PortyJambo Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 Edinburgh back to their usual inconsistent selves, score 50+ points last week against Bayonne and lose 33-14 this week to Glasgow. It was 33-0 and all over as they were never in it either, but got 2 late consolation scores to make it look not quite so pitiful. They look so slow with the ball in hand compared to Glasgow as well, there's light years between the teams at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 11 minutes ago, PortyJambo said: Edinburgh back to their usual inconsistent selves, score 50+ points last week against Bayonne and lose 33-14 this week to Glasgow. It was 33-0 and all over as they were never in it either, but got 2 late consolation scores to make it look not quite so pitiful. They look so slow with the ball in hand compared to Glasgow as well, there's light years between the teams at the moment. For me the coach has to get punted. Glasgow has never ever been a rugby city in my lifetime until rugby turned professional. How the hell are they so far ahead of Edinburgh? It's not as if they are given twice or three times the amount of money by the SRU. I genuinely don't understand why the gulf has become so huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 9 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said: For me the coach has to get punted. Glasgow has never ever been a rugby city in my lifetime until rugby turned professional. How the hell are they so far ahead of Edinburgh? It's not as if they are given twice or three times the amount of money by the SRU. I genuinely don't understand why the gulf has become so huge. I'm not sure how he's hung on for so long tbh, he should have gone after last season but, for some reason, he's still there. Agreed re the change since professionalism, Glasgow's been ahead of Edinburgh for years, but they're almost out of sight now. Even a change in coach might not make a difference, immediately anyway, but it has to be tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted December 22, 2024 Author Share Posted December 22, 2024 3 hours ago, PortyJambo said: I'm not sure how he's hung on for so long tbh, he should have gone after last season but, for some reason, he's still there. Agreed re the change since professionalism, Glasgow's been ahead of Edinburgh for years, but they're almost out of sight now. Even a change in coach might not make a difference, immediately anyway, but it has to be tried. Agree with you and Seymour. Coach incapable of getting players to be consistent although it's been like this for years so not all his fault. The pack we have and the backs we have, Edinburgh should be doing so much better I don't see how they'll turn it round next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 Anyone have a stream for today's game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 44 minutes ago, JWL said: Anyone have a stream for today's game? http://www.fawanews.com/Edinburgh vs Glasgow Warriors.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 3 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said: http://www.fawanews.com/Edinburgh vs Glasgow Warriors.html Got it earlier, cheers. Wee bit different from last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted December 28, 2024 Author Share Posted December 28, 2024 Edinburgh doing okay in a dour game. Not easy playing 15 players against 18 for Glasgow. I recognise most of the players but the main Glasgow player seems to have an Irish accent and a purple top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 The throw in at the weejie penalty try was never straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted December 28, 2024 Author Share Posted December 28, 2024 1 minute ago, Seymour M Hersh said: The throw in at the weejie penalty try was never straight. Neither were the two before that. The guy who caught it had to stretch backwards to get ball. Just another rule that's ignored 99% of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted December 28, 2024 Author Share Posted December 28, 2024 Good win for Edinburgh in front of 40 thousand. Don't care about aggregate, just the points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 Finn Russell (8 conversions) 68 Jamie George and Maro Itoje 10 today too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 Well done Edinburgh GIRUY Weeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Just had an email from the SRU for match tickets for the Italy game : £100.Needless to say , they're not very good seats. Absolute robbery. For comparison, great seats in Rome were 85 Euros last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 2 hours ago, periodictabledancer said: Just had an email from the SRU for match tickets for the Italy game : £100.Needless to say , they're not very good seats. Absolute robbery. For comparison, great seats in Rome were 85 Euros last year. When I was at school it was 50p for a ticket for the benches at the very front. You were meant to wear school uniform, few did, and at assembly on the Friday before the game the Head would give strict orders to those going not to run on the pitch at full time again mostly ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 28 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said: When I was at school it was 50p for a ticket for the benches at the very front. You were meant to wear school uniform, few did, and at assembly on the Friday before the game the Head would give strict orders to those going not to run on the pitch at full time again mostly ignored. The "schoolboy enclosure" was a brilliant place to be. Many happy memories from the early '70s on those benches. Later, when we couldn't get tickets for those benches (maybe they'd been done away with or maybe it was after I'd moved school), there was a gap in the fence behind the clock end. CLOCK end! It served us well until one Calcutta Cup match when there was a copper stationed at that gap. Some friendly English supporters in the car park gave us spare tickets in exchange for very little cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 59 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said: When I was at school it was 50p for a ticket for the benches at the very front. You were meant to wear school uniform, few did, and at assembly on the Friday before the game the Head would give strict orders to those going not to run on the pitch at full time again mostly ignored. Yup , good times, sitting on the bench seats with all the posh boys, We darent run on the pitch as our head of PE was "Mighty Mouse" himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Seymour M Hersh said: When I was at school it was 50p for a ticket for the benches at the very front. You were meant to wear school uniform, few did, and at assembly on the Friday before the game the Head would give strict orders to those going not to run on the pitch at full time again mostly ignored. I was in the schoolboy enclosure for the 1984 Grand Slam game and, yes, ran onto the pitch. Pretty sure just about everyone did though! Was a great game to be at, but the thing I remember was seeing grown men crying on the pitch. It didn't mean that much to me as a 15 year old, but you could see how much it meant to them to win the first GS in almost 60 years. I thought those kind of things would come around regularly after that unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 3 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: Yup , good times, sitting on the bench seats with all the posh boys, We darent run on the pitch as our head of PE was "Mighty Mouse" himself. Broughton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 minute ago, John Findlay said: Broughton? Aye. He was captain at the time and was on the Lions tour of S Africa during my time there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 47 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: Aye. He was captain at the time and was on the Lions tour of S Africa during my time there. Yeah he brought up a volleyball team to play us at St Thomas's around 1975/76. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Glasgow looking good against Racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 No idea if Glasgow tired or Racing suddenly woke up but that was strange last 10 minutes. It is a win but against stronger French teams or Irish teams, you need to cut out mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Dawnrazor said: Glasgow looking good against Racing. Switched off for the last 20 minutes, but game over at that point I suppose. They'll need to play the whole game against a Toulouse or Leinster though if they're going to have a chance. I noticed earlier in the week that one of the coaches was saying they were contenders for the Champions Cup. Just the attitude they need, and they should be aiming high after winning the URC last season. Franco Smith is head and shoulders above his South African counterpart at Edinburgh. I wouldn't mind seeing Smith as the Scotland coach in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 It doesn't look like Edinburgh's game in the Challenge Cup against RC Vannes is on Premier Sports today at 1pm, not even on their online stream. Might be a fawanews stream or nothing today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 http://www.fawanews.com/Vannes vs Edinburgh.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Sums Edinburgh up. Ahead in game, get turnover and Jamie Ritchie passes out to backs who immediately stick a lazy hand out and knock on giving possession back. The lack of cohesion is so frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Sneaked it. Some good defence at the end. Careless play mostly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Well, at least Edinburgh put up a better fight than Sale Sharks have, 40 - 0 against the Stormers😥🤦 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Beat the Georgian team, Black Lion, at home next week and Edinburgh will have a last 16 home tie at least, and beyond that too if they can progress and depending on seeding. That will be important as they still have a terrible away record. Vannes rested quite a few players and still ran them close, even though they're not one of the better French teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 The Scotland 6N squad is named tomorrow. I don't expect many surprises, but Tom English has suggested Saracens' NZ born fly-half, Fergus Burke, might be someone who could come in with a eye on the future at that position. He qualifies for both England and Scotland, but England didn't name him in their squad, so English makes a valid suggestion that Scotland should try and get in there first. As he says, Russell is now 32, so they need to start looking to the future. Burke is 25 and could be competition for Tom Jordan going forward. I've not seen him play at all, so no idea if he's any good, but playing #10 for Saracens suggests he can