New Edinburgh and Glasgow Teams Thread - 2013/2014

[George Carlin]

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We exhausted the other thread, so here we go with a new one for all of your pre-season banter needs.
 
1. Edinburgh   
 
Chairman: Jim Calder
CEO: Craig Docherty
Coach: Alan Solomons  
Captain: Greig Laidlaw
 
(a) Squad:
 
Props
Geoff Cross, WP Nel, Lewis Niven, Alasdair Dickinson
 
Hookers
Ross Ford, Steven Lawrie, Aleki Lutui, Alun Walker,
 
Locks
Sean Cox, Grant Gilchrist, Perry Parker, Izak van der Westhuizen, Robert McAlpine,
 
Loose Forwards
Dimitri Basilaia, David Denton, Roddy Grant, Stuart McInally, Ross Rennie, Hamish Watson,
 
Half Backs
Alex Black, Greig Laidlaw, Chris Leck, Harry Leonard, Piers Francis,
 
Centres
Ben Atiga, Ben Cairns, Nick De Luca, John Houston, Matt Scott,
 
Back Three
Tom Brown, Lee Jones, Greig Tonks, Tim Visser, Nikki Walker, Dougie Fife, Jack Cuthbert
 
(b) Transfers 2013/2014:
 
Players In
 
Nikki Walker from Worcester Warriors
Jack Cuthbert from Bath Rugby
Aleki Lutui from Worcester Warriors
Alasdair Dickinson from Sale Sharks
 
Players Out
 
Richie Rees to Newport Gwent Dragons
Netani Talei to Newport Gwent Dragons
Sep Visser released
Mike Penn to Moseley
Andy Titterrell to London Welsh
John Yapp to London Irish
Allan Jacobsen retired
James King retired
Steven Turnbull retired
 
(c) Elite Development Players 2013/2014:
 
Alex Allan (Edinburgh Accies)
Chris Auld (Gala)*
Magnus Bradbury (Boroughmuir)*
Phil Cringle (Heriot’s)
Bruce Dick (Melrose)*
Jamie Farndale (Edinburgh Accies)
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Heriot’s)
Neil Irvine Hess (Watsonians)*
Ewan McQuillin (Gala)*
George Turner (Heriot’s)
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Accies)
 
* = new EDP player 
 
2. Glasgow  
 
Chairman: Charles Shaw
CEO: Nathan Bomrys
Coach: Gregor Townsend
Captain: Alastair Kellock
 
(a) Squad:
 
Fraser Brown, Hooker
Finlay Gillies, Hooker
Dougie Hall, Hooker
Pat MacArthur, Hooker
Michael Cusack, Prop
Ryan Grant, Prop
Ed Kalman, Prop
Moray Low, Prop
Gordon Reid, Prop
Jon Welsh, Prop
Jerry Yanuyanutawa, Prop
 
Jonny Gray, Lock
Alastair Kellock, Lock
Tom Ryder, Lock
Tim Swinson, Lock
Leone Nakarawa, Lock
 
James Eddie, Flanker
Chris Fusaro, Flanker
Rob Harley, Flanker
Tyrone Holmes, Flanker
 
Ryan Wilson, Number 8
Richie Vernon, Number 8
Josh Strauss, Number 8
 
Chris Cusiter, Scrum-half
Nikola Matawalu, Scrum-half
Henry Pyrgos, Scrum-half
 
Ruaridh Jackson, Fly-half
Duncan Weir, Fly-half
Scott Wight, Fly-half
 
Gabriel Ascarate, Centre
Mark Bennett, Centre
Alex Dunbar, Centre
Peter Horne, Centre
Byron McGuigan, Centre
 
Sean Lamont, Wing
Sean Maitland, Wing
Tommy Seymour, Wing
D.T.H. van der Merwe, Wing
 
Stuart Hogg, Fullback
Peter Murchie, Fullback
 
(b) Player Transfers 2013/2014:
 
