Bulls v Edinburgh - 31May 1230 -Loftus

[The Feral Goat]

Breakdown was a joke, ref should have stamped out the nonsense early.

However, yet again, we were slow out the blocks in the second half and that 3rd quarter cost us the match. Appreciate we have alot of injuries but I don't think any of the young lads when thrown in have let us down this season so get the fresh players on.

Also think Healy perhaps should have been on earlier he could have been kicking pens from distance and possibly stopping the snowballing momentum.

We did well to make top 8 in the end, and concluded season with a decent run of form that will have saved Everitt his job. We have to build on it next season, get 80min performances and be much more comfortably in top8.

[robdinsdale]

Ref as weak as water. Bulls sealing off and turning round the side at every ruck. The last scrum penalty the Bulls LH collapses with our FR still scrummaging.
Anyone understand what the mitigation was for the head shot on Darcy? ½ wit Trimble suggesting "clumsy" was a genuine face palm .

A J almost as poor as *hitehouse, bulls running and landing at breakdown wherever they fancied, kinda par for the course, he ‘forgot’ he’d told bulls there would a yellow for another penalty! Was he overcome by excitement at Edinburgh scoring? Tired of listening to rambling Irish commentators when an Irish team is not involved, numpty today had Edinburgh beat at every moment, couldn’t they find someone-anyone from SA?

C’mon Scarlets.

I watched it with the South African version of the commentary and they were quite complimentary about Edinburgh.

[bignose]

I watched it with the South African version of the commentary and they were quite complimentary about Edinburgh.

They don't hand out any prizes for the commentators saying nice things about you though

[The Chiel]

Good effort overall - I've seen us play a lot worse than that and win. As ever, the talent in the players is there - just needs some top third of the head and basic execution skills.
Particular kudos to the three big men - Skinner and Sykes went the full 80 and Bradbury not much less, all at altitude. An experienced second row sub could have made a difference, although fair to say the Bulls foot came off the gas once they got well ahead.

[Castlecannon]

We could have wine this and it would not have been undeserved . Bulls for sure got stronger as the game progressed but at no point did Edinburgh have their heads down and let up . The guys looked genuinely gutted to lose this and that was pleasing . We will miss Ritchie and the on form version of Mark Bennett . Next season will be a test for our younger guys in stepping up and in particular McConnell and Douglas . Muncaster has certainly come of age this season .
Bradbury has demonstrated quality in his leadership and that addresses an area I don’t think Everitt got right. It would be interesting to learn more about the impact of Guthrie as the attack is looking more confident and coherent . We have suffered over the past few seasons since the departure of Mike Blair and arguably Calum McCrae . Thompson is now showing impact at 10 , the key position that Edinburgh has never got right over the past 2/3 seasons . Wih the departure of Price one wonders whether Ashfar or Dobie might be moved along the M8 to reinforce the 9 Cohort?