HK Round 5 - Edinburgh V Perpignan

by **RDW** Tue 07 Jan 2014, 8:42 pm

Heineken Cup round 5

Murrayfield stadium
Saturday 11th January
KO 18:00
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Mark Patton (Ireland), Richard Kerr (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)
TV - SS2 Red button

Group standings:

Munster 14
Gloucester 9
Edinburgh 8
Perpignan 7

Edinburgh team

15 Jack Cuthbert

14 Dougie Fife

13 Nick De Luca

12 Ben Atiga

11 Tom Brown

10 Greig Tonks

9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN

1 Alasdair Dickinson

2 Ross Ford

3 Willem Nel

4 Grant Gilchrist

5 Izak van der Westhuizen

6 Cornell Du Preez

7 Roddy Grant

8 David Denton

Substitutes

16 Aleki Lutui

17 Wicus Blaauw

18 Geoff Cross

19 Ollie Atkins

20 Tomas Leonardi

21 Grayson Hart

22 Carl Bezuidenhout

23 Matt Scott

Perpignan team

[TBC]

All to play for in group 6, with Munster the likely group winners the remaining 3 teams all stand a chance of getting the 2nd place spot, and entry into the Amlin. Out of all the teams, Edinburgh are probably the only ones that would welcome that just now! If Edinburgh were to manage 2nd place it really would be a remarkable achievement. The fact that we still stand a chance of 2nd place makes it even more frustrating that we completely failed to turn up at home to a struggling Gloucester team - if we'd won that we'd be fighting it out for top spot just now.

As to the game itself, Edinburgh actually played quite well away to Perpignan, scoring a couple of decent tries, but were undone in the 2nd half by some woeful open field defence. That aspect of our game has improved beyond recognition since then so hopefully their dangerous strike runners can be nullified. The usual cliché can applied as to whether they will turn up or not, and I hope from an Edinburgh point of view they turn up typically French!

by **George Carlin** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 5:18 am

Edinburgh really shouldn't fear this one.

Perp haven't had the best of seasons and are currently 10th in the Top 14. Add that to the absolutely comprehensive wedgie that Munster dished out at Thomond makes me convinced that they're in no danger of overcoming the cliche that French sides don't travel well.

Edinburgh are a very different side now to the one that lost to Perp in October.

by **RDW** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 8:14 am

How far off the top 6 are they?

It can work in 2 ways - if they are out of it they may see this as a way of getting something out of the season.

If however they still stand a chance then they might want the hk over as quickly as possible.

P.s. - nice badge! Very Happy

by **George Carlin** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 8:31 am

Hey, something's different. I...I feel more powerful now. And I could swear my todger has become larger since this morning. Too much?

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Wed 08 Jan 2014, 8:39 am

Think this fixture may well depend on what side USAP send over - certainly every chance for Edinbokke

by **RDW** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 8:54 am

George Carlin wrote:Hey, something's different. I...I feel more powerful now. And I could swear my todger has become larger since this morning. Too much?

It has been scientifically proven that moderators are superior human beings - you have now joined the elite! HK Round 5 - Edinburgh V Perpignan Superhero

HK Round 5 - Edinburgh V Perpignan Superhero

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Wed 08 Jan 2014, 8:57 am

Wow, GC, just spotted that - had no idea what you were referring to earlier. Congratulations - well deserved clap

by funnyExiledScot Wed 08 Jan 2014, 1:14 pm

Good chance for a win here I feel, and it would keep us in Amlin contention. The players have had a bit of a rest so should come out firing.

Congratulations GC on your new appointment. With great power comes great responsibility, although I've always felt there was more to the theory that power corrupts. Just look at Alex "I'll smooth your planning application Mr Trump" Salmond.

by **George Carlin** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 1:36 pm

I still maintain that being debagged, my testicles shaved and being required to buy a bottle of whisky for all of the other mods was a bit stringent for an initiation ceremony, but what the hey. It's done now and I look like a teenager again.

by **RDW** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 1:56 pm

George Carlin wrote:I still maintain that being debagged, my testicles shaved and being required to buy a bottle of whiskey for all of the other mods was a bit stringent for an initiation ceremony, but what the hey. It's done now and I look like a teenager again.

Shhhh what happens in FES' house when he's at work stays at FES' house when he's at work!

