LAIDLAW TO CAPTAIN EDINBURGH RUGBY

[EdinburghHQ]

Edinburgh Rugby head coach, Michael Bradley, today named scrum-half, Greig Laidlaw, as club captain for the 2011/12 RaboDirect PRO12 and Heineken Cup season.

Laidlaw, 25, was one of Edinburgh Rugby’s most consistent performers last season, splitting his game time between the pivotal positions of stand-off and scrum-half with considerable aplomb, earning the recognition of his peers as the players’ player of the 2010/11 season.

A lively and skilful scrum-half, Laidlaw won his second cap as a replacement in Scotland’s 10-6 win over Ireland on Saturday and has played 86 times for the capital club since joining form Jed-Forest in 2006.

Laidlaw is no stranger to captaincy, leading the club four times last season as well as Scotland A in their wins over the Ireland Wolfhounds (32-13) and Italy A (11-3) earlier this year, before capping off arguably his most successful rugby season with selection in Andy Robinson’s provisional Rugby World Cup squad.

Full story, coach and player comment at: http://www.edinburghrugby.org/content/view/5611/2/