Edinburgh V Wasps

by **RDW** Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:04 pm

First topic message reminder :

Edinburgh Rugby team to face Wasps in the Challenge Cup

BT Murrayfield on Friday 6 December (kick-off 7.35pm)

15. Blair Kinghorn (82)

14. Darcy Graham (24)

13. James Johnstone (43)

12. George Taylor (12)

11. Duhan van der Merwe (48)

10. Simon Hickey (25)

9. Henry Pyrgos (29)

1. Pierre Schoeman (31)

2. Stuart McInally (138) CAPTAIN

3. Simon Berghan (70)

4. Ben Toolis (113)

5. Grant Gilchrist (141)

6. Jamie Ritchie (64)

7. Hamish Watson (101)

8. Nick Haining (5)

Replacements: 16. Michael Willemse (8) 17. Jamie Bhatti (7) 18. Pietro Ceccarelli (18) 19. Sam Thomson (4) 20. Viliame Mata (63) 21. Nic Groom (4) 22. Jaco van der Walt (46) 23. Damien Hoyland (68)
Unavailable: David Cherry, John Barclay, Eroni Sau, Luke Crosbie, Rory Darge, WP Nel, Matt Scott, Chris Dean, Fraser McKenzie, Lewis Carmichael

by bsando Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:57 pm

Oh and Dell is on the bench for Irish this week. He surely won't be first choice in February if it continues like this.

by tigertattie Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:06 pm

Doesn’t look like epcr are streaming this one today Crying or Very sad

by tigertattie Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:20 pm

Oh the ya re. Just took them ages to get the links up

by tigertattie Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:43 pm

This ref is a bit clueless. Offsides at mauls seem to be a forgot part of the rulebook today

by **RDW** Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:51 pm

Scrappy first half. Wasps look like they've remembered what a rugby team looks like but are still making a lot of mistakes. Edinburgh have had hardly any ball.

All to play for!

by **RDW** Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:06 pm

Why do we continue to turn down easy kicks at goal?

by **RDW** Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:09 pm

We should be 9 or 12-7 up given how many kicks we've turned down then butchered the attack

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:32 pm

This is very frustrating, so many scrappy mistakes

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:36 pm

Every sodding time we get in a position to score we screw it up with a basic error mad

by tigertattie Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:38 pm

I’m still trying to figure out why the ref can give a yellow card for a penalty in the lead up to a try attempt and not give the penalty try

by tigertattie Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:43 pm

What were the wasps players thinking there???

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:48 pm

How the feck did we win that?!

by tigertattie Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:54 pm

Some odd odd reffing and a wasps team that couldn’t get through the Edinburgh line

by **RDW** Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:15 pm

That's what happens when we take the kicks at goal!

by **RDW** Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:45 pm

So Edinburgh pretty much guaranteed a QF, with the Bordeaux game in January deciding who tops the group.

I'll be there! RedWine

by funnyExiledScot Sun Dec 15, 2019 12:54 am

Great result. Sounds like the defence was decent.

by Rinsure Sun Dec 15, 2019 2:04 pm

So, we'll concentrate on the league, then....

by **RDW** Sun Dec 15, 2019 2:13 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:Great result. Sounds like the defence was decent.

In parts but we also relied on Wasps messing up their own chances.

In truth it was two poor teams - Wasps had more than enough to win so they'll be disappointed to lose again.

by **NeilyBroon** Sun Dec 15, 2019 2:27 pm

Hodge has hailed it as a 'great team win'. Sounds like someone trying to use any success to justify staying in role despite the fact the edinburgh attack was definitely lacking in the red zone, a recurring theme.

This said, to win sloppily is still to win but I'd argue Edinburgh are a decent attack coach away from being a great side. Certainly look more complete than Glasgow at the moment who desperately need to invest in recruitment for 20/21

by **RDW** Sun Dec 15, 2019 2:29 pm

Yeah we've got the backbone of a strong team - decent defence and one of the strongest packs in league. We have a lot of talent in the backs but they're just not getting used properly.

by jimbopip Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:13 pm

RDW wrote:Yeah we've got the backbone of a strong team - decent defence and one of the strongest packs in league. We have a lot of talent in the backs but they're just not getting used properly.

How many times have you said that since Cockers arrived? Laugh

Mind, I may make the next fortnight a rugby free zone. Or the rest of the season. picard

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