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:15 pm

by **RDW** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:29 pm

Back to rugby, I wonder if Matt Scott will be back soon? The chat at the time was that he would miss the December HK games and 1872 cup, but there’s not been anything since.

It would be a massive boost for Scotland if he was fit for both games, and even playing 1 game would be a bonus. I think most people want to see a Scott/Dunbar combo.

And let’s face it he only had a hand injury – he should be in pretty good shape, just lacking match fitness.

by Nematode Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:37 pm

I'm Edinburgh's 16th man

by Nematode Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:38 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Back to rugby, I wonder if Matt Scott will be back soon? The chat at the time was that he would miss the December HK games and 1872 cup, but there’s not been anything since.

It would be a massive boost for Scotland if he was fit for both games, and even playing 1 game would be a bonus. I think most people want to see a Scott/Dunbar combo.

And let’s face it he only had a hand injury – he should be in pretty good shape, just lacking match fitness.

He was 24th man going to Glasgow so he must be approaching full match fitness. He said somewhere that he would feature in the team (I thought he said starting) for at least one of the 1872's...

by funnyExiledScot Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:42 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:
George Carlin wrote:I still maintain that being debagged, my testicles shaved and being required to buy a bottle of whiskey for all of the other mods was a bit stringent for an initiation ceremony, but what the hey. It's done now and I look like a teenager again.

Shhhh what happens in FES' house when he's at work stays at FES' house when he's at work!

Couldn't shave this morning. Razor was clogged.

by **RDW** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:49 pm

Nematode wrote:
RDW_Scotland wrote:Back to rugby, I wonder if Matt Scott will be back soon? The chat at the time was that he would miss the December HK games and 1872 cup, but there’s not been anything since.

It would be a massive boost for Scotland if he was fit for both games, and even playing 1 game would be a bonus. I think most people want to see a Scott/Dunbar combo.

And let’s face it he only had a hand injury – he should be in pretty good shape, just lacking match fitness.

He was 24th man going to Glasgow so he must be approaching full match fitness. He said somewhere that he would feature in the team (I thought he said starting) for at least one of the 1872's...

Welcome to the forum, and good knowledge there! Knoweldge is something very much lacking with the poster on here already... Very Happy

by tigertattie Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:54 pm

how on earth did George make Mod? He never writes any articles, he just moans until someone else does!

Clearly he has slept his way to the top!

by Jenifer McLadyboy Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:55 pm

What's this HK thing lads? Is it to point out the superfluousness/osity of the letter C or K in the English language? Or is it some in joke I missed?

PS. Hope it's not something to catch people out so you can shave their testicles and force them to buy Whiskey against their will.

by Nematode Wed 08 Jan 2014, 2:59 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:
Nematode wrote:
RDW_Scotland wrote:Back to rugby, I wonder if Matt Scott will be back soon? The chat at the time was that he would miss the December HK games and 1872 cup, but there’s not been anything since.

It would be a massive boost for Scotland if he was fit for both games, and even playing 1 game would be a bonus. I think most people want to see a Scott/Dunbar combo.

And let’s face it he only had a hand injury – he should be in pretty good shape, just lacking match fitness.

He was 24th man going to Glasgow so he must be approaching full match fitness. He said somewhere that he would feature in the team (I thought he said starting) for at least one of the 1872's...

Welcome to the forum, and good knowledge there! Knoweldge is something very much lacking with the poster on here already...

Thanks

by **RDW** Wed 08 Jan 2014, 3:07 pm

tigertattie wrote:

Clearly he has slept his way to the top!

No comment.

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 7:41 am

Well looks like standards have slipped even further on here - I am now green!

And tattle - I'm definitely not going to say what I had to do to get this promotion. I'm not proud of it, but sometimes these things have to be done! Shocked

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Thu 09 Jan 2014, 8:43 am

Ooh, look at you all green, RDW - congrats clap

Still gonna talk independence when I want tho!! Wink

by **George Carlin** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 8:48 am

RDW_Scotland wrote:
tigertattie wrote:

Clearly he has slept his way to the top!

No comment.

You've changed since you turned green, RDW. You never call. You never write.

by **George Carlin** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 8:50 am

funnyExiledScot wrote:
RDW_Scotland wrote:
George Carlin wrote:I still maintain that being debagged, my testicles shaved and being required to buy a bottle of whiskey for all of the other mods was a bit stringent for an initiation ceremony, but what the hey. It's done now and I look like a teenager again.

