Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 1)

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Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 1)

Postby The Feral Goat on Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:43 am

Nel I understand is fit but Bradbury likely to be playing club rugby this week.

Cant see many changes perhaps Nel comes in and would like to see Ritchie start, would also like to see a Dean/Scott centre pairing.

Against Scarlets I thought Ulster looked pretty well organised but without much cutting edge (sound familiar). Could be another arm wrestle, will need to have our error count much reduced.

Edit: game now appears to be on Premier 1
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby Rico on Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:05 am

Ulster sound like they have a fair few injuries to key players (Best, Stockdale, Ludik, Marshall, Deysel, Marty Moore to name but a few).

If they are having to resort to the likes of Dave Ah You, I'll be seriously disappointed if we can't get and keep the upper hand up front!
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby The Feral Goat on Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:05 pm

Head Coach Richard Cockerill has made three changes to his Edinburgh team ahead of tomorrow night’s Guinness PR014 encounter with Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium (Friday 7 September, kick-off 7.35pm) – live on Premier Sports.

Wing Duhan van der Merwe drops out of the starting XV due to injury and is replaced by club centurion Tom Brown, who makes his first competitive appearance since November 2017.

WP Nel gets the nod at tighthead, whilst Hamish Watson – who misses the match in Belfast due to the expected birth of his child – is replaced in the back-row by Jamie Ritchie. The 22-year-old openside makes his 50th appearance for the club.

On his selection, Cockerill, said: “We’ve worked really hard this week, especially on ball control and set-piece, making sure we execute in the right areas. We need to be better across the board, especially away from home.

“We know that the Ulster crowd will be vocal and will be behind their team, so we need to control the game and field position, keeping that support as quiet as possible.”

Blair Kinghorn is named at fullback after finding the scoresheet against Ospreys last weekend and is joined in the back-three by Dougie Fife and Brown.

An unchanged centre pairing sees Mark Bennett link up with Matt Scott in midfield, whilst summer recruits Henry Pyrgos and Simon Hickey continue their half-back partnership.

Up front, hooker Stuart McInally skippers the side and packs down alongside Pierre Schoeman and 22-times capped Scotland international, Nel.

Locks Ben Toolis and Grant Gilchrist are once again named in the boiler room, whilst Ritchie, Luke Hamilton and Fijian number eight, Bill Mata, form a physical back-row trio.



Edinburgh team to face Ulster at The Kingspan Stadium in the Guinness PRO14 on Friday 7 September (kick-off 7.35pm) – live on Premier Sports.



15. Blair Kinghorn (65)



14. Dougie Fife (108)

13. Mark Bennett (13)

12. Matt Scott (75)

11. Tom Brown (113)



10. Simon Hickey (1)

9. Henry Pyrgos (1)



1. Pierre Schoeman (1)

2. Stuart McInally (121) CAPTAIN

3. WP Nel (116)

4. Ben Toolis (89)

5. Grant Gilchrist (121)

6. Luke Hamilton (1)

7. Jamie Ritchie (49)

8. Bill Mata (38)



Replacements: 16. Ross Ford (180); 17. Allan Dell (45); 18. Murray McCallum (39); 19. Fraser McKenzie (101); 20. Luke Crosbie (12); 21. Sean Kennedy (61); 22. Jaco van der Walt (18); 23. James Johnstone (19)
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby The Feral Goat on Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:21 pm

Them

Ulster team to play Edinburgh, Guinness PRO14, Friday 7th September, Kingspan Stadium (7.35pm):
(15-9): W Addison; C Gilroy, D Cave, S McCloskey, H Speight; B Burns, J Cooney;
(1-8): A Warwick, R Herring (captain), R Kane , K Treadwell, I Henderson, M Coetzee, J Murphy, N Timoney;
Replacements (16-23): A McBurney, E O'Sullivan, W Herbst, A O'Connor, S Reidy, D Shanahan, A Curtis, A Kernohan.
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby Friday Knight Lights on Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:28 pm

Ulster have a tasty side. Looks a good match up!
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby Tichtheid on Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:22 pm

Nullifying Henderson is key, both in the lineout and at the breakdown. VDM is a big loss, but I like the look of our side, we have some strength in depth nowadays

It's probably the one side more than any other I want to win against.
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby biffer on Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:02 pm

Tichtheid wrote:Nullifying Henderson is key, both in the lineout and at the breakdown. VDM is a big loss, but I like the look of our side, we have some strength in depth nowadays

It's probably the one side more than any other I want to win against.


I'm the same. I hate Ulster for no real reason.
Don't mention Rory Hutton. I did once but I think I got away with it.
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby The Feral Goat on Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:13 pm

biffer wrote:
Tichtheid wrote:Nullifying Henderson is key, both in the lineout and at the breakdown. VDM is a big loss, but I like the look of our side, we have some strength in depth nowadays

It's probably the one side more than any other I want to win against.


I'm the same. I hate Ulster for no real reason.


But do you not hate everyone and mostly without reason? :)

Certainly the team we need to beat if we want to stay above them this season
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby biffer on Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:29 pm

The Feral Goat wrote:
biffer wrote:
Tichtheid wrote:Nullifying Henderson is key, both in the lineout and at the breakdown. VDM is a big loss, but I like the look of our side, we have some strength in depth nowadays

It's probably the one side more than any other I want to win against.


I'm the same. I hate Ulster for no real reason.


But do you not hate everyone and mostly without reason? :)

Certainly the team we need to beat if we want to stay above them this season


I quite like Munster.

Fair comment apart from that though.
Don't mention Rory Hutton. I did once but I think I got away with it.
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby Crichton Gunner on Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:09 pm

Will be another tough game, and a win would be a great result. We have a chance, but probably don't start as favourites. Hopefully a much improved performance from last week; we need to get some momentum going soon or we'll be in catch-up mode before long.
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 2)

Postby doedin on Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:25 am

Same as last week - a LB will be good!
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 1)

Postby The Feral Goat on Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:00 pm

Hopefully not another bad injury for Bennett, no luck whatsoever.

Good start otherwise
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 1)

Postby The Feral Goat on Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:28 pm

Miles better than last week in pretty much every aspect.

Ritchie an outstanding 40

Just need to cut down the break down penalties.
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 1)

Postby BigD163 on Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:28 pm

Positive half.

Only negatives are Bennett looking like the knee fairy got him and the penalty do it against Ritchie. Think that's 3 or 4 against him but he's been immense otherwise.
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Re: Ulster v Edinburgh 7Sep 19:35 (Premier Sports 1)

Postby robdinsdale on Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:36 pm

The Feral Goat wrote:Miles better than last week in pretty much every aspect.

Ritchie an outstanding 40

Just need to cut down the break down penalties.


Ritchie is a real all-action player, isn't he? Hamilton is also having the best game I've seen from him.
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