Moderators: pedro52, chappo, Ron, Loops
germain wrote:So now...
1- Al Dickinson, Rory Sutherland, Allan Dell / Ross Dunbar
2- Ross Ford, Neil Cochrane, Stuart McInally, George Turner / Fraser Renwick
3- WP Nel, Murray McCallum, Simon Berghan, Kevin Bryce / Dan Winning
4/5- Ben Toolis, Grant Gilchrist, Fraser McKenzie, Lewis Carmichael, Callum Hunter-Hill / Hamish Bain, Jamie Ure
6- Jamie Ritchie, Viliame Mata, Viliami Fihaki/ Luke Crosbie
7- Hamish Watson, John Hardie / Thomas Gordon
8- Magnus Bradbury, Cornell Du Preez, Ally Miller / Archie Erskine
9- Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Sean Kennedy, Hugh Fraser, Nathan Fowles / Charlie Shiel, Gary Munro
10- Duncan Weir, Jason Tovey, Phil Burleigh / Jason Baggott
12/13- Chris Dean, Tom Galbraith, Solomoni Rasolea, Mark Bennett / George Taylor, Cameron Hutchinson
11/14- Damian Hoyland, Tom Brown, Rory Scholes, Duhan Van Der Merwe, Darcy Graham / Ross McCann
15- Glenn Bryce, Blair Kinghorn
42 professionnal players (24 forwards, 18 backs; 7 non scottish players) and 14 academy players.
Maybe we're still missing 1 loosehead prop, 1 centre (Fruean?) and one full-back/back-three? Plus Bresler?
We can note that Thornton is not amongst the academy players (which means nothing as he is an exile but...). Robin Hislop has also been released by Doncaster.
germain wrote:Acadmy players attached to Edinburgh (stage 3) are known :
Ross Dunbar (Boroughmuir), Dan Winning (Boroughmuir);
Hamish Bain (Currie), Jamie Ure (Boroughmuir);
Luke Crosbie (Currie), Archie Erskine (Boroughmuir), Thomas Gordon (Currie);
Charlie Shiel (Currie),
Jason Baggott (Melrose),
Cameron Hutchison (Currie), George Taylor (Melrose)
Ross McCann (Melrose).
From what I've seen, Crosbie, Hutchinson, Winning all look very promising.
Edinburgh Shark wrote:germain wrote:Acadmy players attached to Edinburgh (stage 3) are known :
Ross Dunbar (Boroughmuir), Dan Winning (Boroughmuir);
Hamish Bain (Currie), Jamie Ure (Boroughmuir);
Luke Crosbie (Currie), Archie Erskine (Boroughmuir), Thomas Gordon (Currie);
Charlie Shiel (Currie),
Jason Baggott (Melrose),
Cameron Hutchison (Currie), George Taylor (Melrose)
Ross McCann (Melrose).
From what I've seen, Crosbie, Hutchinson, Winning all look very promising.
Just because they are attached to the Edinburgh Academy does that make them Edinburgh players? I'm not sure it's as simple as that. I suspect the link is all about where home is as opposed to longer term plans to fulfil roles specifically at Edinburgh?
germain wrote:I think academy players attached to Edinburgh and Border academies are training sometimes with the pro players at Edinburgh. As they are under the look od Edinburgh's staff, it's then more likely for them to sign at Edinburgh if they make it through.
So no, they're not edinburgh players but if we have an injury crisis, maybe some could be picked. That's why I added them in the list.
joe soap wrote:germain wrote:I think academy players attached to Edinburgh and Border academies are training sometimes with the pro players at Edinburgh. As they are under the look od Edinburgh's staff, it's then more likely for them to sign at Edinburgh if they make it through.
So no, they're not edinburgh players but if we have an injury crisis, maybe some could be picked. That's why I added them in the list.
I believe all stage 3 academy players are allowed ages to a pro team, with whom they train on a full time basis. They would be available to that team for selection, but then they would also be made available to the other pro team if necessary.
Allocation at stage 3 has so far (new system) mainly but not wholly followed geographic/district splits. When they graduate to full profile, it could be to either team
Moody Blue wrote:Thanks for that. Do we know what has happened to Jake Kerr, Gary Robertson, Grant McConnell, Ben Robbins & Ruari Howarth. Thought they were in Stage 3 and haven't seen anything about them signing elsewhere?
Ruari Howarth left the Academy last year, and is studying at and playing for Northumbria University. Jake Kerr, likewise - but he went to Loughborough. I am not sure whether he was tired of rugby, or rugby was tired of him, but he seemed to play very little for most of the season, but towards the end was appearing in Loughborough squads. Gary Robertson went to Yorkshire Carnegie as injury cover at one point during the season, but I think got injured himself. It appears that Robertson, along with McConnell and Robbins have been released this Summer. Robbins, may get an opportunity with the 7s squad next year, having made a couple of appearances this year, but I imagine the others will be playing club rugby next year
Wottie wrote:Robbie Fruean really looked the part for the Babas today, very physical in the tackle, good hands, quick for such a big man and always looking for the offload. He will be areal asset to our backline.
Alongside the fact he was listed as a Bath player for the match, during coverage teammate James Attwood mentioned his 3 tries in 3 games and said he would be a big loss to Bath if he does end up leaving the club. It wasn't language that suggested it was a done deal. Andy Goode however referenced his move to Edinburgh in his summarising during the game. Suggest everyone keep their fingers crossed for the next week or so.
pjduncan wrote:Good to hear! Fingers crossed.
How did Nel get on?
Return to Edinburgh Rugby Forum
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 43 guests