play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PortyJambo Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 minute ago, Mikey1874 said: Tom English must have got insider info re Fergus Burke getting a call up. No real surprises beyond his selection though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Although one surprise is Kyle Steyn not named in the squad, did he get injured at the weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helzibob Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 10/01/2025 at 13:55, periodictabledancer said: Yup , good times, sitting on the bench seats with all the posh boys, We darent run on the pitch as our head of PE was "Mighty Mouse" himself. Mighty Mouse is my friends dad. So funny seeing him mentioned on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just now, Helzibob said: Mighty Mouse is my friends dad. So funny seeing him mentioned on here. Needless to say, if I ever have the pleasure of meeting him again I'll still address him as "sir". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, PortyJambo said: Although one surprise is Kyle Steyn not named in the squad, did he get injured at the weekend? Expected back later in tournament after knee injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, PortyJambo said: Although one surprise is Kyle Steyn not named in the squad, did he get injured at the weekend? Expected back later in tournament after knee injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helzibob Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 18 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: Needless to say, if I ever have the pleasure of meeting him again I'll still address him as "sir". 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted Saturday at 15:53 Share Posted Saturday at 15:53 Glasgow visit Harlequins tonight on Premier Sports 1 at 8pm with a win needed by the Quins to ensure a last 16 spot in the Champions Cup. Glasgow already have a home tie in last 16 wrapped up, but will be wanting a win to get a higher seeding in the knockout stages. Edinburgh play Georgia's Black Lion at home tomorrow at 1pm, with it being shown live on Premier Sports streaming channel. They've already qualified for the knockout stages of the Challenge Cup, but a win would get them a home tie in the last 16 and a higher seeding for potential home ties beyond that. Black Lion have an outside chance of making the knockout stages if they can get a bonus point win. Surely a bonus point win for Edinburgh is on the cards....but which Edinburgh will show up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted Saturday at 16:10 Share Posted Saturday at 16:10 Sione Tuipulotu is apparently an injury concern for Scotland in the 6N now, after getting injured in training this week with Glasgow. He'd be a huge loss to Scotland before the tournament has even begun https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c0k5gj5pn78o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted Saturday at 17:05 Share Posted Saturday at 17:05 Another chance for Finn Russell http://www.fawanews.com/Leinster vs Bath.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted Saturday at 20:01 Share Posted Saturday at 20:01 http://www.fawanews.com/Harlequins vs Glasgow Warriors.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted Saturday at 20:23 Share Posted Saturday at 20:23 'quins all over Warriors in the first 20 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted Saturday at 20:35 Share Posted Saturday at 20:35 What a try that was 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted Sunday at 12:18 Share Posted Sunday at 12:18 That was fairly poor from Glasgow last night. I don't know if it was because they'd already qualified, or if it was Quins needing the win more, or a mixture of both, but they weren't at their best. Also, I see a lot of Glasgow supporters moaning because Matthews isn't in the Scotland squad but, based on his line out throwing, I can see why he's not being considered. He may score a lot of tries from mauls and he is mobile with ball in hand, but his game apart from that has some holes. Plus, are tries from line out mauls really that much on who stands at the back of them with the ball, or is it the ones in front that are doing all the work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted Sunday at 13:17 Share Posted Sunday at 13:17 Edinburgh currently leading. http://www.fawanews.com/Edinburgh vs Black Lion.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted Sunday at 13:40 Share Posted Sunday at 13:40 Red card for Edinburgh.... They have a 24-3 lead, but still over a half to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted Sunday at 14:21 Share Posted Sunday at 14:21 Try bonus point secured for Edinburgh, that should be enough with a 31-3 lead to secure a home quarter final IF they can get through a home last 16 tie. They're currently seeded 3rd in the rankings for the last 16 by virtue of sitting top of their pool, behind Connacht and Montpellier who have won their pools with more points than Edinburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted Sunday at 14:25 Share Posted Sunday at 14:25 Two tries added by Edinburgh to make it 36-3 whilst Black Lion were also down to 14 due to a yellow card. That should be game over as the Georgians aren't coming back from that deficit even with an extra man again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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