Players In
 
Richie Vernon from Sale Sharks
Tyrone Holmes from Petrarca Rugby
Jerry Yanuyanutawa from London Irish
Gabriel Ascarate from US Carcassonne
Leone Nakarawa from Fiji Barbarians
 
Players Out
 
John Barclay to Scarlets
Nick Campbell to Jersey
Ofa Fainga'anuku to Worcester Warriors
Taylor Paris to Agen
Graeme Morrison retired
Rory Lamont retired
 
(c) Elite Development Players 2013/2014:
 
Gavin Lowe (Ayr)
Rory Hughes (Stirling County)
Jack Steele (Dundee)
Finn Russell (Ayr)
Ali Price (Bedford Blues)
Adam Ashe (Stirling County)
Will Bordill (Sale Sharks)
Andrew Redmayne (Dundee)
Fergus Scott (Currie)
George Hunter (Ayr)
Darcy Rae (Ayr)

[tigertattie]

ah, so RDW does stand for Really Deadly Winger afterall!

[Captain_Sensible]

Glasgow Warriors team to play Harlequins, Twickenham Stoop, Saturday 24 August (kick-off 2.30pm):

15. Peter Murchie
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Mark Bennett
12. Gabriel Ascarate
11. Byron McGuigan
10. Scott Wight
9. Ali Price

8. Richie Vernon
7. Chris Fusaro (Captain)
6. James Eddie
5. Tom Ryder
4. Jonny Gray
3. Ed Kalman
2. Pat MacArthur
1. Gordon Reid

Substitutes: Kevin Bryce, Jon Welsh, Moray Low, Tim Swinson, Will Bordill, Tyrone Holmes, Henry Pyrgos, Finn Russell, Rory Hughes, Sean Lamont

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Great to see Pat MacArthur back from injury

[tigertattie]

Yup.  Hopefully he can kick on and really stake a claim for the Scotland jersey!

its a bit of a young team though! Any word on the quinns team? could be a hard day at the office for the weegies!

[RDW]

ah, so RDW does stand for Really Deadly Winger afterall!

You knows it!

Intersting that Glasgow have kapt back their big guns for this one, whereas Edinburgh bar Visser have brought all there's back.

Concerned for that Glasgow team if Quins put out a strong team.

[IanBru]

Quins team to face Glasgow on Saturday:


15. Mike Brown
14. Tom Williams
13. George Lowe
12. Jordan Turner-Hall
11. Ugo Monye
10. Nick Evans
9. Danny Care

1. Joe Marler
2. Joe Gray
3. Will Collier
4. George Merrick
5. George Robson
6. Tom Guest
7. Chris Robshaw (C)
8. Nick Easter

Replacements

16. Rob Buchanan
17. Mark Lambert
18. Paul Doran Jones
19. Sam Twomey
20. Luke Wallace
21. Karl Dickson
22. Ben Botica
23. Matt Hopper
24. Maurie Fa'asavalu
25. Dave Ward
26. Charlie Walker
27. Tom Casson
28. Paul Sackey

Looks pretty strong in certain areas. I'm happy to see Mark Lambert in the side - he's a good buddy of mine, very nice, hardworking guy who had to overcome a potentially career-ending neck injury while at Quins academy. Also a good club man.

[Biltong]

I see Edinburgh has signed Wickus Blaauw.

Edinburgh have bolstered their front-row resources ahead of the new season with the signing of former Stormers loose-head Wicus Blaauw.

The 27-year-old has also turned out for Biarritz and he arrives at Murrayfield to fill the void left by the now departed John Yapp who signed a year-long loan deal with London Irish on Wednesday. Blaauw is new coach Alan Solomons' first piece of recruitment and the former Southern Kings coach is delighted with the signing.

"I've seen a lot of Wicus," Solomons said. "He's played a lot of games at a high level, for both the Western Province and the Stormers, in South Africa's premier provincial and Super Rugby sides, as well in the French Top 14 and Heineken Cup. He's a very strong loosehead prop and is very good at his core roles, especially scrummaging. I believe he will be an asset to Edinburgh Rugby."

