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2013–14 Edinburgh Rugby Season
The 2013–14 season was Edinburgh Rugby's thirteenth season competing in the Pro14, Pro12. Team Coaches Alan Solomons, formerly of Western Province (rugby team), Western Province, Stormers, Ulster Rugby, Ulster and more recently Super 15 team the Southern Kings, Kings was appointed as Head Coach at the end of July '13. Stevie Scott (rugby), Stevie Scott, Philippe Doussy and Omar Mouneimne were appointed as Assistant Coaches. Squad * *Scottish qualified Elite Development Players * Alex Allan (rugby union), Alex Allan - Prop * Chris Auld - Centre * Magnus Bradbury - Back row * Philip Cringle - Prop * Bruce Dick - Centre * Jamie Farndale - Wing * Neil Irvine-Hess - Lock/Back row * Ewan McQuillin - Prop * / Alex Toolis - Lock * / Ben Toolis - Lock * George E. Turner, George Turner - Hooker * Hamish Watson (rugby union), Hamish Watson - Back row Transfers Players In * Nikki Walker from Worcester Warriors * Jack Cuthbert from Bath Rugby * Aleki Lutui from Worcest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Rugby
Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh plays most of its home games at Edinburgh Rugby Stadium. The original Edinburgh District team played the first ever inter-district match against Glasgow District in 1872, winning the match 3–0. The amateur district team was reformed with professionalism, as Edinburgh Rugby, in 1996 to compete in the Heineken Cup, its best performance coming in the 2011–12 season, when the club reached the semi-final but lost out narrowly to Ulster, 22–19. The quarter-final tie against Toulouse attracted a club record crowd of over 38,000 spectators to Murrayfield. In 2003–04 Edinburgh became the first Scottish team to reach the quarter-finals. In the 2014–15 season, Edinburgh became the first Scottish club to reach a major European final, when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |