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Having beaten London Scottish in their first pre-season match ten days ago, Edinburgh will conclude their competitive preparations for the new campaign when they welcome Ospreys to Murrayfield on Saturday. New signings Jamie Bhatti and Ruan Steenkamp will be involved, as will established names Duhan van der Merwe and Lewis Carmichael. Winger Van der Merwe had tonsillitis recently, while lock Carmichael had a knee operation at the turn of the year but has now completed his rehabilitation.
Of the other new signings, Mike Willemse is still out after being injured in a training camp against Scotland, Mesu Kunavula is recovering from a shoulder operation but is not too far away from being able to resume playing, and Eroni Sau is still waiting for a visa.
Pitfitter446 wrote:Him and Bill M could drive well together at defences. Could be interesting times ahead.
dolf_lundgren wrote:Agree with both of those, but just think if we want to play a more rounded game then Groom/Hickey will give us that. Probably closer between Pyrgos and Groom in that respect.
I think VDw is a decent player but he is not going to take us forward. Hickey can but whether he will are two different matters. It’s an odd thing but his body position when he takes the ball gives him mor emotions, vdw sets up to either kick or pass, a wee bit like dan parks used to. So even tho he throws a flat fast pass the defence is already up in the face of the recipient.
Tichtheid wrote:I wasn’t at the game, being stuck here best part of 500 miles away, but preseason games are all about practicing scenarios, and one of them is surely seeing out a 9 point lead with less than a quarter of an hour on the clock?
I just want us to win, always, no exceptions
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