Edinburgh v Scarlets

:00:30. > :00:37.It has been a tricky couple of weeks for Edinburgh on their travels. Two

:00:38. > :00:41.defeats on Wales means that Alan Solomons's men need to pick

:00:42. > :00:45.something up today. Coming up live, Edinburgh against Scarlets. Hello,

:00:46. > :00:49.and a warm welcome to Murrayfield. The sun is shining, everybody has a

:00:50. > :00:53.smile on their face. Maybe it has something to do with the wonderful

:00:54. > :00:57.result yesterday in Rome? We will reflect fully on that later, today

:00:58. > :01:02.it is all about Edinburgh against Scarlets, a hugely important match.

:01:03. > :01:07.I'm delighted to say I'm joined by the former Glasgow, Scotland and,

:01:08. > :01:12.shall we keep it quiet, former Edinburgh captain, on occasion. Good

:01:13. > :01:17.to have you here. A big game? Era a huge game, on their travels, those

:01:18. > :01:21.games, have not lost by big margins. There will be looking to get the

:01:22. > :01:24.win. For much of the season, they have been at the top four. Down to

:01:25. > :01:36.sixth now. If you look at Ulster, Scarlets and

:01:37. > :01:39.Ulster, if they win this weekend it would really separate the gap

:01:40. > :01:46.between Edinburgh. Edinburgh need to win. They need to battle hard to get

:01:47. > :01:49.into that top four. The Pro12 final will be here at Murrayfield. Hugely

:01:50. > :01:52.important for them to be in there. What will the key today, the

:01:53. > :01:58.breakdown might be very important? For me, it is the breakdown. Two

:01:59. > :02:02.outstanding sevens, you can see Hamish Watson on your screen.

:02:03. > :02:07.Strength and depth, with the Six Nations on, hugely important. He has

:02:08. > :02:11.stepped in for John Hardie. He is key to what Edinburgh do well, he

:02:12. > :02:16.needs to slow down the ball for the Scarlets and maybe key turnovers.

:02:17. > :02:25.Here's up against James Davies, a formidable operator? A similar

:02:26. > :02:30.player, for turnovers in the league, he's up there, even though he's only

:02:31. > :02:34.played seven games. Let's talk about the fact they have lost a couple of

:02:35. > :02:37.games away from home. Getting victories at home is clearly hugely

:02:38. > :02:41.important in any campaign, particularly given the last couple

:02:42. > :02:45.of results? It has been a great season so far. You look at where

:02:46. > :02:48.they were up until a couple of weeks ago, everybody was tipping them for

:02:49. > :02:51.the top four. To be able to turn it around on the back of what has

:02:52. > :02:56.happened over the last couple of weeks is key. A couple of young guys

:02:57. > :02:59.that will be looking to cement their place, when there are so many guys

:03:00. > :03:02.are wagering international matches? It's an opportunity for these guys

:03:03. > :03:09.to step up and show how good they are. Is should be a great game

:03:10. > :03:13.today. The sun is shining, a beautiful day. No doubt about it, a

:03:14. > :03:19.great day for rugby. The fans are here. In the sunshine, the Scarlets

:03:20. > :03:23.fans are smiling. Will they be smiling at the end of the game? You

:03:24. > :03:30.will find out right here. Edinburgh fans are happy, that one is happy,

:03:31. > :03:38.I'm absolutely delighted. We will reflect on international rugby

:03:39. > :03:41.later, but now it is live rugby with Dougie Vipond and Hugh Dan

:03:42. > :03:46.MacLennan. If they win the next two games,

:03:47. > :03:50.their season could have a mighty luck for the run-in. Lose today and

:03:51. > :03:58.that, as on Friday, it could be a hard spring. Deja vu, almost. They

:03:59. > :04:06.met just a fortnight ago. A controversial end to that match. A

:04:07. > :04:10.single point win for the Scarlets. A very, very late penalty. Scarlets

:04:11. > :04:16.are now in third place, joint second, really. Very narrow margins

:04:17. > :04:24.at the top of this table, where you need a calculator for every match.

:04:25. > :04:28.Two changes from last week's win. Maselino Paulino comes in. James

:04:29. > :04:35.Davies comes in. He has been keeping John Barclay out of the team. Van

:04:36. > :04:39.der Merwe drops out at the last minute and Stefan heavens comes in.

:04:40. > :04:41.Hadleigh Parkes is the captain, leading the team from centre. --

:04:42. > :04:53.Stephen Evans. A massive win for the Edinburgh

:04:54. > :04:57.team. Four straight defeats, all away from home. Being well

:04:58. > :05:02.marshalled in the tunnel. The captain being shown the way. Neil

:05:03. > :05:08.Cochrane. Just in case he doesn't know the way to the pitch! He has a

:05:09. > :05:13.personal guide, as do some of the other players. They have only lost

:05:14. > :05:22.once at home, at Murrayfield. That was to Munster. Only one star of the

:05:23. > :05:33.show so far. That is the way to make an entrance! A familiar look to the

:05:34. > :05:41.Edinburgh pack, with Bresler and Toolis the engine room. Kennedy and

:05:42. > :05:47.Burleigh at nine and ten. The back three, Damian Hoyland comes in.

:05:48. > :05:53.19-year-old Blair Kinghorn marks his third start at full-back. The

:05:54. > :05:58.captain is Neil Cochrane, at hooker. The replacements are very much about

:05:59. > :06:06.strength and depth. John Beattie will introduce you to number 23.

:06:07. > :06:10.Tagicakibau, a very good sevens player!

:06:11. > :06:17.Dudley Phillips is the match referee. His 58th match in the

:06:18. > :06:24.competition. A beautiful day in the capital city. Scarlets on the left,

:06:25. > :06:38.playing left to right. They are in Orange today. They are in the

:06:39. > :06:42.orange, and Edinburgh are in the more traditional red and black.

:06:43. > :06:47.Scarlets, if anything, looking a little bit stronger than they were

:06:48. > :06:59.at Scarlets. Every match is crucial in the run-in to the Pro12 final.

:07:00. > :07:08.Perfect playing conditions and an immaculate surface.

:07:09. > :07:20.Acres of space on the far side. A good, positive start from Edinburgh?

:07:21. > :07:25.Well done to the Scottish teams for making us feel happier today. The

:07:26. > :07:29.air smells better, the flowers look more colourful. A fantastic day. I

:07:30. > :07:35.think this will be a cracking match. Two very well conditioned match. --

:07:36. > :07:38.conditioned teams. The Scarlets are well conditioned, Edinburgh are very

:07:39. > :07:52.fit. It will be a real fears bank game. -- a real fizz-bang game.

:07:53. > :07:56.Another Scottish battalion clashes going on this afternoon, the women's

:07:57. > :08:01.match, the International. A successful week for the Scottish

:08:02. > :08:04.team so far, with Glasgow taking care of the Dragons, the

:08:05. > :08:11.international team winning and then Edinburgh picking up the challenge.

:08:12. > :08:16.Off the float, just fractionally ahead. Plenty of invention and

:08:17. > :08:21.adventure. This is a brilliant break, look at this. Right between

:08:22. > :08:27.the gap. Of loads. Trying to find both Burleigh and the winger. I

:08:28. > :08:30.think the Edinburgh midfield, the way we have seen in the last couple

:08:31. > :08:36.of weeks, they have been very quick, they do make the brakes. This is the

:08:37. > :08:39.same as the Scottish pattern, opening up the whole defence, take

:08:40. > :08:49.three or four people out of the line with one pass. Michael Arlen and Sam

:08:50. > :08:56.Beard have developed into a strong and imaginative centre. They have.

:08:57. > :09:00.This will be worrying for Ben Toolis. The last thing you want is

:09:01. > :09:09.your cheekbone, you don't want to get a depression, a depressive

:09:10. > :09:12.fracture. Does not look too good. You are fine, play on! It is a short

:09:13. > :09:23.cut, but on you go. I think they will keep an eye on

:09:24. > :09:29.that. Any further contact in that area is likely to lead to... He

:09:30. > :09:47.won't be allowed to stay on if he keeps bleeding.

:09:48. > :09:59.Paulinho did not make the World Cup squad, but he is six foot eight.

:10:00. > :10:04.This is two teams... Trying to get the advantage. They started running

:10:05. > :10:13.with their feet to try to get more solid. Managing the scrummaging was

:10:14. > :10:24.a big challenge in the Six Nations international matches yesterday.

:10:25. > :10:31.Some big decisions, early nudges. A blaze of colour. The first

:10:32. > :10:39.initiative goes to the Edinburgh pack.

:10:40. > :10:57.Edinburgh have a free kick, they could have had a back move. They

:10:58. > :11:00.think they could have an advantage. Maybe they are persuading the

:11:01. > :11:11.referee they have some kind of supremacy. Penalties could be

:11:12. > :11:23.crucial. In the last meeting that Aled Thomas had crucial penalties.

:11:24. > :11:34.A lot of the kicking team are not here, of course. I presume that the

:11:35. > :11:36.kicks would fall to Phil Burleigh or Blair Kinghorn, perhaps. The

:11:37. > :11:47.Edinburgh backs are ranged across the field now. Brest

:11:48. > :11:57.This is not going to continue, get further up the body, OK? Head on

:11:58. > :11:59.shoulders. The greater part of the four minutes and 20 seconds has been

:12:00. > :12:20.spent in this area of the pitch. Very quickly, the referee Dudley

:12:21. > :12:25.Phillips had made his decision. That is what you were saying, they

:12:26. > :12:32.fancied they had the penalty and it came? I think Dell, he had the tight

:12:33. > :12:38.head, Peter Edwards, on toast. Dell smashed him. Watch this. This is

:12:39. > :12:42.focusing on their loosehead, who has tried to run round. Dell has smashed

:12:43. > :12:48.him backwards. He knows he is in for a good afternoon. That has given

:12:49. > :13:04.Blair Kinghorn the chance to have a pop. The slightly churned up pitch.

