play and could be released back to the pro sides.  It is however great news for the fans, with a full day of Rugby to watch.

Teams:
Edinburgh -  will be shafted, we've lost half our team to the national side, along with injuries.
Cardiff - I believe are not as badly impacted by call ups, so might be able to field a near full strength team

Frustrating from Fowles - we have 2 big carries and quick ball from the scrum and he stops momentum stone read to point at the forwards

On the replay, he completely missed him, probably just as well as otherwise it was a card

What a tackle Mata!

What a tackle by Mata

Dave cherry is turning into a good solid squad player

Why is our wide defence so passive? Blues making huge ground every time.

Huge defensive effort

Great defensive set, never looked in trouble

Excellent defence there, then we win a penalty. Good stuff

Wide pass wasn't a great option

Incredibly comfortable first half - we need to really push on in the 2nd though.

This is a 5 pointer if Edinburgh can execute

Blues don't travel well and look toothless

Yep, this blues team has tries in it so we can’t try and sit on this lead. Impressed with the first half performance though. Fowles is playing well, I wonder if we’ll get the chance to see any more of Shiel?

Its all about the set piece for WP

He is no natural with a mike in hand

He does not look that big when you see him off the pitch

I wish Dougie would ask him about his injury and when he will be back

and finally

Hopefully back next week!

BigGee wrote:Its all about the set piece for WP

He is no natural with a mike in hand

Pretty awkward random handshake...

He's as wide as he is tall! Literally built for scrums.

Good net gain for Edinburgh

Shame to see Fife off - We're not as dangerous with the current lineup

Probably no bad thing to see Hickey get some game time though, you will need him at some stage

Good chance coming up

Not a great option from Socino

Take the points

BigGee wrote:Not a great option from Socino

Take the points

Terrible strike move

BigGee wrote:Probably no bad thing to see Hickey get some game time though, you will need him at some stage

He's not looking overly comfortable so far - must be lacking confidence having sat on the bench for 80 minutes every week

A really soft score from the Blues, a poor miss tackle and a try from nowhere

Surprised cherry has been taken off so early. Good to see McCallum get a good run out.

RDW wrote:Surprised cherry has been taken off so early. Good to see McCallum get a good run out.

Ford has played well when he has got a chance

Where's the real nathan Fowles and what have they done with him??

Now we have a game

RDW wrote:Where's the real nathan Fowles and what have they done with him??

Get him off and Sheil on

Knew I shouldn't have watched this.

We need a rocket! Blues have done bugger all this game until now.

What a miss from Blues, they may regret that

Edinburgh have gone into their shell, this is dangerous

Ah feck that doesn't look good

VDM limps off and we see the long awaited return of Mark Bennett

With Hickey at 10 and no VDM we've lost all attacking threat

that went backwards

There's the real Fowles! 

Didn't look forward

Fecking balls!

WHY IS OUR WIDE DEFENCE SO PASSIVE!!!!

Sloppy tackling from Edinburgh

17-17 conversion to come

Frustrating it came from a knock on that never was.  He should have caught it though.

19-17 Cardiff

That was a penalty to Edinburgh

Not sure where Edinburgh are going to get points from, to make thing worse Mata looks to be carrying an injury.

how was that not a knock on?

Sheils comes on, only 5 mins to play

Oh Edinburgh, you threw that away

Ross Ford...

Edinburgh looks an incredibly average side without VDM 2.0

There goes our playoff hopes and probably Champions Cup too.


I hate bring Scottish sometimes. What a crappy day of rugby.

Wish I hadn't watched that now!