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BBC News
25-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Same problems arise as Edinburgh lose to Benetton'
At the end of September 2024, following defeat to Bulls, I wrote that Edinburgh required a specialist lineout coach as inaccuracies in that area went a long way to us losing that forward six months and the very same problem has bitten us again as both our hookers failed to get pass marks for their darts against Benetton and their inability to link with the jumpers consistently has cost us wasn't all their fault, but if you are failing with around half your lineouts then praise or prizes may elude we move on from that particular issue, I have a further question. Who was calling the lineouts? They might want to consider that if you've brought a sub on at hooker that perhaps the first thing you ask him to do, a throw to the tail (probably the hardest throw to get right) might not have been the best in September I also criticised our over-dependence on one-out passes and that also haunted us against Benetton. Just after Ewan Ashman's try, Ross McCann made a great break. He could probably have reached out and scored but instead the ball was recycled and we went through 10 phases of one-out passes on the Benetton try line yet failed to score. If we had done better there then we would have had a two-score lead and that may have made a huge difference to the final factors, or excuses if you prefer, that contributed include a ridiculous yellow card for Ben Muncaster in the first half. A contact so fleeting it could have been mistaken for an air ability to include some players who had been Six Nations regulars such as Simone Ferrari, Ignacio Brex, Tommaso Menoncello and Italian captain Michele Lamaro off the bench. Even the introduction of 40-year-old Agustin Creevy was a point of difference for rest protocol for Scotland players is not a new thing but we still struggle to deal with these absences. We started the weekend in seventh and a good win could have seen us in fifth. Instead we are 11th and our race to the eight could be over before you can say boo to a Smith can be found at The Burgh Watch, external
The Independent
17-02-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Scotland call up Ross McCann, Ali Price and Cameron Redpath for England showdown
Ross McCann, Ali Price and Cameron Redpath have been called up by Scotland ahead of the Six Nations match against England at Allianz Stadium this weekend. Matt Currie drops out after being concussed during Edinburgh's match against Zebre on Friday night, while Alexander Masibaka has returned to his club Soyaux Angouleme. George Horne sustained a facial injury during Glasgow's victory against Dragons on Sunday and he is yet to join the squad in Spain, where Gregor Townsend's squad are in a warm-weather training camp, while he is assessed by medics at his club. Masibaka was called up ahead of the Italy match but has not joined the squad in Spain. Winger McCann made his Scotland debut on last year's summer tour in a 73-12 win over Canada while scrum-half Price, capped 68 times, was previously involved in the 2024 Autumn Nations Series. Redpath returned from injury last weekend and has played in Bath's last two matches. The centre made his debut for Scotland in the 2021 victory over England at Twickenham. Darcy Graham and Finn Russell have remained in the squad while progressing through World Rugby concussion protocols since the Ireland game with a view to returning to full training before the end of the week. Scotland will look to bounce back from their chastening 32-18 defeat against Ireland at Murrayfield in their last outing.
