Tag: Edinburgh Rugby
Rugby – Edinburgh v Zebre RaboDirect PRO12 14 September 2012
Report and Photo - John Preece
Edinburgh won their second match in a row on Friday night by scoring five tries past RaboDirect new boys, Zebre.
With much expected of the home side, they had a...
Rugby – Edinburgh Rugby v Northampton
Edinburgh v Northampton, Pre-season Friendly, 24 August 2012
What a game! But, for a different reason to the 48-47 'Match of the Season' against Racing Metro last year. With the quality-laden visitors scoring inside the...
Edinburgh not ‘To Lose’!
Edinburgh Rugby play Toulouse this weekend at home in the Heineken Cup Quarter-Final
Edinburgh not To Lose! This is the message on the Deuchars IPA pump clips in pubs around Edinburgh ahead of this weekend’s...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Llanelli
Edinburgh v Llanelli Scarlets, RaboDirect PRO12, 30 March 2012
Edinburgh narrowly missed enhancing the club record achieved the previous week in the RaboDirect/Magners/Celtic league by squeaking the win over Welsh visitors, the Llanelli Scarlets, in...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Newport-Gwent Dragons, RaboDirect PRO12, 23 March 2012
Edinburgh fielded a fairly inexperienced team in their latest RaboDirect PRO12 clash at Murrayfield against the Dragons from deepest, darkest Wales and probably paid the price, losing 29 points to 15 in an error-strewn...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Ospreys, RaboDirect PRO12, 10 February 2012
Looking at the team sheets before the match, it looked like an easy stroll for the Ospreys, with several International players in the side to meet a depleted home team with nine first choice players...
Rugby – Edinburgh v London Irish, 22nd January 2012
For the first time since 2004, Edinburgh Rugby have qualified for the knock-out stages of the Heineken Cup. And they did so in some style, winning five of their six matches, topping their group, finishing third in...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues Heineken Cup
Almost literally a 'game of two halves', Edinburgh went into Friday's encounter with the Cardiff Blues needing to do no less than win to keep their hopes of qualification to the knock-out stages of the...
Rugby – Edinburgh Rugby v Aironi RaboDirect PRO12 2 December 2011
Seven tries from a rampant Edinburgh side saw off Italian visitors Aironi in a tremendous display of attacking and, on occasion, defending rugby. It took just under 10 minutes for David Denton to open...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Racing Metro 92, Heineken Cup, Round 2
What a game! If the sponsor had been a different brewing company "We don't do Rugby, but..." would have fitted nicely. 11 tries and 95 points in a thrilling Heineken cup encounter at Murrayfield saw...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Leinster 28 October 2011
Friday night's match in Round 7 of the RaboDirect PRO12 League saw Edinburgh boosted by the return of five International players to the starting line-up. Visitors Leinster, current Champions also had a few returnees,...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Munster RaboDirect PRO12 – 30 September 2011
Unbeaten PRO12 League leaders and current (Magners) Champions, Munster, fielded a strong team, with several current Irish International players, against an Edinburgh side whose current form suggested that Munster would stay unbeaten.
Edinburgh, however, took...
Edinburgh Rugby v Connacht
Ireland's 'fourth' team, Connacht, turned up in Edinburgh yesterday evening to take on a home side who seem to be missing their International players more than most.
Straight from the off, the Irishmen went into...