Blaauw added: "This is a great opportunity for me to immerse myself in the rugby culture in Edinburgh and become part of the rugby family at the club. It's a new challenge and I'm really looking forward to bringing something to the team, while I also think it's the right place to help me improve as a player. I love scrummaging, I love running with the ball, and I love tackling."

[funnyExiledScot]

Ouch! Big test for a pretty green looking Glasgow team coming right up. Glasgow will do well to be competitive in this one.

That's a first choice Quins backline. Thank goodness for Glasgow that Bennett is starting.

[RDW]

Old news biltong!


What can you tell us about him?

More saffers at Edinburgh! 

[funnyExiledScot]

Blaauw added: "This is a great opportunity for me to immerse myself in the rugby culture in Edinburgh and become part of the rugby family at the club. It's a new challenge and I'm really looking forward to bringing something to the team, while I also think it's the right place to help me improve as a player. I love scrummaging, I love running with the ball, and I love tackling."

Boy did he come to the right place!

[Biltong]

Should have guessed your grapevine is faster than mine.  

He is a solid player, he won't let you down.

[tigertattie]

Yay. Blitong is back! We've missed you

[Biltong]

 

[madmaccas]

Yikes, will be very impressed if that team can trouble a near full strength Quins team.

Great chance for some of the young lads to stake a claim early doors. Fingers crossed.

[tigertattie]

Mark Bennett furra lineeeee?

 

What was I thinking! Thats just no gonna happen!

[funnyExiledScot]

You have to have faith Tiger. Just think of Harrison Ford standing on the edge of the ravine at Petra in Last Crusade. ASBO would have jumped!

I safely predict that Bennett will make a fool of JT-H and Lowe, and make Mike Brown look like his shoe laces are tied together. As a player ready for international rugby two seasons ago, Bennett will have no problem making idiots out of these Quins......

[jimbopip]

It'll be a toughie tomorrow.  But I like Toonie's non-muppet management style. Wight and McGuigan are at the bar in the last chance saloon and against a very strong looking Quins back line; perform or die time. Also four very good props and Bordill and Holmes straining to get on in the back row! Mouth watering. And we could end up with a back three of Seymour-Schlong-Murchie not too shabby. Lots of people with lots to prove. Could be very good just a pity I wont be there. NEVER EVER go on holiday and trust a second row to organise a jolly boys outing. 

[21st Century Schizoid Man]

Jimbo,

guess the beer tasting gig won out huh ?

[jimbopip]

Schiz, amigo mio, aye it seems that I'm training at 12:30 with No1 son andsecond team captain, and beer fanatic, Joel who is starting his shift at the beer festival at 4:00pm. I just may have worked up a thirst by the time we walk Joel round to his second home.
I was a little bit concerned about lack of cover in the centres but the three tomorrow look as if they can carry the jersey instead of vice versa. Then we have Dunbar and Hornee Furra linee to return. I am beginning to have a good feeling about this season and if Fern Cotton is half as good as the hype surrounding him then the 6N might not be too painful. Apparently the game is on the warriors website later tomorrow so if I can focus I may watch it.
Kill myself in the gym for a long hour then go to a beer festival that's social rugby for you.

[madmaccas]

Not a great result from Edinburgh, they lost 24-6. Did anyone see it?

Bar Visser this was pretty much the full strength Edinburgh team, whereas Saints left out a good proportion of their stars. None-the-less not too bad a score line, at least they weren't nilled.

[RDW]

There's a match thread on the game, but they were 10-6 down with ten minutes to go - emptied the bench and saints got 2 late tries. Not nearly as bad as the score suggests.

Sounds like a big shift and perfect pre season hit out

[123456789]

 

Do you fancy becoming an honorary Scot? A bit like Strauss at Glasgow or Nel at Edinburgh

[EST]

Ooocha, this is gonna be a baptism of fire for many of these young warriors. Looking forward to seeing what young Mr. Gray can do in his first start for the club. As others have mentioned, even though this is only a friendly, Wight needs a big game, hopeful we will also see Finn Russell to get a good comparison with Wight - I have a feeling Russell might sneak ahead in the pecking order this season.