:13:05. > :13:13.This is a man we expect a lot from. If he can do this, he will be

:13:14. > :13:27.international one-day. I don't know if it was the best

:13:28. > :13:33.contact, but the result is fine. Cool as you like, cool as you like,

:13:34. > :13:36.that is the mark of the man, I suspect, John Beattie? I think

:13:37. > :13:41.Kinghorn has got something. I saw the highlights of the under 20 game,

:13:42. > :13:46.he has real speed. He bent it right to left, a bit like a slightly

:13:47. > :13:50.cleverly hooked shot in golf. I think we are watching one of the

:13:51. > :13:54.full-backs to come in future, if that is where he wants to play. He

:13:55. > :13:56.could probably play centre as well. I wish I could hook my golf shots

:13:57. > :14:14.like that. Liable to be one of the key players

:14:15. > :14:18.in this game, this contest, with James Davies. It's going to be rough

:14:19. > :14:23.and tumble by the end of it, plenty of commitment to the breakdown from

:14:24. > :14:31.the Scarlets. A penalty coming. They have the advantage for offside.

:14:32. > :14:36.Dudley Phillips on Edinburgh's case. He is now coming back into the

:14:37. > :14:48.Edinburgh ten yard, ten metre area. It is kickable, one would imagine.

:14:49. > :14:56.The Welsh missing their main keeper, Aaron Shingler. Watch the number

:14:57. > :15:01.nine, Aled Davies. Making sure the Edinburgh winger cannot come. We are

:15:02. > :15:05.looking for Jamie Ritchie, with the headband, he is just... Well, three

:15:06. > :15:12.or four of them are of side, that is the truth. Well spotted, camera

:15:13. > :15:16.guys. Desperate to get up and tackle, in the early stages you need

:15:17. > :15:20.to be behind the line. A school is not validated until you are back on

:15:21. > :15:35.the opposition 22. This could be negated.

:15:36. > :15:42.Again, not the best contact in the world. But the result for Aled

:15:43. > :15:48.Thomas is the same. Maintaining his decent record. He has hit 33 out of

:15:49. > :15:54.41, about 80%, the cut off for top-class kicking. Get Scarlets back

:15:55. > :15:59.on equal terms, that is always predictable, ping-pong with the

:16:00. > :16:03.scores? Shouldn't be, should it? You should consolidate, once you have

:16:04. > :16:06.scored. Jamie will be annoyed, Jamie Ritchie will be annoyed that he gave

:16:07. > :16:27.that penalty away. You know what, the best thing about

:16:28. > :16:31.the Scottish game yesterday, the very first possession Scotland had

:16:32. > :16:36.was in their own 22 and they moved the ball. Here, perfect conditions,

:16:37. > :16:40.two teams with flyers, and they are kicking the ball into the air. To

:16:41. > :16:45.get the game buzzing, this lot need to move the ball. They are capable

:16:46. > :16:52.of it and now Edinburgh have a scrum, a line-out with a really good

:16:53. > :16:55.attacking position. First part on second part done. Now they attack.

:16:56. > :17:14.Straight up the field. They come left, Edinburgh. Kinghorn,

:17:15. > :17:19.long pass. Slightly risky, but almost like the pass that took two

:17:20. > :17:26.men in Rome yesterday. Just a bit higher. A move really off the top.

:17:27. > :17:35.Bang in the midfield and come down the blindside. The options are

:17:36. > :17:42.limited, good invention, good idea. The right winger was in the way.

:17:43. > :17:54.The adventures of youth. Keen to join the line. I don't think that

:17:55. > :17:57.defence is the first option for anything, Blair Kinghorn, always

:17:58. > :18:18.looking to go forward. Just a quick look at the game there,

:18:19. > :18:23.the ladies, Italy leading 15-0. A tough job for the Scottish women at

:18:24. > :18:29.this stage. We will keep you updated as the game progresses. Edinburgh,

:18:30. > :18:44.again, most of the territory is to our left. A good break on the burst.

:18:45. > :18:54.A chance here, for Edinburgh. Good defence.

:18:55. > :19:00.Kennedy goes left, slightly loose with the past. Edinburgh still have

:19:01. > :19:10.it. Hamish Watson goes in. Still tumbling forward. There is a gap

:19:11. > :19:16.here, for Burleigh. All the way! Phil Burleigh just sensed that gap

:19:17. > :19:22.opening. Shimmied, danced his way through. Brilliant break. First to

:19:23. > :19:31.score to Edinburgh. 8-3. That is fantastic. Burleigh on fire. Beard

:19:32. > :19:37.gets the ball, he stays on his feet. He crawls an extra metre, Burleigh

:19:38. > :19:40.picks up the ball, thinks, there was a gap, he went through. If you are

:19:41. > :19:46.already in behind the defensive line, that is a powerful place to

:19:47. > :19:54.go. Two men on his shoulder, he had Sean Kennedy coming up, Kinghorn.

:19:55. > :20:02.Numbers in abundance. Edinburgh's adventure pays off. In just 12 and a

:20:03. > :20:08.half minutes, and Kinghorn does not hang about, he adds two more. Takes

:20:09. > :20:14.it to a comfortable ten points lead. Really good rugby. Came from the

:20:15. > :20:20.line-out originally. He thinks, I can go, there are no defensive

:20:21. > :20:24.lines. Hands off, looks like it is one man's effort, but it is the

:20:25. > :20:33.whole attacking platform. They are going through and the break has

:20:34. > :20:38.already been made. Let's get Al's early impressions. A great break

:20:39. > :20:42.from Burleigh. Saw the gap and went. We saw most of the gain in the first

:20:43. > :20:46.ten minutes being played in the middle of the park. Neither team

:20:47. > :20:49.being overly ambitious. Territory seems to be the key. Either team,

:20:50. > :20:51.when they are getting into the opposition 22, are going to love to

:20:52. > :21:04.play a wee bit more. Again, the referee's arm out, Dudley

:21:05. > :21:12.Phillips shooting his arm out for an advantage to the Scarlets.

:21:13. > :21:18.Dudley Phillips referring to the Scarlets as yellow. We are calling

:21:19. > :21:26.them orange. It is a bit of a menagerie. Well taken, they will

:21:27. > :21:30.come back. Intercepted by Hoyland. Dudley Phillips retreats to

:21:31. > :21:39.midfield. I didn't see this. I thought maybe it was Hamish Watson?

:21:40. > :21:41.REFEREE: Number six. That is Jamie Ritchie, he has given away the two

:21:42. > :21:51.penalty straight after the score. Let's find out what this is for. He

:21:52. > :21:55.will be disconsolate. Let's keep an eye on his headband. This is the

:21:56. > :22:04.attack. Ritchie, with the tackle. Well... Is he of his feet? He is

:22:05. > :22:11.now. There is the penalty. Took a while to give it. I think that was

:22:12. > :22:20.harsh. He came through the gate, went for the ball. The 7-point lead,

:22:21. > :22:26.under pressure immediately. Another chance now for Aled Thomas.

:22:27. > :22:36.A cleaner strike, that time. He was picking the tee up long before the

:22:37. > :22:43.ball reached the posts. Again, Edinburgh will be annoyed they have

:22:44. > :22:46.been hit back. You know, I think the referee got him for not coming

:22:47. > :22:51.through the gate. I think he came through the side. He can kick the

:22:52. > :22:54.ball if he comes through the rock. You can kick the ball. You can't

:22:55. > :23:09.pick up the ball, because there has already been a ruck.

:23:10. > :23:21.One of the two South Africans in the Welsh engine room.

:23:22. > :23:31.Ambitious! That is costly! That is going to cost Edinburgh very dear,

:23:32. > :23:39.unless there is a great tackle. It is not enough. Damian Hoyland,

:23:40. > :23:44.Hadleigh Parkes, the skipper, went all the way for his fifth try. The

:23:45. > :23:55.loose pass cost Edinburgh significantly. Big Al knows his

:23:56. > :24:01.stuff. He was saying that man is well up there on the off-loads

:24:02. > :24:05.lists, Cornell Du Preez. A ridiculous backhand. In those

:24:06. > :24:13.Hadleigh Parkes. This is a loose pass. He is tackled and throws the

:24:14. > :24:21.ball away at the back. That is an opportunist try. We can be harsh,

:24:22. > :24:27.but you've got to blame the individuals. That pass was not on.

:24:28. > :24:37.Not that way. The game has swung dramatically in Scarlets' favour.

:24:38. > :24:51.Well, you would have banked on that one. He has hooked that one wire. --

:24:52. > :24:59.wide. Snatched at it badly. That is almost a get out of jail card. Who

:25:00. > :25:12.will be thinking, how did this try come? Let's go back to Al. All of

:25:13. > :25:19.the points are coming off the back of Edinburgh's bad penalties or the

:25:20. > :25:26.bad off-load from Du Preez. Edinburgh look like they could

:25:27. > :25:30.create more, they just have to be careful. 21 points and we are not

:25:31. > :25:38.even 20 minutes in. Let's hope this time he held onto it. He did it

:25:39. > :25:45.again. Tom Brown should be running an offence line and the runner. He

:25:46. > :25:49.didn't protect him. Scarlets, Du Preez exposed and isolated twice.