Shhhh what happens in FES' house when he's at work stays at FES' house when he's at work!

Couldn't shave this morning. Razor was clogged.

Sorry about that. I was told that Mods Rules said we weren't allowed to use the guard.

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Thu 09 Jan 2014, 8:52 am

GC, you know that we, the unwashed masses, will be monitoring you closely for any changes in character or personna - they will be ruthlessly pointed out to you with extreme hectoring. Can't have you going the same way as RDW (lost forever)

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 8:54 am

Well the good news is we now have a Scottish mod and admin - so the next Lions tour when all of our players are overlooked again and every other nations rounds on us like last time we will be prepared! boxing

#Discalmer - I am of course joking and all moderators and admins are completely impartial#

p.s. ASBO - you can talk about independence all you want, but as admin I now have the power to send the heavies round to your house and give you a massive wedgie. Just thought you'd like to know! Very Happy

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:04 am

RDW_Scotland wrote:Well the good news is we now have a Scottish mod and admin - so the next Lions tour when all of our players are overlooked again and every other nations rounds on us like last time we will be prepared!

#Discalmer - I am of course joking and all moderators and admins are completely impartial#

p.s. ASBO - you can talk about independence all you want, but as admin I now have the power to send the heavies round to your house and give you a massive wedgie. Just thought you'd like to know!

Shame I dinnae wear kecks - they ruin the line of ma overalls tomato

by PenfroPete Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:15 am

(from 18:00) – 18:00– Edinburgh v USA Perpignan - Heineken Cup Pool 6 - Sky Sports2 Red Button
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Mark Patton (Ireland), Richard Kerr (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)

by tigertattie Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:16 am

whats the differance between a Mod and an Administrator?

PS, ta for the update Penfro old boy

by funnyExiledScot Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:18 am

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Ooh, look at you all green, RDW - congrats

Still gonna ~~talk independence~~ spout total nonsense when I want tho!!

Fixed......

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:18 am

Thanks Pete!

Tattie - admins are better looking, more popular and more intelligent than mods, simple.

For a real answer, admins are mods who have additional responsibilities for running the site. To be honest I don't fully know myself yet what I have to do!

by funnyExiledScot Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:19 am

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
RDW_Scotland wrote:Well the good news is we now have a Scottish mod and admin - so the next Lions tour when all of our players are overlooked again and every other nations rounds on us like last time we will be prepared!

#Discalmer - I am of course joking and all moderators and admins are completely impartial#

p.s. ASBO - you can talk about independence all you want, but as admin I now have the power to send the heavies round to your house and give you a massive wedgie. Just thought you'd like to know!

Shame I dinnae wear kecks - they ruin the line of ma overalls

Nothing worse than a road painter with a VPL. So unsightly.

by **George Carlin** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:22 am

So Edinburgh gets the Gibbon and Glasgow gets Clownshoes. Was it something we said?

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Thu 09 Jan 2014, 9:26 am

funnyExiledScot wrote:
AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
RDW_Scotland wrote:Well the good news is we now have a Scottish mod and admin - so the next Lions tour when all of our players are overlooked again and every other nations rounds on us like last time we will be prepared!

#Discalmer - I am of course joking and all moderators and admins are completely impartial#

p.s. ASBO - you can talk about independence all you want, but as admin I now have the power to send the heavies round to your house and give you a massive wedgie. Just thought you'd like to know!

Shame I dinnae wear kecks - they ruin the line of ma overalls

Nothing worse than a road painter with a VPL. So unsightly.

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 10:05 am

Chat in the Scotsman is that Perpignan are going to rest most of their front line players. On the face of it that is good for us, but when we played them last time it was a random young winger that came off the bench and tore us to pieces!

Still – psychologically if we are up for it and get in their faces early on their enthusiasm may not last very long.

by funnyExiledScot Thu 09 Jan 2014, 10:50 am

George Carlin wrote:So Edinburgh gets the Gibbon and Glasgow gets Clownshoes. Was it something we said?

Brilliant. Didn't realise Glasgow had Clownshoes. Rob Baxter must have had a say in that one!

by **George Carlin** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 11:00 am

funnyExiledScot wrote:
George Carlin wrote:So Edinburgh gets the Gibbon and Glasgow gets Clownshoes. Was it something we said?

