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BBC News
15-05-2025
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Edinburgh season on line against Ulster
United Rugby Championship: Edinburgh v UlsterVenue: Hive Stadium, Edinburgh Date: Friday, 16 May Time: 19:35 BSTCoverage: Listen and follow live text coverage on the BBC Sport website and app Head coach Sean Everett says Edinburgh's season is on the line against Ulster on Friday night - as well as their ambitions for next capital side know only a win will do if they are to secure a United Rugby Championship play-off spot and a place in the Champions Cup next results will also have to go their way if they are to move up from their current position of 10th into the top eight."As I said to the team this week, we're playing for our season, but we're also playing for next season because there's an opportunity to get into the Champions Cup and that's what every team would like to do," Everett said. "We know the magnitude of the game and we know the outcomes. If we don't, that means that we don't finish in the top eight and then we play in the Challenge Cup next year."We're confident that we're moving in the right direction to be able to get a result on Friday."Edinburgh kept their play-off hopes alive with a bonus-point victory away to Connacht last weekend and Everett believes operating with little margin for error in the last few weeks stands his team in good stead ahead of the must-win game against Ulster."Nothing's really changed over the last six weeks, to be honest with you," Everett said."It's been pressure cooker stuff. Last week was exactly the same as it would be today."If we had lost last week, we would have been out. So we've had enough practice at that. But, for me, it's about sticking to the process, sticking to our game model and having composure."I think the team has grown over the last probably nine weeks. There's been a lot of learning, but the guys have shown a lot of passion in wearing the Edinburgh jersey and that's what we're looking for."
BBC News
09-05-2025
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'Fighter' Graham will bounce back from Lions hurt
Darcy Graham is a "fighter" who will bounce back from missing out on selection for the British and Irish Lions, according to Edinburgh head coach Sean Scots were selected in Andy Farrell's 38-man squad for this summer's tour to Australia, but the omission of Graham was a surprise to says the 27-year-old - who has been in fine form in the URC and in European games after missing a chunk of the Six Nations - was upset but insists that his chance will come again."He's obviously disappointed," the Edinburgh coach said. "I did tell him that he's young enough to make the next one. His opportunity will come."He's a fighter. It wasn't an easy year for him with the injuries that he had. He came back flying and that's the type of guy he is."The character that you see on the field is the character that you have off the field. He'll be back fighting for a place and hoping that an opportunity arises." Graham's Edinburgh team-mates Pierre Schoeman and Duhan van der Merwe will be heading to Australia with the Lions this with injury replacements playing a significant role in previous Lions tours, Everett has impressed on Graham, back row Jamie Ritchie and lock Grant Gilchrist - among others - the importance of staying sharp and ready in case that call comes."There's a lot of rugby to be played between now and the Lions trip," Everett said."More than likely, there'll be one or two guys that drop out because of injuries and then the door opens. "You don't know who they're going to select next. There's certain areas within that squad that are thin, so there could be more than just one guy putting his hand up."You've got to take the rough with the smooth, show resilience, and keep on fighting."
Yahoo
05-05-2025
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Edinburgh 24-39 Bath: Three things we learned
Edinburgh go down fighting Edinburgh, sitting 10th in the URC table, were always going to be up against it to topple the English Premiership leaders, but at least they went down fighting. Sean Everett after the game bemoaned his side's lack of accuracy and that was a contributing factor. The bigger reason for defeat is they were simply up against a better side. Edinburgh were under the pump for much of the match and it's to their credit they managed to stay in the fight as long as they did. Tries from Mosese Tuipulotu, Ali Price and the penalty try all came from sharp attacking play, but those moments came against the run of play as Bath forced the hosts into a defensive rearguard action for long spells. Nobody can accuse Edinburgh of not giving it their all. They were simply outgunned. Bath power tells in the end There was a sense throughout that as heroic as the Edinburgh defensive effort was, the Bath power would take its toll in the end and that's exactly how it panned out. Not until Niall Annett's try on 75 minutes did the visitors finally shake off the Edinburgh challenge. The Bath bench brought an intensity that ultimately made the difference, with Annett and Alfie Barbeary both contributing tries after entering the fray in the second half. Edinburgh lived with the Bath power as long as they could, but not for the full 80. Crucial games to save season Edinburgh's season now hangs in the balance. The chance of European glory has gone, and with it so does any realistic hope of winning silverware. Now they must find a way into the URC play-offs to salvage anything from their campaign. They are currently two points and two places outside the play-off spots, with matches away to Connacht and at home to Ulster to come. Edinburgh need to finish with a bang and hope for favourable results elsewhere. Missing out on the top eight for the third season running would be a disaster.
BBC News
05-05-2025
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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."
