05-05-2025
Lack of accuracy cost Edinburgh in Bath defeat
Head coach Sean Everett says a lack of accuracy was Edinburgh's undoing as they were knocked out of the Challenge Cup at the semi-final stage by Finn Russell's were under pressure for most of the game but stayed in the fight through tries from Mosese Tuipulotu, Ali Price and a penalty was only when Bath went over for their fifth and sixth tries from Niall Annett and Guy Pepper in the closing stages that the Premiership leaders pulled away for a 39-24 win to book their place in the final."We were confident going into the game that we could win it, I thought we prepared really well," Everett told BBC Scotland."Unfortunately we just weren't as accurate as we should have been. Things in the game over the season we were really strong at let us down. I think eventually it's hard to keep a powerful team like that out, so it does have its toll."I thought the guys were unbelievably good at defending the try-line and that stint off to half time between 43 and 55 minutes, we kept them out. They had to go and change their strategy. I'm proud of them with regards to that."We spoke about the threat of Finn Russell before, but we managed to contain them in phase. Unfortunately, they got over us with a power game and that's what they had to turn to. It's what they're good at."