Brilliant. Didn't realise Glasgow had Clownshoes. Rob Baxter must have had a say in that one!

Kellock isn't going to be playing, so perhaps Glasgow's representative can be someone that the referee clearly doesn't hate. Hopefully the captain will be Strauss.

by Nematode Thu 09 Jan 2014, 11:01 am

RDW_Scotland wrote:Chat in the Scotsman is that Perpignan are going to rest most of their front line players. On the face of it that is good for us, but when we played them last time it was a random young winger that came off the bench and tore us to pieces!

Still – psychologically if we are up for it and get in their faces early on their enthusiasm may not last very long.

Suppose if you're in a knock out league like the Top 14 you want to secure that position first. If you're not going to win the HC or get past the qf then why bother. When you think about it you have in form Munster, Ulster, then Leinster, Saracens, Clermont, Toulon, Stade(?),etc so Perpingan probably won't get any further than the qf if they progress. Sad if it means teams still with a shot are bowing out.

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EDINBURGH SQUAD UPDATE: Carl Bezuidenhout is introduced to the HC squad. Tony Fenner is leaving after his loan/trial. And Harry Leonard is playing for Gala vs Leeds.

As expected, just in writing.

by tigertattie Thu 09 Jan 2014, 1:59 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Thanks Pete!

Tattie - admins are better looking, more popular and more intelligent than mods, simple.

For a real answer, admins are mods who have additional responsibilities for running the site. To be honest I don't fully know myself yet what I have to do!

Dude, you don't know how to do your job???

Are you my manager?

Or are you ASBO?

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 2:07 pm

Waiting on someone to tell me what to do! I’m like the new kid at school with the other admins – no one is sure whether it is cool to talk to me!

Saying that I have found out that I have lots of new buttons I can press, and I can now see a everything about each posters personal lives. Care to explain the incident with the monkey, shower cubicle and riding crop tattie?? Very Happy

by **George Carlin** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 2:07 pm

Apparently the convention is for new Admins to buy all posters of their nationality a drink.
And not just a 'virtual' one.

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 2:31 pm

No problem – I’m happy for you to all come round to my house for a party, my treat!

The address is:

11 not a chance in hell street
Bugger off road
Edinburgh

by Tattie Scones RRN Thu 09 Jan 2014, 2:35 pm

Is that where they filmed Trainspotting?

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 2:37 pm

Tattie Scones RRN wrote:Is that where they filmed Trainspotting?

It’s really FES’ house – don’t tell him.

by jimbopip Thu 09 Jan 2014, 2:55 pm

Clownshoes reffing? Erm

Make Mad Niko McMentalman captain for the day. That in itself would be worth the price of admission. boxing

by Nematode Thu 09 Jan 2014, 3:04 pm

Well done on becoming admin btw. 6800 posts shows quite some dedication to the site

by **RDW** Thu 09 Jan 2014, 3:12 pm

Nematode wrote:Well done on becoming admin btw. 6800 posts shows quite some dedication to the site

Or that I need to get out more...

On that note, ASBO almost has 13000 posts – just saying. laughing

by Nematode Thu 09 Jan 2014, 3:12 pm

EDI TWITTER: "The Edinburgh Rugby team to face Perpignan at Murrayfield Stadium this Saturday (ko 6pm) will be announced tomorrow around lunchtime!" (on their twitter @EdinburghRugby)

by Nematode Thu 09 Jan 2014, 3:15 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:
Nematode wrote:Well done on becoming admin btw. 6800 posts shows quite some dedication to the site

Or that I need to get out more...

On that note, ASBO almost has 13000 posts – just saying.

If it's something you enjoy then why not. People I know who claim to know rugby are adamant that Max Evans should be playing Doh

by tigertattie Thu 09 Jan 2014, 3:21 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:

Waiting on someone to tell me what to do! I’m like the new kid at school with the other admins – no one is sure whether it is cool to talk to me!

Saying that I have found out that I have lots of new buttons I can press, and I can now see a everything about each posters personal lives. Care to explain the incident with the monkey, shower cubicle and riding crop tattie??

Ah. see. Now I know you are lying. There was no incident with a monkey, a shower cubicle and a riding crop!

It was a Slow Norris with a broken gear stick!

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