[21st Century Schizoid Man]

We don't want one of Scott Wight's laissez faire games thats for sure. Take it he has kicking duties so hope the crowd are on their toes to field the balls !

[IanBru]

Alright folks five minutes from the new season, the clean slate.

How we feeling?

[VinceWLB]

What's up with Cusack? Is he still injured? i remember he was 50-50 to play in march-april.

Have to say that Glasgow's "news" about injured players is one of the worst i have seen

[jimbopip]

Feeling rather cheesed off; out of bed early to take 10 year old son to Wendyball training and then had him in pieces because they will "offer some boys coaching and some places on the team" guess which group he is in? Is this not a rather pretentious and self-important way to introduce sport to kids? I think it's time to start taking him to my rugby club.
Feeling very nervous about today; the Warriors finished last season playing excellent rugby if they push on then it should be a glorious season. But weren't the MFL saying pretty much the same thing this time last year? "At least we weren't nilled"  
Dearie, dearie me, is that what it's come to?

[jimbopip]

I've just received a message: 5-0 Quins. 

[jimbopip]

Either Jynxyjoe is taking the urine or Glasgow are looking at a hiding, " Twelve minutes 12-0," said the last message.

[jimbopip]

12-3 now, getting back into it, apparently the scrum is struggling. Bring on Angela and Moray please.

[justified sinner]

In other news Frazier Climo has signed for Scarlets. One that got away?

[jimbopip]

Would you believe Byron McGuigan has scored and Wight kick the extras 12-10

[madmaccas]

In other news Frazier Climo has signed for Scarlets. One that got away?

Apparently his wife is Scottish, and with a christian name like that you've got to assume he has some ancestry.

Did anyone see him play for Ayr?

[jimbopip]

Madmaccas, he could qualify on residency but went back to NZ just before he did. This suggests either he did not want to have to choose or he's just not very clever. Then again if he doesn't want to play for Scotland he can't be very clever.

[allyt2k]

In other news Frazier Climo has signed for Scarlets. One that got away?

Apparently his wife is Scottish, and with a christian name like that you've got to assume he has some ancestry.

Did anyone see him play for Ayr?

was under the impression he came to Scotland thinking he was Scottish qualified but SRU looked into it and found he was wrong and had to go through residency.

[jimbopip]

Angela, Moray, Swinson,Holmes, Pyrgos and Schlong all on now.
Wight has kicked a penalty, penus a Glaschu, 12-13;) 

[IanBru]

Glasgow now leading 12-13!

[jimbopip]

How are you feeling now MrBru?

[jimbopip]

Wight again 16-12:) 

[allyt2k]

time left?

[GLove39]

9 minutes to go Quins 19-16 up...

[jimbopip]

Fozzy, WeePee and Seymour off: Bordill, Bryce and Hughes on. A big call from the 4% Muppetman.

[jimbopip]

Quins score 19-16 with 9 minutes.

[IanBru]

Hey Jimbo! Yeah, I'm loving this! After we quickly went two tries down (and almost a third) I was reaching for the super glue and a head-sized plastic bag. Since then, Glasgow have shown this crazy ability to drag themselves back into games from nowhere. Even if we lose this match, we've achieved something major today.

Ally, seven minutes left, and Quins lead by three.

[jimbopip]

Ian, my mole at the ground says Fozzy had "good runs, very ferocious" sounds like dysentery to me.

[allyt2k]

Glasgow showing some fantastic strength in depth with this result away from home as well.

[funnyExiledScot]

Wow, huge credit to glasgow for this performance. That's a near first choice Quins team at home!

[jimbopip]

Even if we lose this match, we've achieved something major today.
I suppose you mean we went to a side who think they're something and showed real character and the ability to compete right to the end? But isn't that how we finished the season at Leinster? Mind you when you look at the youngsters we played I suppose that is something.

[GLove39]

Lost by 3, but impressed with Glasgow. Nick Evans v Scott Wright says it all.

[jimbopip]

 

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