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)

We're lucky to still be in the lead. That was a soft penalty. Plus it's zebre that are stopping them scoring with knock-ons etc.

Zebre have undoubtedly been the better team, which just shows how sh**e we've been

My old Ohio elementary school teacher used to say "Ian, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."*

So... I'm not going to talk about Edinburgh.

*Because of my unfortunate tendency to giggle during the pledge of allegiance.

3-0 to the champions!
3-0 to the champions!
3-0 to the champions!

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

the Gaelic commentary is far more fun

Thank feck Ford us off.

Better start from Edinburgh but familiar failings!

I'm in danger of self harming here.

Why are we do dire??

And Edinburgh butcher another chance!

Well. What can you say?

Is corrie on?

Is it really 3-0 after 43 minutes? Or did I pass out and wake up in a Richard Curtis film where Kelly Haimona is the lead?

funnyExiledScot wrote:I'm in danger of self harming here.

Why are we do dire??

Wrong call ref

George Carlin wrote:Is it really 3-0 after 43 minutes? Or did I pass out and wake up in a Richard Curtis film where Kelly Haimona is the lead?

No. It's 3-0 after 45 minutes.

You know what, we might lose this..

Guys, do yourselves a favour - Dragons v Ospreys is on the red button, and it's bloody thriller.

Roddy Grant should get motm in my opinion

Did Bresler fall asleep on that ruck?

I'm running out of synonymous to describe how bad this is.

IanBru wrote:Guys, do yourselves a favour - Dragons v Ospreys is on the red button, and it's bloody thriller.

It is too!

A try. A miracle.

I think this game is showing why AS isn't a great coach and his players management is terrible.

Disastrous 2 minutes from the zebre 10!

Will the floodgates open now?

Probably not.

Well. We didn't deserve that. Thanks kelly for fookin up two kicks at goal and then his up and under

Well they hardly deserve it but Edinburgh now have a decent lead

We don't deserve that. Very much against the run of play

My favourite part there was the Edinburgh supporters, many of whom had no clue exactly what to do in the event of a try.

Lineout fallen apart with McInally on.

What's got into Bortolami tonight??

VinceWLB wrote:I think this game is showing why AS isn't a great coach and his players management is terrible.

What are you talking about? Grind them down for 50 minutes, intentionally give their 10 kicks on the margin of his range to lower his confidence, then pounce on his inevitable mistake with the tactical subs like Hidalgo Clyne. 10-0 job done. No need for a bonus point...

Good kick Tovey!

George Carlin wrote:

IanBru wrote:Guys, do yourselves a favour - Dragons v Ospreys is on the red button, and it's bloody thriller.

It is too!

Ah well. Back to this bucket of ladywater.

Right, 25 minutes, 2 more tries - surely??

Hasn't Hoyland got homework to do?

The Zebre hooker, Fabiani I think, looks like at least three characters in Alien 3.

Nice to see Tovey nailing conversions, whilst the guy rated better than him at the Dregs missed both of his.

Hidalgo-Clyne's passing has been awful

Du Preez looks like he smells like pee.

RiscaGame wrote:Nice to see Tovey nailing conversions, whilst the guy rated better than him at the Dregs missed both of his.

He's had a great game I think - he should start the rest of the season

Will Zebre go 250 minutes without a single score? Surely some kind of record somewhere in there?

George Carlin wrote:Du Preez looks like he smells like pee.

Depressed.

RDW_Scotland wrote:

RiscaGame wrote:Nice to see Tovey nailing conversions, whilst the guy rated better than him at the Dregs missed both of his.

He's had a great game I think - he should start the rest of the season

I think he has played well aye.

Right 12 minutes - surely we can get another one??

11mins to get the bp

Finally a bit better, Italians are tiring badly

Will Tovey get this coached out of him?

Bortolami used to be a really good player, clearly needs to call it a day

Why is du preez not keeping the ball in the scrum to get the penalty?

We just kicked away possession!

Ineffable wrote:Will Tovey get this coached out of him?

Lyn tried his best.

That could cost us the BP - we destroy their scrum bit Du Preez passes it early and we just kick it away!

We're awful but Zebre are even worse