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Obama, Eat Your Heart Out

Posted by A.D. at 2.47pm

Filed under: Blog, Club Rugby, Heineken Cup, Magners League

Categories: Blog · Club Rugby · Heineken Cup · Magners League

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Every time you turn on the news these days you are bombarded with the word ‘CHANGE’. The politicians are all screaming it. Travel agents can’t get enough of it. Even the chief exec.’s of Rangers and Celtic seem to be on the streets begging for some spare. So what is set to change in Scottish [...]

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Edinburgh Team for Scarlets

Posted by Rory at 11.36am

Filed under: Magners League

Categories: Magners League

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We’ll be back in the next few days with our teams of the tournament and other Six Nations round-uppery, but time waits for no man and the Edinburgh boys are straight back into the action this weekend. Edinburgh: Jim Thompson, Mark Robertson, Ben Cairns, Nick De Luca, Tim Visser, Phil Godman, Mike Blair (captain), Kyle [...]

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When one looks at Rory Hutton, he’ll be the first to admit, he doesn’t look like a rugby player. Tall and slender, slight with a lazy gate you could be forgiven for thinking he was an electrician, or something! Then you put a ball in the kid’s hands. When Rory played against Cardiff on the [...]

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Heineken Cup Preview

Posted by Rory at 12.25pm

Filed under: Heineken Cup, Player Watch, Rugby on TV

Categories: Heineken Cup · Player Watch · Rugby on TV

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So Europe’s finest club competition shuffles into view, unloads its wagon, sends the freaks round the back to get the candy floss machine running and erects a big top suitable for showcasing some of the finest club rugby teams known to man, and er, our lot. Here are the games on this weekend, sadly unless [...]

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Dutch Rugby’s Finest To Start for Edinburgh

Posted by Rory at 1.32pm

Filed under: Magners League, Rugby on TV

Categories: Magners League · Rugby on TV

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A new look Edinburgh team under new coach Rob Moffat will seek a return to winning ways in Cardiff on Friday. Some of the changes are enforced by injury – Edinburgh still have a long list of injured including Jim Hamilton, Dave Callam and Ross Rennie – while others like Lions Ross Ford and Mike [...]

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Heineken Cup Pools 09/10

Posted by Rory at 1.44pm

Filed under: Heineken Cup

Categories: Heineken Cup

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Here are the just announced Heineken Cup Pools for next year. Edinburgh have a pool that could prove difficult with both Bath and Stade Francais – but as Glasgow showed, Bath and French clubs are nothing to be feared. Ulster could be a force if their new coach gets them ticking and Ravenhill will always [...]

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Andy Robinson is new Scotland Head Coach

Posted by Rory at 12.52pm

Filed under: Scotland National Team

Categories: Scotland National Team

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So not only do we get a new shirt to wear in the autumn, there will be a new Scotland Head Coach in the form of Edinburgh’s Andy Robinson. Undoubtedly the best man for the job in the SRU’s eyes if not necessarily the highest profile, Robinson offers a combination of playing and coaching experience [...]

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Magners Dream Team Scot Free

Posted by Rory at 7.00am

Filed under: Magners League, Player Watch

Categories: Magners League · Player Watch

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Here is the Magners League Dream Team as officially announced. Surprisingly despite Thom Evans being the top try scorer in the league and Edinburgh finishing second, there is no Scottish representation in the team. Still, they were probably all drinking cider when they made the list, weren’t they? The Magners League Dream Team 2008/09 1. [...]

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This week has seen Geech face the possibility of a 3 man reshuffle to his Lions squad, with Tom Shanklin now joining Tomas O’ Leary on the injury list and Munster’s Alan Quinlan facing the possibility of a ban for gouging Leo Cullen in the Heineken Cup Semi Final. While there are a couple of [...]

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Edinburgh Go Third

Posted by Rory at 11.34am

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Edinburgh beat off the Leinster seconds at a cold Murrayfield while Glasgow failed to edge out Ulster at home with Parko missing a late kick. That puts Edinburgh only two points behind Leinster on the table, however the Ospreys who currently sit 2 points adrift of them with two games in hand. Edinburgh’s visit to [...]

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