v Zebre Sat. 22nd October

[Pitfitter446]

Weirdly disappointing second half, but I will definitely take it: http://www.edinburghgunners.org.uk/matchday/reports

Nice write up, loving the humour injections too, lets hope we are constantly looking at positive scores for us saying they should have been higher.

[Tichtheid]

I've had a quick squint through last season's results, and I think I'm correct in saying that we won only 3 away games last year - Zebre, Dragons and Sharks.

We've got Cardiff next Sunday and they've had a decent start to the season, whilst it wouldn't be the end of the world if we didn't win down there without our internationals, I think we should really be looking at coming away with the result. Our backline will be very similar to Saturday's. Skinner will probably be retained by Scotland in fact Haining and Crosbie probably will be too as Bayliss and Christie won't be available.

I hope Sykes is fit for this week and Boyle will most likely come into the side

[liveinhope]

It might partly depend on what Townsend has in mind for the Fiji game.No way Skinner will be available though we might just get one of Haining or Crosbie particularly if there is any chance of travel to Cardiff on the Sunday morning in time to play.
Yes be good if Sykes (and Lang ) were fit.
Will we play Boffelli and Mata on the Sunday afternoon given they would be expected to play for their countries on the following Saturday? Strictly allowed by the release rules (I think?) but I know its annoying for us when squad players are in a Premiership game on a Sunday before a 6N weekend.
Cardiff put in a huge performance to beat The Stormers on Saturday so going to be a much more difficult game than against Zebre.