Interesting game today, thought we played well in the first half but didn’t get the points we deserved. Second half was a bit of a damp squib, predictable with son many subs. It was hard to keep track of who was on and off with numbers changing and no announcements.
Thought Blain looked very good, probably our most consistent threat, Bennet looked sharp and took his try well, Velacott very lively. Decent shifts from a lot of the forwards, I like the look of Sykes more and more, real dog in him. Savala is a real threat, although his passing needs more fizz, too often a bit loopy and allows the defence to line up our players, we also seemed to be playing from a standing start behind the gain line a lot.
New stadium is very good, like the facilities and the novelty of not only water but warm water in toilets at Murrayfield was a bonus! The tannoy was pretty hopeless as couldn’t hear anything and the screen needs the font size doubles so we can actually read the teams. Nothing that can’t be sorted I’m sure.
Lots of food and drink options and room to sit on the grass and enjoy the day. So a good start from that point of view and 6k for a pre season it impressive too.