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Edinburgh edge Glasgow but Warriors have last laugh

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Edinburgh defeated Glasgow 10-7 in a Murrayfield dogfight but were unable to stop Franco Smith’s side claiming the 1872 Cup for a third year running.

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Protecting a 19-point first-leg lead after blitzing their inter-city rivals 33-14 at Hampden last Sunday, the United Rugby Championship champions were knocked out of their stride by Sean Everitt’s side in a stuffy second leg in front of 40,063 people, a record crowd for a Scottish club rugby match.

With Edinburgh leading 3-0 at the interval, a 69th minute penalty try turned the game in Glasgow’s favour before Pierre Schoeman hit back instantly to ensure Edinburgh won the day and claimed four points.

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Warriors took the 1872 Cup by an aggregate score of 40-24, although the fact they lost the second leg for the second year running, picking up just one point in the process, meant there were no celebrations when they were presented with the silverware afterwards.

A cagey first quarter was notable only for the sight of Edinburgh back-rower Hamish Watson coming off the bench to make his first appearance in two months in place of Jamie Ritchie, who went off for a head injury assessment which he failed.

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The hosts got the scoreboard ticking over in the 23rd minute when Ross Thompson sent a penalty between the posts.

The former Glasgow stand-off had a chance to add another three points to his tally 10 minutes later but his kick from 45 metres out drifted well wide.

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Edinburgh head coach Everitt had joked that his side only needed to win both halves 10-0 to claim the 1872 Cup, and it looked for a moment like they might be about get the first part of that right as they exerted pressure in front of the line in the lead-up to half-time.

However, just as they seemed set to score in the 38th minute following a quick tap penalty, Luke Crosbie dropped the ball as he reached out over the line, meaning they had to settle for a modest 3-0 interval advantage.

Glasgow cranked up the pressure as the match moved into the final quarter and they thought they had scored in the 67th minute but Rory Darge was held up on the line.

However, the Warriors got themselves ahead two minutes later when they were awarded a penalty try after the hosts collapsed the maul, with replacement hooker Paddy Harrison sent to the sin bin.

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Despite this setback, Edinburgh restored their lead just a minute later when Scotland prop Schoeman, who signed a new long-term deal this week, bulldozed his way over, with Ben Healy adding the extras.

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RedWarrior 54 days ago

Great win by Edinburgh who ran Leinster close first match.

Glasgow's problem now is almost certainly they will have to defeat Leinster in Dublin in the knock outs to retain the urc title. They are too far behind. That encounter might prove useful for scouting, but nothing else. They have to face Leinster in Dublin last match of the league also probably needing to win to hold position. Leinster will hurt them.

This Leinster defense is starting to look outstanding.

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Players like Prendergast and Finn Smith already have a few seasons at top club level under their belt and are now test players, at an age when NZ players make their debuts in SR.

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All these kids have been playing for a comparable NPC team for years now. Sam is no where near ready for tests but he has a great temperament, much like Sextons, that makes it a good choice to speed up his development. He wasn’t even a comparable Super Rugby starter before playing for Ireland, so not a great comparison.


Fin would be much better example, but then England don’t have 3 world class Test tens in front of him (not that I’d put Beauden their but obviously in terms of young NZ players chances, he is). Would he otherwise have debuted at the same age as Fergus Burke (injury and leaving withstanding), around 24, a couple of years later? England also aren’t as pedantic to who they give jerseys to, in NZ a test jersey is very hard earned for the most part.


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