:25:50. > :25:53.Edinburgh have stolen it. Hamish Watson, the chance was on at the far

:25:54. > :25:59.side. Edinburgh have numbers. Kinghorn is, in the line. But is

:26:00. > :26:10.held up. Gets to ground eventually, Kennedy chips it over.

:26:11. > :26:21.Not quite out. Jamie Ritchie turns it back in. A chance to run. We will

:26:22. > :26:26.update you to a change to the Scarlets team that took place just

:26:27. > :26:27.there. Kinghorn now has a chance. Again, the aerial route. That is

:26:28. > :26:48.very high. Not quite. Hoyland, I think it was, who got in.

:26:49. > :26:51.All a bit scrappy. Good game. A couple of fundamental errors I

:26:52. > :26:56.think, in terms of what Edinburgh are doing. They are not protecting

:26:57. > :27:00.Du Preez, they are not protecting the box kicks. The number eight,

:27:01. > :27:03.nowadays, they drop into the pocket and wait for the up and under. This

:27:04. > :27:08.is the case in point. Brown goes away to the left-hand side. That is

:27:09. > :27:13.the try. Brown did not block the runner. I know it is obstruction,

:27:14. > :27:18.but that is what you do, you run the line in front. The second one,

:27:19. > :27:23.again, Du Preez takes that. Again, he had players coming directly onto

:27:24. > :27:26.him. Brown makes the tackle, should be running in front of him to make

:27:27. > :27:31.sure the attacker can it get a straight shot. Almost identical, you

:27:32. > :27:33.can bet your boots that scholars will be fully aware of that and try

:27:34. > :27:52.again. That gave Edinburgh a chance to step

:27:53. > :27:57.up. Dudley Phillips pulls them back in midfield for the first knock-on.

:27:58. > :28:13.Good pressure from Edinburgh. REFEREE: That is what I want for the

:28:14. > :28:21.rest of the game, OK? I think the front row was going to dominate.

:28:22. > :28:25.They are pretty capable. Dell on the loosehead, Andress on the tight

:28:26. > :28:27.head, they don't go back very much. You think the Edinburgh front row is

:28:28. > :28:34.playing for Scotland. Rory Pitman has replaced Morgan

:28:35. > :28:38.Allen at number eight for the Scarlets. Allen scored a try in the

:28:39. > :28:44.last meeting of the two clubs. Again, a good break up the middle.

:28:45. > :29:06.Burleigh fancies his chances. A brimful of confidence today, the

:29:07. > :29:21.penalty coming to Edinburgh. Penalty coming. It's James Davies. Al picked

:29:22. > :29:24.these two. These two sevens are having a right ding-dong battle.

:29:25. > :29:30.Watch him, he is still not letting go. That is my definition of locking

:29:31. > :29:42.your feet. May be the son was in his eyes? -- maybe the sun. Another

:29:43. > :29:47.chance for Edinburgh. As Al Kellog pointed out, they are similar in

:29:48. > :29:58.shape, size and endeavour. Scarlets will not be happy, having conceded

:29:59. > :30:06.this sort of territory. Kinghorn, with his third attempt.

:30:07. > :30:16.He hammered that one away into the seats to our left. Edinburgh 13-11

:30:17. > :30:31.Scarlets. Brown is doing well, his involvement

:30:32. > :30:32.in the start pace. He needs to defend his number eight on the box

:30:33. > :30:51.kicks. He juggled before he got back. The

:30:52. > :30:52.runner, nine, right in front of the capture. That is what Edinburgh is

:30:53. > :31:13.not doing. Giving the ball plenty of air,

:31:14. > :31:25.Scarlets, when they get going. Got to grow and eventually. Collins, the

:31:26. > :31:26.full-back joining the line as well. Edinburgh have Burleigh covering at

:31:27. > :31:38.full-back at the moment. Protecting the Edinburgh midfield,

:31:39. > :31:46.Scarlets lined up. Delivering the ball quickly, three more men out

:31:47. > :31:56.here. You they are. The substitute Rory Pitman. Good play. Almost

:31:57. > :32:00.having a bunch of forwards, they truck up and there is a bunch of

:32:01. > :32:11.forwards left and right and they are playing middle, white, middle. --

:32:12. > :32:23.wide. Number three, John Andress this time. Dudley Phillips just

:32:24. > :32:28.penning Edinburgh in the danger areas and allowing Scarlets to keep

:32:29. > :32:37.the score ticking over. That was daft by Andreas, -- John Andress,

:32:38. > :32:45.you have got to come in as if you are going up words in a ruck, that

:32:46. > :32:50.is off his feet, cannot do that in front of the posts without conceding

:32:51. > :32:55.points. Can see the frustration on some of his colleagues behind him.

:32:56. > :33:10.As they realise they have presented Alec Thomas with another gilt-edged

:33:11. > :33:15.opportunity -- Aled Thomas. Cleaner strike but he is pulling them left,

:33:16. > :33:21.that is two gone left, two chance is gone begging. One of the keys to

:33:22. > :33:27.Scotland success yesterday was Greig Laidlaw kept adding points. You have

:33:28. > :33:35.got to keep the scoreboard ticking over. That is why kickers practice

:33:36. > :33:43.kicking, to get the vital points and there have been a few missed today.

:33:44. > :33:48.Two eminently kickable chances. Thomas at pace, Kinghorn. Knocked it

:33:49. > :33:55.forward but the advantage goes Scarlets. Dudley Phillips, the

:33:56. > :34:05.referee, allows them to go on. Peter Edwards. Off they go again. Plenty

:34:06. > :34:09.of men out left, Edinburgh are totally outnumbered, if Scarlets go

:34:10. > :34:20.left but they have cut inside. They can go left again. A penalty is

:34:21. > :34:25.coming again for Scarlets. They go left, extra men. Extra men, and an

:34:26. > :34:31.easy score. Eventually blitzing their way through the far side and

:34:32. > :34:41.Dudley Phillips is going to have a word as well. We had a ruck and went

:34:42. > :34:45.down with a hand, you cannot do that. It seems to me that there are

:34:46. > :34:53.too many penalties in this area of the field, that has got to change.

:34:54. > :34:57.The warning is clear, listening to what Dudley Phillips was saying.

:34:58. > :35:02.Let's concentrate on this, that is athleticism, look at the wheels.

:35:03. > :35:08.Regan King is a genius in midfield but gives her flat pass, he had to

:35:09. > :35:13.two people. He has been a thorn in the side of Edinburgh, King, he's a

:35:14. > :35:21.young guy and he has got something about him, James Davis. But what the

:35:22. > :35:35.referee is saying, too many people flopping over the ball.

:35:36. > :35:49.This is a difficult kick, into the sunshine in front of the East stand.

:35:50. > :36:02.He has clattered it, off the bar. Cannot go much closer! CHUCKLES

:36:03. > :36:07.It's a really well worked try. This goes right to left, then hit this

:36:08. > :36:14.man, Davies, who runs through a tackle. Then the kick is almost

:36:15. > :36:24.perfect but maybe three inches too short. Still too short. 29 minutes

:36:25. > :36:31.gone almost, Edinburgh 13-16 Scarlets. That has gone straight

:36:32. > :36:39.out. Suddenly the Edinburgh precision and accuracy has gone into

:36:40. > :36:45.the shadows. The mistakes the All Blacks don't make our little basic

:36:46. > :36:49.mistakes. When there was a kick to touch missed early in the game

:36:50. > :36:53.yesterday, it the kind of thing the All Blacks don't do and I don't

:36:54. > :37:00.think they will often kick off and drop kick into touch. He will not be

:37:01. > :37:04.saying sort this out, Allen Solomons, he will just be saying

:37:05. > :37:14.calm down, do the simple things, yet the passes, get the picture you want

:37:15. > :37:18.to be, and that hope CU. For me the key to Edinburgh is this silly

:37:19. > :37:21.penalties. Interesting to hear Dudley Phillips having a word,

:37:22. > :37:27.saying you are giving away too many in your own 22. If they keep doing

:37:28. > :37:36.that Scarlets will take the points or straight Edinburgh wide. It was a

:37:37. > :37:43.great finish from Davies. To be able to finish shows how athletic years

:37:44. > :37:51.as well, as John pointed out. -- athletic years.

:37:52. > :38:02.Big ten minutes to come for both teams. It's been good contest.

:38:03. > :38:07.Edinburgh have given away some silly penalties, a couple of offside

:38:08. > :38:15.penalties. A couple of defensive ruck penalties. Unnecessarily. Cost

:38:16. > :38:20.them dearly because here comes Scarlets again. Burleigh holds them

:38:21. > :38:25.up. Edinburgh have stolen it, ripped away by Burleigh. He has been

:38:26. > :38:33.increasingly influential in all sorts of ways. Switched back into

:38:34. > :38:38.midfield, into the traffic. Lengthening shadows here at

:38:39. > :38:46.Murrayfield. That is careless. Careless mistake by Tom Brown again.

:38:47. > :38:51.Taking his eye off the ball. It has not gone Edinburgh 's way, when

:38:52. > :38:56.Scarlets have the ball, hand to hand fairly easily. Here, Tom Brown

:38:57. > :39:00.again, I don't know what is going to his head so I wouldn't guess but he

:39:01. > :39:06.couldn't take the pass. Maybe he looked to his left seeing what was

:39:07. > :39:10.on? Having a good game with the ball in his hand but a more tricky game

:39:11. > :39:15.with the ball coming to him. But finely balanced, Edinburgh would

:39:16. > :39:18.still think this is winnable. But they need to sort out giving away

:39:19. > :39:22.silly penalties and keep the ball in hand. It has been a half of two hats

:39:23. > :39:52.so far. -- of two halfs. The front row is being told. Neil

:39:53. > :39:58.Cochrane having some words with the team under the posts. Just needing a

:39:59. > :40:10.steadying hand on the ship at the moment. Solid enough this time from

:40:11. > :40:19.both sides. Scarlets go left. Numbers and up the middle, Paulinho.

:40:20. > :40:36.This time Edinburgh have the penalty.

:40:37. > :40:45.That is so sideways. Almost as if they came from the Edinburgh side.

:40:46. > :40:56.Burleigh, didn't catch that at all, very lucky bounce. Good kick. If he

:40:57. > :41:01.is prepared to claim that he tried that it's a good kick. Exactly. He's

:41:02. > :41:07.had a good game, every time we have seen him play he has got better,

:41:08. > :41:15.much more commanding. He has presence, for sure.

:41:16. > :41:28.The captain delivers. Off they go up midfield again. They have stolen it

:41:29. > :41:35.again, Scarlets. Men on the left. They have men again threatening to

:41:36. > :41:45.concentrate on that left-hand side, in the sunshine. Here they come.

:41:46. > :41:53.Watson sent reeling. This time in midfield they have a stack of men.

:41:54. > :42:04.Tom Brown coming back. Edinburgh on the retreat. John Kennedy has taken

:42:05. > :42:08.one on the chin. Very strong on the far left hand side again, loading

:42:09. > :42:21.the left-hand side every time they attack it. This time of more direct.

:42:22. > :42:27.Back to the left. Just seem to have more men on the field, Scarlets, the

:42:28. > :42:32.way they are playing. Stretching Edinburgh, now coming the other way.

:42:33. > :42:46.Edinburgh just can't get their hands on the ball at the moment. Up the

:42:47. > :42:57.middle. Half-break. Held up. Again it comes back on the Scarlets side.

:42:58. > :43:04.Out it goes again, look at the number of men they have on the

:43:05. > :43:13.left-hand side, in again for sure. Scarlets again, with the third try

:43:14. > :43:19.of the afternoon, it is the late edition, Steffan Evans. Can I

:43:20. > :43:23.explain what happened? They stuck to a three pod system, they went

:43:24. > :43:28.middle, they went to the right, then again up the middle and there was a

:43:29. > :43:32.flash behind pass. This was really clever, this is the end of it. You

:43:33. > :43:41.could see that coming from about two rucks before. This was the rot in

:43:42. > :43:48.the middle of the pitch, out to the left, two blokes in behind, clever,

:43:49. > :43:57.clever rugby. They have looked and saw that it is sunny, they can play

:43:58. > :44:02.wide rugby. Two very good tries. Playing in the sunshine most of the

:44:03. > :44:12.time over in front of the East stand. That was the Glasgow Warriors

:44:13. > :44:22.game plan, they would switch between the sheep. Last time he hit the bar

:44:23. > :44:33.from an almost identical position. Up it comes and over. This time he

:44:34. > :44:39.has cracked it. Excellent kick from the far touchline adding the extras

:44:40. > :44:46.and suddenly it is a ten point game, Edinburgh 13-23 Scarlets. Regan King

:44:47. > :44:53.has fantastic hands. These are strong lads. Look at the physique of

:44:54. > :45:01.the players, bigger legs. Really up for it tonight. Suddenly one try of

:45:02. > :45:27.a bonus point. Three minutes short of half-time.

:45:28. > :45:37.Good chase but again it is well delivered by Scarlets, good back-up.

:45:38. > :45:47.As soon as you see the number on the back who fly into each other, the

:45:48. > :45:50.number seven's. Scarlets have had more ball, when they have got the

:45:51. > :45:56.ball they are putting more air on it. They are maybe more experienced,

:45:57. > :46:01.I don't know, but they are certainly playing attractive wide rugby.

:46:02. > :46:11.Edinburgh have not had that much ball, they have played fairly

:46:12. > :46:15.classic, using Burleigh and Beard. But Scarlets are shifting the ball

:46:16. > :46:19.around the pitch and that is what is confusing Edinburgh. Much better

:46:20. > :46:27.performance from the Scarlets than what we saw in the game at home.

:46:28. > :46:31.Much better conditions. If you think about it Scarlets have always played

:46:32. > :46:51.attractive rugby. He has gone from a penalty. Second

:46:52. > :46:54.one today. Slight disagreement with the referee about his interpretation

:46:55. > :47:00.but it has given Edinburgh the chance to get back in. He has played

:47:01. > :47:09.well, that is a young lad who, he has got his try, made at key

:47:10. > :47:15.turnover in the build-up to the try. You seldom see youngsters impose

:47:16. > :47:22.themselves on games the way he has. Phenomenal workrate, perfectly built

:47:23. > :47:34.for the task at hand. Dudley Phillips again having a quiet word.

:47:35. > :47:58.Into 40 minutes. He's given it a good hoof and it concludes the

:47:59. > :48:04.Forest half successfully in terms of that kick in any case, Edinburgh get

:48:05. > :48:12.another three points. Hit it long, hard and high. That's the kind of

:48:13. > :48:15.response Edinburgh needed after a bright opening start which saw them

:48:16. > :48:22.take the lead but then they were kept for three by Scarlets who got

:48:23. > :48:29.by far the better of the possession and territory and then won the

:48:30. > :48:38.advantage and got up to 23 points. That takes us to half-time.

:48:39. > :48:47.STUDIO: Interesting first half, 23-16 down for Edinburgh, it has

:48:48. > :48:53.been frustrating. They were expecting so much more here today

:48:54. > :48:57.but it has been hard work. Over in Italy the Scottish women are

:48:58. > :49:04.involved, they were 22-0 down but we said Thompson has just gone over for

:49:05. > :49:10.Scotland and it has been converted saw 22-7 after 53 minutes in that

:49:11. > :49:17.game. Al Kellock is with me, what first 40 minutes, tough for

:49:18. > :49:26.Edinburgh. Tough but it is still only a 7-point game. Great kick at

:49:27. > :49:29.the end. Mistakes from Edinburgh, some great play from Scarlets as

:49:30. > :49:34.well but for me it's down to Edinburgh giving them too much

:49:35. > :49:39.territory. Started well, Burleigh showing a lot of invention to score

:49:40. > :49:45.the first try and it was all singing and dancing from the Edinburgh point

:49:46. > :49:49.of view. Phil Burleigh, a number 12 playing at number ten finds himself

:49:50. > :49:52.at number nine here, looks up and sees the gap and breaks three

:49:53. > :49:57.tackles to score which shows his strength. Also being pretty smart

:49:58. > :50:01.which is the best thing about it, getting himself involved, Sam Beard

:50:02. > :50:06.does well on the ground, Phil Burleigh with number ten on his

:50:07. > :50:10.back, has a little look. Good awareness to take the break, the

:50:11. > :50:14.Scarlets defence will be disappointed because they're a bit

:50:15. > :50:18.lazy on the far side getting round. The frustrating thing if you are a

:50:19. > :50:23.coach is if you get a consolidation, get this try you don't want to

:50:24. > :50:29.concede anything and Edinburgh did that. Too many mistakes all around.

:50:30. > :50:37.Not dealing overly well with the kick-off, it's a good kick, John

:50:38. > :50:41.talked about the escorting not been very great, forced the flawed and

:50:42. > :50:45.you don't get a much easier try. Cornell du Preez is one of these

:50:46. > :50:49.guys who when he is really good he is great, a couple of weeks ago he

:50:50. > :50:55.was magic that you don't want to be chucking that away under pressure.

:50:56. > :51:01.He had one slightly later as well which I believe we will see. He

:51:02. > :51:05.needs to know if he goes forward with the ball whether he off-loads

:51:06. > :51:10.it and a couple of times he has forced the flawed. Edinburgh were

:51:11. > :51:15.lucky not to be punished. Quite extraordinary, he is one of those

:51:16. > :51:18.who plays well at times but frustration from Edinburgh 's point

:51:19. > :51:26.of view. One guy you mentioned at the start of the game, James Davies,

:51:27. > :51:29.number 74 Scarlets, showing not only good at the breakdown but can finish

:51:30. > :51:35.as well -- number seven, four Scarlets. He gave a silly penalty

:51:36. > :51:38.away for not listening to the referee but here you can see how

:51:39. > :51:43.strong he is when he gets the ball in his hands. You have to run that

:51:44. > :51:49.line hard and have the determination to get over. Seem to be heading down

:51:50. > :51:55.that left side and causing a lot of trouble, late replacement Steffan

:51:56. > :52:00.Evans coming in for a Van der Merwe and he has done some damage.

:52:01. > :52:06.Scarlets up late great rugby in the Edinburgh 22. We spoke about the

:52:07. > :52:10.fact that Edinburgh are narrow in defence, they need to spread the

:52:11. > :52:14.line about more because the passes in behind are killing them. Regan

:52:15. > :52:19.King, everything Scarlets have done well Regan King has been involved

:52:20. > :52:24.with and you saw some great hands. Disappointing from an Edinburgh

:52:25. > :52:28.point of view but a 7-point game. We will build towards the second half

:52:29. > :52:34.but let's remind yourself of some good news for Scottish rugby

:52:35. > :52:41.yesterday in Rome. A vital win and a very happy one as well.

:52:42. > :52:48.Started well for Scotland, some great stuff, this is a friend of

:52:49. > :52:54.yours going over, John Barclay. Did exceptionally well, he's worked very

:52:55. > :52:59.hard, work that lying very hard, knows how to track behind the ball.

:53:00. > :53:03.If you took this back a few phases you would see a break through the

:53:04. > :53:07.middle from Jonny Gray. I was so pleased Scotland went forward and

:53:08. > :53:10.then went wide, but the Italian defence on the back foot and then

:53:11. > :53:16.some great finishing. Stuart Hogg doing some wonderful stuff. Try

:53:17. > :53:21.number two equally impressive, lovely break and beautifully timed

:53:22. > :53:27.pass by Finn Russell. Sets up a good platform. He took the break

:53:28. > :53:32.brilliantly, Russell. What made the try for me was Greg cutting out two

:53:33. > :53:38.players straight to Ryan Wilson. We will see a close-up, could easily

:53:39. > :53:42.hit the ball short to Mark Bennett, that Ryan has been vocal and it's a

:53:43. > :53:46.great pass and a great finish by John Hardy who says anything John

:53:47. > :53:52.Barclay can do I can do just as well. A couple of guys bouncing off

:53:53. > :53:57.Italian players, Greig Laidlaw saying never go high against the big

:53:58. > :54:03.Italian. For me you have to credit the Italians, well taken try, took

:54:04. > :54:10.the ball behind in the midfield and exposed some space. Some good

:54:11. > :54:15.off-loads and a strong finish in the corner. Scotland down to 14 men at

:54:16. > :54:20.this point into the second half, decent defence but not enough. Good,

:54:21. > :54:27.solid, dynamic try by Italy. The Italians had some great territory

:54:28. > :54:33.and a few times Scotland held firm. But credit to them, another tough

:54:34. > :54:42.one for the TMO, had a very close look. Strong Italian pack and they

:54:43. > :54:47.will come hard at you. Certainly a try, no doubt about it. For

:54:48. > :54:54.Disappointment Scotland, at that point the stadium was going wild but

:54:55. > :54:58.this silenced them very quickly. Great try, great handoffs and

:54:59. > :55:02.off-loads and a big smile on the face of all of Scotland. You could

:55:03. > :55:09.see how much it meant the boys as Tommy Seymour takes this round the

:55:10. > :55:12.corner. Well taken try. It would have been easy with two and a half

:55:13. > :55:19.minutes to go to sit on the ball, but they took the opportunity to get

:55:20. > :55:22.it wide. The off-loads out of the top drawer, possibly slightly for

:55:23. > :55:27.the cameras but Tommy Seymour and Stuart Hogg and the look on their

:55:28. > :55:38.face and what it meant to them. It was beautiful. Lovely thing to see.

:55:39. > :55:42.Two years since Scotland have won in the Six Nations, there was the World

:55:43. > :55:49.Cup but Scotland are fourth in the table which looks a lot more healthy

:55:50. > :55:52.than it did at 2pm yesterday. We have the ability, the Scotland

:55:53. > :55:55.supporters, we feel we are that you are at the very top by the very

:55:56. > :56:00.bottom but the truth is we are somewhere in the middle as the table

:56:01. > :56:04.shows. As far as what it means moving forward, we can only see that

:56:05. > :56:09.when France come here in a couple of weeks but it should be a catalyst,

:56:10. > :56:12.an opportunity for these guys to realise how to win in the Six

:56:13. > :56:17.Nations and hopefully we do it a couple of times more. You know what

:56:18. > :56:21.it is like to lead a team through difficult times so let's have a word

:56:22. > :56:24.about Greig Laidlaw and the role he has played, because not only were we

:56:25. > :56:33.scoring tries yesterday but he was deadly with his feet. He has led the

:56:34. > :56:37.team well with every team he has played, he takes a lot on his own

:56:38. > :56:41.shoulders which is great to see. I messaged him after the game and said

:56:42. > :56:45.congratulations because I knew how much it would have meant and he

:56:46. > :56:49.played exceptionally well which is pleasing. The press conference after

:56:50. > :56:53.the match, I went to it, he had a smile on his face but also said he

:56:54. > :56:57.was walking onto the pitch yesterday and looked in the eyes of all the

:56:58. > :57:01.players and said you are going to win, because he could see they were

:57:02. > :57:08.determined. That is quite a call, that he had the confidence. It is an

:57:09. > :57:13.easy goal to make after you have won but absolutely. He knows the players

:57:14. > :57:16.better than anyone, he will understand the pressure they have

:57:17. > :57:24.been feeling, everyone talking about these Six Nations games and that

:57:25. > :57:28.takes the pressure off. We want get carried away because there were

:57:29. > :57:31.things yesterday which were not brilliant, falling off tackles for

:57:32. > :57:37.one of the Italian tries for example but it's a good place to build from.

:57:38. > :57:43.Of course. I believe the key for that group of players was learning

:57:44. > :57:47.how to win. It's a talented group of players, and young. Guys who are

:57:48. > :57:51.improving game on game, year-on-year. Now they got the first

:57:52. > :57:55.win in the Six Nations, it's a simple thing to say but it will show

:57:56. > :57:58.what they need to do to keep going and it's important for the

:57:59. > :58:02.supporters who will come here and watch when France come and visit and

:58:03. > :58:08.all those lucky enough to go out there. France are interesting this

:58:09. > :58:12.year because they don't look like a French side because they don't have

:58:13. > :58:22.any layer, they don't have any guy you'll but they have brutality. What

:58:23. > :58:27.do Scotland have to do to get the second win on the board? I guess not

:58:28. > :58:31.take them on nose to nose? In every game of rugby physicality is huge

:58:32. > :58:35.and that has been one of the most pleasing things in the whole

:58:36. > :58:39.tournament, the Scottish front five, the Scottish pack, it will be as

:58:40. > :58:42.physical as any team they will play against. The Italians would have

:58:43. > :58:47.been looking to dominate physically yesterday but were not able to. Do

:58:48. > :58:57.you think they can beat France here? And outwardly, get a good platform

:58:58. > :59:05.from the front five and keep playing rugby. -- undoubtably. Edinburgh, to

:59:06. > :59:10.turn this around just had to cut out the mistakes and start playing as we

:59:11. > :59:14.know they can do. Cut out the mistakes, especially the first 10-15

:59:15. > :59:19.minutes of the game, it looked like two teams feeling each other out to

:59:20. > :59:24.find out what it would take to win the game. Relax and play more rugby.

:59:25. > :59:28.Edinburgh looked dangerous when they played a bit, defensively they need

:59:29. > :59:33.to make sure they make the tackles. They have fallen off a couple and

:59:34. > :59:37.Scarlets have taken advantage. Scarlets not taking advantage of the

:59:38. > :59:43.tax, they could be out of sight at the moment -- the kicks. I guess

:59:44. > :59:47.Edinburgh just up to knuckle down and get on with business. Knuckle

:59:48. > :59:55.bone, when the opportunities come, play them. It does not matter where

:59:56. > :00:01.they come from. It's a big game, they will need a big 40 minutes

:00:02. > :00:06.here, enjoy this in the company of John Beattie and Hugh Dan MacLennan.

:00:07. > :00:13.This could very well defined Edinburgh season, this match and

:00:14. > :00:21.what happens in the next few days. Another change to the team, Simon

:00:22. > :00:29.Berghan coming on for John Andress at loosehead. Number 18 has replaced

:00:30. > :00:34.number 34 Edinburgh who are playing from left to right. -- replaced

:00:35. > :00:57.number three, four Edinburgh. Scarlets playing an orange.

:00:58. > :01:03.Knock-on, and tidy ball giving aid and my good attacking position from

:01:04. > :01:10.the kick-off. -- and untidy ball giving Edinburgh a good attacking

:01:11. > :01:22.position from the kick-off. A 7-point game. League and competition

:01:23. > :01:40.players at stake. -- places at stake.

:01:41. > :01:52.Good knowledge by Edinburgh, coming up to appeal. --

:01:53. > :02:04.immediate impact from the big man. Blair Kinghorn has the ball, Phil

:02:05. > :02:06.Burleigh having a word with the referee as well. Kinghorn only has

:02:07. > :02:23.one thing in his mind. We picked up Simon Berghan in the

:02:24. > :02:24.last game, he looks like a weightlifter. Massive power, big,

:02:25. > :02:44.big man. Good chance for Blair Kinghorn to

:02:45. > :02:59.eat into the 7-point deficit. Patient build-up, quick look. Off we

:03:00. > :03:04.go. Good three points. 19-23. Simon Berghan has a nice concave to his

:03:05. > :03:08.back, goes forward and he is popped up because the opponent cannot take

:03:09. > :03:12.the pressure and if they can get the scrum moving, can do more of that,

:03:13. > :03:24.Edinburgh will get more of this, more points. Good start to the

:03:25. > :03:30.second period. Scarlets could've moved that quickly but decide that

:03:31. > :03:47.discretion is the better option at this stage.

:03:48. > :03:53.A beautiful day in Edinburgh. Perfect conditions for rugby, both

:03:54. > :04:09.teams willing to give it a go. Most of the attacks on the first

:04:10. > :04:13.half came up that channel, this time they are battling up the middle.

:04:14. > :04:19.Hamish Watson gets in the way. That is the rot in the middle of the

:04:20. > :04:24.pitch, then they come left. -- the ruck. They go around the corner. Try

:04:25. > :04:32.to get some more, it is a really good pattern. It has worked so far

:04:33. > :04:36.because they have the advantage. Kinghorn lost his footing and has to

:04:37. > :04:45.be careful. Besides he has an option. Has delivered it straight to

:04:46. > :04:49.the Welsh full-back Michael Collins. Turns inside to Aled Thomas. Again

:04:50. > :05:16.they come left. Edinburgh not contesting so heavily

:05:17. > :05:22.now, just committing maybe two men to the breakdown. This time the

:05:23. > :05:26.Welsh give it a bit more air. Plenty of men out towards the far

:05:27. > :05:33.touchline. Edinburgh holding them in midfield.

:05:34. > :05:42.Untidy, Edinburgh have stolen it. They have turned it over. Here they

:05:43. > :05:51.come, Hamish Watson straightens up. Shoulder down, head down, knees

:05:52. > :05:59.going. The captain on his back. Edinburgh are now enjoying some time

:06:00. > :06:03.in the sunshine. He is such a pest! He pleads his innocence with such a

:06:04. > :06:11.case but Dudley Phillips is not interested. Don't do it, stop being

:06:12. > :06:19.silly! Some actors on the far side, all a bit of nonsense really. --

:06:20. > :06:27.some actors. Again the two number seven's key to that.

:06:28. > :06:36.Penalty, maybe. Was not taking the full weight of his body. REFEREE: In

:06:37. > :06:43.my opinion, you did not have full control when engaged. The opinion

:06:44. > :06:50.was that he didn't have possession of the ball. An interesting decision

:06:51. > :06:54.by Edinburgh, to go down the line. If Edinburgh can score, they can be

:06:55. > :06:59.ahead in a game they have not been in charge of. Could regain the

:07:00. > :07:01.initiative here. This is very difficult to defend if they do it

:07:02. > :07:06.right. Kennedy on the charge. Five metres,

:07:07. > :07:43.unless... Kennedy again. Backwards, really. Burleigh sneaks

:07:44. > :07:53.over. He was held and took off again. Two Scarlets players banged

:07:54. > :08:10.heads. Edinburgh right back into it. They ship it wide. This is where you

:08:11. > :08:26.will see the head clash of these two players coming in. That one,

:08:27. > :08:34.Burleigh, I think, was there. Often, you get behind. Hoylands did well to

:08:35. > :08:39.keep that one going. The issue there was Burleigh stopped.

:08:40. > :08:51.I think he was over the line. What we think doesn't really matter. A

:08:52. > :09:01.good attack by Edinburgh. A bit more confidence, every time Toolis gets

:09:02. > :09:06.the ball he accelerates. That could have been another try. Dudley

:09:07. > :09:15.Phillips, calling for a head injury assessment. There is the past.

:09:16. > :09:23.Hoylands managed to create something and keep the momentum going. Well,

:09:24. > :09:28.you can't do and HIA if you suspect nothing. If you suspect a head

:09:29. > :09:38.knock, you cannot do the HIA, he has to go off. Certainly, the referee

:09:39. > :09:40.called it. That means they don't expect it is a really bad head

:09:41. > :09:50.knock, let's hope he's OK. Edinburgh in the right territory,

:09:51. > :09:52.just slightly off with the execution. Well challenged, and they

:09:53. > :10:02.have it. The referee, saying it was knocked

:10:03. > :10:07.forward by an Edinburgh hand. This is well read. A lot of movement in

:10:08. > :10:21.the Scarlets line-up. They come forward and come back. But goes

:10:22. > :10:27.Toolis. Is it knocked on next? No, he doesn't. That is a mistaken call.

:10:28. > :10:28.Berghan has come on and played well. Disrupted by Toolis, but not knocked

:10:29. > :10:41.on by him. Good game. Edinburgh have had their

:10:42. > :11:07.moments. Just confirmation that it was

:11:08. > :11:08.Steffan Evans, the Scarlets winger, who left the field for the head

:11:09. > :11:45.injury assessment. Burleigh, long pass and Kinghorn

:11:46. > :11:47.delivers. Almost breaking away. To the right, this time. Edinburgh have

:11:48. > :12:07.a load of men here. Burleigh changed his mind. The

:12:08. > :12:08.interception was on. The Welsh defence, and quickly. Kinghorn,

:12:09. > :12:28.joining the line. We are being told that in the 25

:12:29. > :12:30.number shirt, Tagicakibau, and that is because the 23 shirt is too

:12:31. > :12:41.small! Burleigh almost caught sneaking

:12:42. > :12:54.through. It gives Edinburgh a chance, acres

:12:55. > :13:01.of space. It's going to turn in favour of Scarlets, who have

:13:02. > :13:07.Kinghorn on the chase. He has plenty of time to turn. It was touched in

:13:08. > :13:14.midair. Touched in midair, fortunately for Edinburgh. Not the

:13:15. > :13:20.best clearance kick by Kinghorn. But the advantage stays with Edinburgh.

:13:21. > :13:23.The old adage in rugby is that if you have possession, you have two

:13:24. > :13:27.keep it. Edinburgh are losing the ball too often. When they are

:13:28. > :13:32.attacking, they have the likes of James Davies turning the ball over.

:13:33. > :13:36.I don't know what Alan Solomons will be saying. They have got to keep the

:13:37. > :13:41.ball. Toolis is doing well to distract the opposition. That man is

:13:42. > :13:45.having a game of his life. Two or three turnovers. He scored a try.

:13:46. > :13:49.He's not the biggest, not like he is six foot four, but have a huge

:13:50. > :13:55.impact. It is the effectiveness that counts. It is the story of

:13:56. > :14:02.Edinburgh's season. They give away the ball too easily, on occasion.

:14:03. > :14:36.If we had a pound for every time the referee said seven no way!

:14:37. > :14:44.Kinghorn takes. That was pretty directly up into the air. Those

:14:45. > :14:50.underneath us. That was not a good kick. Aimless. They have options on

:14:51. > :15:02.both sides. There he goes again. The impact every time he has the

:15:03. > :15:07.ball. That is ripped by Edinburgh and has gone backwards on the

:15:08. > :15:13.Scarlets side. Dudley Phillips decides, in fact, the ball is

:15:14. > :15:19.Edinburgh's. These are big moments in the game. Normally about the hour

:15:20. > :15:27.mark, you get the feeling that the next team that scores is going to

:15:28. > :15:34.take a big step forwards. I thought it was a neck roll, coming in here.

:15:35. > :15:37.Got to be careful. Young Jamie Ritchie has played pretty well. He

:15:38. > :15:43.will be wanting to be involved in the game a bit more. The previous

:15:44. > :15:47.break, Davis did not just head for iPlayer, got the ball, coming from

:15:48. > :15:51.the right-hand side, and he hit it between two players. There is

:15:52. > :15:56.Stephen Jones, the stand-off, discussing things. I think, at the

:15:57. > :16:03.moment, the Scarlets are more clinical. They have had more ball.

:16:04. > :16:08.They are a bit more enterprising. The head injury assessment is relief

:16:09. > :16:10.for the commentators. Steffan Evans has come back on. He has been

:16:11. > :16:29.cleared to play. I wonder what Al Kellock things of

:16:30. > :16:39.this? Both teams came out in the second-half and looking to play

:16:40. > :16:42.rugby. The added interest is the fact that the Scarlets one try away

:16:43. > :17:00.from the bonus points. Just a feeling now that the

:17:01. > :17:04.introduction of Berghan has transformed the forward effort? He

:17:05. > :17:07.is a big man, he's got the power and technique. A word of warning to the

:17:08. > :17:15.Welsh front row from Dudley Phillips.

:17:16. > :17:21.That is an incredible psychological benefit, if you can go forward in

:17:22. > :17:28.the scrums. This man, coming on, producing moments like this. You

:17:29. > :17:32.think, there is already a Scarlets player with knees on the ground. The

:17:33. > :17:37.key to any scrum is the tight head. You can see, if it can move forward,

:17:38. > :17:53.everything in the garden is rosy. Sam Beard, plenty of men left here

:17:54. > :17:59.for Edinburgh. Cutting through the middle. A forward pass. Well, we

:18:00. > :18:06.need to look at that again, I think. The East stand does not like that!

:18:07. > :18:11.For obvious reasons. This is a great starter play. They hit a really

:18:12. > :18:16.wide. A really wide. Kennedy gets there really quick and fires the

:18:17. > :18:21.ball out. Is this next pass forward? It is the hands, if they go forward,

:18:22. > :18:27.then... You know what, the optical illusion is because Burleigh, the

:18:28. > :18:32.ten, is running flat and almost backwards. If he was running

:18:33. > :18:33.forwards, the ball would be... Let's look at this, maybe the referee is

:18:34. > :18:38.right? You could look up that endlessly and

:18:39. > :18:46.not decide, I think. Certainly, the East stand have a

:18:47. > :19:01.different view. That is no surprise! Rhodri Williams, at scrum-half for

:19:02. > :19:10.the Scarlets now. Trying something different.

:19:11. > :19:23.Williams delivers. Thomas sends it long. Blair Kinghorn decides not to

:19:24. > :19:28.rush this one. He waits for the rest of his team. Edinburgh a bit slow,

:19:29. > :19:34.looking a bit heavy legate at the moment. The early momentum of the

:19:35. > :19:37.second half, they need the second wind? We have all been there, you

:19:38. > :19:42.are in a game, you think you are going to win it, you are winning the

:19:43. > :19:45.scrums, your line-outs are good, the starter plays are good, but you

:19:46. > :19:49.cannot score and they are scoring tries. You start to question

:19:50. > :19:54.yourself. They need to get the ball, get up the pitch, get the try,

:19:55. > :19:58.things change. At the moment, it's not going their way. It is to do

:19:59. > :20:06.with Scarlets defending well, but Edinburgh are still in the game.

:20:07. > :20:19.Just beginning to gain an inch. Back to the right-hand side, this time.

:20:20. > :20:25.Taken in by George Earle. Two big South Africans, kept relatively

:20:26. > :20:34.quiet in terms of the open play, to earn it again.

:20:35. > :20:51.Not enough for Dudley Phillips to give the ball to Edinburgh.

:20:52. > :20:57.Hamish Watson did well. Scarlets are hitting the middle and then going

:20:58. > :21:07.blind. Let's watch this. Good ball carrying. Regan King comes short.

:21:08. > :21:11.They are trying to get a Maul. In theory, he's got to release him.

:21:12. > :21:15.He's on the ground. He has been tackled, the referee is right. It

:21:16. > :21:19.Hamish Watson tackles the player and the player goes to the ground, and

:21:20. > :21:24.he did, he's got to release it. The referee says he can't move, we will

:21:25. > :21:29.call it a that ruck is developing, but you're not getting the

:21:30. > :21:36.advantage. Going nowhere, according to Dudley Phillips. Some Edinburgh

:21:37. > :21:41.players warming up on the touchline, possibly the hour mark approaching.

:21:42. > :21:44.I wonder what Stephen Jones would have made of it, out there himself.

:21:45. > :22:06.The master tactician. Another big scrum in midfield.

:22:07. > :22:17.Edinburgh 19-23 Scarlets. Just the one scorer in this second half. A

:22:18. > :22:23.penalty to Blair Kinghorn. Three tries to one, to the Scarlets.

:22:24. > :22:32.A loose pass. But it worked. Scarlets are on the charge, on the

:22:33. > :22:40.far side again. Gareth Owen goes to ground. Rhodri Williams. Some

:22:41. > :22:46.numerical advantage here. Reagan King decided he would just restart

:22:47. > :22:53.the whole thing. Again, Rhodri Williams picking up the pace of the

:22:54. > :23:05.game. A choke tackle, holding them up. It counted, because Edinburgh

:23:06. > :23:10.have got the possession. Again, Burley at the heart of it all. I

:23:11. > :23:14.think this is Jamie Ritchie's moment. He has had a bit of a tough

:23:15. > :23:19.game. He's up against some good players. I think Richie is the man

:23:20. > :23:23.that makes the tackle. Let's watch this. It comes across, left to

:23:24. > :23:31.right, long pass. Ritchie in the headband. He is the one shouting

:23:32. > :23:36.maul. He is telling the referee, it is a maul, he cleverly doesn't move,

:23:37. > :23:40.and they get the scrum. Is given away a couple of penalties, but that

:23:41. > :23:45.is a good move. I think Edinburgh need to get out of the half and get

:23:46. > :23:53.up the other end of the pitch. Michael Allen has left the field

:23:54. > :23:54.from the Edinburgh midfield. Christine is his replacement at

:23:55. > :24:26.number 22. -- Chris D unit. Carrying an injury, there. Scarlets

:24:27. > :24:35.are also making a change. Dylan Evans has come on in place of the

:24:36. > :24:46.legendary Phil John, playing his 192nd game. Phenomenal record. Maybe

:24:47. > :24:53.moments in the game where the outcome could well be decided, as we

:24:54. > :24:57.head into the last 20 minutes. A crucial phase of the game. That is

:24:58. > :25:40.the Welsh substitute, Dylan Evans. They need to start creating some

:25:41. > :25:42.sort of go forward here. They are spending too much time in their own

:25:43. > :26:03.midfield. Kinghorn. At pace. Edinburgh, the

:26:04. > :26:10.left-hand side, Burleigh delivers. Cutting inwards. Edinburgh, reaching

:26:11. > :26:21.the area of the field they want to be in. The same man, James Davis.

:26:22. > :26:25.Brilliant. Men over. There might have been wiser holding onto that.

:26:26. > :26:32.That is going to run and run, and certainly go over the line. That is

:26:33. > :26:38.far enough for Blair Kinghorn. He has had some game, hasn't it?

:26:39. > :26:43.Fantastic. You think of the impact of Ritchie for the All Blacks, a

:26:44. > :26:47.number seven, rips the ball. Actually ripped the ball in the

:26:48. > :26:52.middle of tackling. He can't do it once he has gone to deck, Toolis.

:26:53. > :26:57.This fellow has had an amazing game. The biggest change in rugby has been

:26:58. > :27:01.the defensive effort of rugby players. Rugby players ten years ago

:27:02. > :27:08.could maybe tackle, could maybe defend, but half of them could not

:27:09. > :27:10.do this kind of thing. That is a straight rip, it is like a dead left

:27:11. > :27:25.in the gym. -- dead left. The captain has come off, Neil

:27:26. > :27:41.Cochrane. Du Preez and Cochrane have gone off.

:27:42. > :27:45.Magnus Bradbury will join the back row.

:27:46. > :28:02.They have got these three heavy duty forwards in the middle of the pitch,

:28:03. > :28:09.and then a whole bunch of fours out to the left if they want them. They

:28:10. > :28:17.will hit them now. If they don't, they will be in this ruck. This is

:28:18. > :28:30.great. A clever little chip. He is on his own. REFEREE: Yellow,

:28:31. > :28:34.release! The call is yellow, we think it is orange, it is really

:28:35. > :28:37.Scarlets. Edinburgh, some basketball in their own defence. Kennedy is a

:28:38. > :28:49.bit stranded. Now they have their shape back.

:28:50. > :28:54.Burleigh left it late but got it away. It comes to Michael Collins.

:28:55. > :29:05.Again, they are waiting to attack their left-hand side, just below us.

:29:06. > :29:12.There is not much of a gap. Edinburgh have three men back.

:29:13. > :29:19.Not quite getting the length or accuracy you would want, rushing his

:29:20. > :29:24.kick. Can see the frustration. Just needing to take a little bit more

:29:25. > :29:30.time. Maybe a little bit more time practising his kicking. He has got

:29:31. > :29:34.the grass, but he's got a couple of bits missing. One of them might be

:29:35. > :29:41.the kicking. They brought a couple of youngsters, they brought on

:29:42. > :29:47.Turner. I think this is an instinct hooker, he is big and tall, not the

:29:48. > :29:51.classic hooker. This is the replacement, George Turner. He flies

:29:52. > :29:55.around the pitch. Another young lad, a good throw, good speed. They will

:29:56. > :29:57.want him to make an impact. A young fellow on the cusp of maybe bigger

:29:58. > :30:11.things. Alarmingly, the last 15 minutes,

:30:12. > :30:16.Edinburgh have been in their own half. One attacking spell second

:30:17. > :30:17.half. I was going to say they have not looked like getting out of

:30:18. > :30:34.there, that is the problem. Contesting, but losing virtually

:30:35. > :30:38.every time. Now they have a chance to move, slipping the tackles. Neck

:30:39. > :30:59.roll, you can't do a neck roll. The TMO has intervened, we suspect

:31:00. > :31:05.on the neck roll. What we are going to see... I'm going to put it on the

:31:06. > :31:10.big screen, it is a neck roll. This is dangerous. This is becoming more

:31:11. > :31:13.and more prevalent in rugby, when a defending player goes into an

:31:14. > :31:20.attacker in the ruck and grabbed him around the neck, it happened

:31:21. > :31:23.quickly, but the TMO has seen it. I think the boys in the truck are

:31:24. > :31:31.doing their best to find it. The crowd are going to see it at the

:31:32. > :31:37.same time as deadly -- Dudley Phillips. A neck roll by the

:31:38. > :31:42.Scarlets player. Let's watch this now, can pick it out. .Co who goes

:31:43. > :31:47.in, the next player goes into the rock. There is the neck roll. Far

:31:48. > :31:56.away side. You can't do that. That is the hooker. It might be on Tom

:31:57. > :32:00.Brown? It is this arriving player, coming out. Number two, Scarlets, on

:32:01. > :32:14.22. That is dangerous. Well, it is a penalty. I suppose it

:32:15. > :32:19.could have been a step further and it could have been a yellow card at

:32:20. > :32:22.some stage, but it was the first intervention by the TMO. The trouble

:32:23. > :32:26.for the players, until this season, they will have been coached to do

:32:27. > :32:31.that. He knew he had done it, he's not happy, but until this year he

:32:32. > :32:35.had been coached to do the neck roll. There is no hiding place, the

:32:36. > :33:07.TMO is there. Just to confirm, this... The

:33:08. > :33:18.line-out, this does not happen much, if you watch it, Edinburgh throw the

:33:19. > :33:22.line-out, they create a maul and nobody goes in. This will set up a

:33:23. > :33:26.good attack. This is play by the Scarlets, they don't go into the

:33:27. > :33:31.line-up. Watch, everybody stands off, and they catch it. They should

:33:32. > :33:32.run around the back, but they tackled the player, they can't

:33:33. > :33:51.tackle. Just to confirm, Kirby Myhill's leaving the field was

:33:52. > :33:59.not for the neck roll, it was a substitution.

:34:00. > :34:06.The Scarlets have done well, wrestled him to the ground. Kennedy

:34:07. > :34:07.wants to go left. The game is for the winning. They try changes

:34:08. > :34:23.everything. Edinburgh on the charge. Kennedy

:34:24. > :34:32.skips in. He has plenty of men, Sam Beard. Takes it on. Switching back

:34:33. > :34:42.up the middle. Kennedy has a short pass. What a challenge. That was

:34:43. > :34:50.Paulinho. Long pass out to the French. Here we go! Two meters.

:34:51. > :34:57.Edinburgh. Kennedy. He switches. He was caught.

:34:58. > :35:10.They have another chance. Magnus Bradbury was so close. Number 20.

:35:11. > :35:20.Edinburgh have made the crucial, what could be a crucial,

:35:21. > :35:25.breakthrough from close range. That was coming. It was patience and it

:35:26. > :35:29.was the first time they have really threatened in the second half. The

:35:30. > :35:33.key is earlier than this. It is the Bradbury break. Toolis has the leg

:35:34. > :35:40.drive to go through. Bradbury, this is the try. Toolis, low body angle,

:35:41. > :35:47.does not get taken by the first tackle and goes over the line. The

:35:48. > :35:50.break early by number 20, whose mum was a rugby player and Highland

:35:51. > :35:56.games compared, he is going to get capped one-day. He is the new

:35:57. > :36:00.generation. He is on for Du Preez, the classic number eight. But his

:36:01. > :36:06.break was fantastic. If this game is won, it was Dean, who took the ball,

:36:07. > :36:10.and then the two youngsters, Bradbury, turned the game around.

:36:11. > :36:19.Here is another one, the 19-year-old full-back. On 70 minutes. He could

:36:20. > :36:23.start to open up a gap. Edinburgh have taken the lead, they have

:36:24. > :36:28.scored all of the points in the second half.

:36:29. > :36:39.Hit the post! I don't know what it is about that set of posts but that

:36:40. > :36:42.is the bar and a left-hand post. Here is the break, Bradbury comes

:36:43. > :36:46.on, takes the ball and says I am going right through you, through you

:36:47. > :36:52.and I will go right through you as well. He went through four Scarlets

:36:53. > :36:58.players. Kennedy does well, does not allow himself to be turned. It comes

:36:59. > :37:07.back and it is classic one pass rugby and they are on for the try.

:37:08. > :37:14.Toolis, man on his back and he went through, fantastic rugby. And the

:37:15. > :37:19.young boys made it. Classic finish but here comes Scarlets, 24-23 and

:37:20. > :37:24.we are in the final ten minutes. This could be a seizing defining

:37:25. > :37:31.five days for the capital city club. -- season defining. It's been a good

:37:32. > :37:38.contest. It's been a good contest every single phase of play has been

:37:39. > :37:45.severely testing. You're right, it's been a great game. It's not finished

:37:46. > :37:52.either. Because Scarlets now they have a lot at stake here.

:37:53. > :38:02.Bonus point could be absolutely crucial to them if they get that

:38:03. > :38:09.either way. One try short. Edinburgh's league position is also

:38:10. > :38:17.crucial. Unfortunate slip in midfield. I think Edinburgh have it.

:38:18. > :38:30.They have it, the habit. Edinburgh beginning to pick up the pace. You

:38:31. > :38:35.heard the referee, side entry. The original turnover I think was

:38:36. > :38:41.Bradbury. This is what's, blasting his way through, Simon Bird coming

:38:42. > :38:58.in to support comes from the side. -- Simon Berghan. Suddenly under

:38:59. > :39:03.threat again. As we keep seeing, when a team scores the other team

:39:04. > :39:05.has an uncanny knack of getting back. Avoidable penalties costing

:39:06. > :39:33.Edinburgh. Hooked it left again, that is the

:39:34. > :39:40.third one! Three to the left. I don't think you would have kicked it

:39:41. > :39:49.that well John. Kickers can win and lose matches, think of Jonny

:39:50. > :39:54.Wilkinson, Greig Laidlaw, this is a kick, pulled it to the left.

:39:55. > :40:04.Edinburgh half to see out seven minutes. That's the third kickable

:40:05. > :40:18.penalty which has gone the same way. Seven minutes. And counting. Win is

:40:19. > :40:21.a win on a day like this. I am sure Allen Solomons would settle for the

:40:22. > :40:29.1-point victory but I suspect there are more points in this game. One

:40:30. > :40:36.way or the other. The more the play goes to the right-hand side the

:40:37. > :40:45.happier Edinburgh will obviously be. But Scarlets still moving the ball

:40:46. > :40:52.slickly. Switching left again, the pace, the substitute crashing in.

:40:53. > :41:00.Dylan Evans. Here they come again. They have a man over. Number seven

:41:01. > :41:07.again. Decides to take it on. That was the same move they scored off,

:41:08. > :41:12.two behind passes buying two big forwards. Name watch and returns the

:41:13. > :41:25.favour, get themselves out of trouble, just. -- he Watson --

:41:26. > :41:33.Hamish Watson returns the favour. The pace is all from Scarlets. This

:41:34. > :41:44.will test the Edinburgh resolve and their resources. Again they are thin

:41:45. > :41:48.on the far side. A fantastic tackle. Smashed him in midfield, Jamie

:41:49. > :41:53.Ritchie. Again on the far side this time it is Tom Brown again. Driving

:41:54. > :42:02.Scarlets backwards in front of all the Edinburgh supporters on the far

:42:03. > :42:04.side. Dudley Phillips holding the Edinburgh defensive line, the last

:42:05. > :42:12.thing they want is another against them. The margin is so fine, it is a

:42:13. > :42:25.1-point game. Edinburgh player down in midfield. Advantage still being

:42:26. > :42:32.played. Now there is a Scarlets player, the advantage is over. Some

:42:33. > :42:37.tired legs out there now. Edinburgh and a man down, Turner is off, are

:42:38. > :42:44.we being treated so there is an extra man. Another Scarlets player

:42:45. > :42:55.injured. That's a penalty! Edinburgh have it. Blair Kinghorn is

:42:56. > :43:02.suffering. Tom Brown is down on the far side. It's like a casualty

:43:03. > :43:11.clearing station out there at the moment. Bodies everywhere. I hugely

:43:12. > :43:19.intensive passage of play. Relentless. Jamie Ritchie got an

:43:20. > :43:23.earlier turnover, that was vital. Scarlets flying the ball right,

:43:24. > :43:25.middle, left, middle. Ritchie targeted the ruck and got in on the

:43:26. > :43:42.ball and eventually held on. Number 25 is back on again.

:43:43. > :43:48.Tagicakibau. Let's go down to Al Kellock, he has chosen a man of the

:43:49. > :43:53.match. We were looking at him, James Davies for me has been the best

:43:54. > :43:59.player on the park. Regan King, Hamish Watson, Jamie Ritchie had a

:44:00. > :44:03.great second half but the best player on the park has to have been

:44:04. > :44:09.James Davies. I don't think anyone would argue with that. Good choice

:44:10. > :44:18.by Al Kellock. James Davies of Scarlets is the man of the match.

:44:19. > :44:28.Dudley Phillips, that is all helpful to Edinburgh in a funny kind of way

:44:29. > :44:34.because we are down to three minutes and that eats into the clock. If

:44:35. > :44:39.they win this game it's been a great call by the coach, bringing on some

:44:40. > :44:46.of the young boys, Bradbury, Turner, Christine, he took the ball up the

:44:47. > :44:53.left-hand side. Scarlets... Have the ball. The delivery by the younger

:44:54. > :44:58.players has been excellent so far but now they have two step up to the

:44:59. > :45:05.plate defensively. Scarlets are on a roll. Kennedy covers, managed to get

:45:06. > :45:14.it back, now some space for Edinburgh. Going to force Scarlets

:45:15. > :45:21.onto the back foot but they have left four men back for cover. He's

:45:22. > :45:30.gone again. The man of the match get it moving. Edinburgh are at claiming

:45:31. > :45:40.everything. The clock at two minutes. Two minutes to very big win

:45:41. > :45:48.for Edinburgh or some grand larceny from Scarlets. Who have not scored a

:45:49. > :45:53.point in the second half. The referee has been coaching well,

:45:54. > :45:58.telling them away, move, a lot of the games flow has been down to the

:45:59. > :46:06.referee. Only one intervention from the TMO, the game has flowed. A lot

:46:07. > :46:12.of it down to the way Scarlets have come here to play. Without a shadow

:46:13. > :46:24.of about. The handling. They can be direct. We are into... Him as

:46:25. > :46:31.watching -- Hamish Watson, brilliant turnover. It's gone the other way,

:46:32. > :46:38.in the final minute! Dudley Phillips shrugs his shoulders. Watson knows

:46:39. > :46:43.he had it. Less than a minute left and that man almost made sure. He

:46:44. > :47:00.has stopped the clock, Dudley Phillips. It is George Earl who is

:47:01. > :47:11.going to leave. Just knocked on. Will Boyde has come on for Earle who

:47:12. > :47:17.is limping and looks like he has taken a stinger to his right arm.

:47:18. > :47:28.Takes a lot to stop that kind of unit.

:47:29. > :47:36.This is a cracking end to the game. Looking at Earle, he did not even

:47:37. > :47:41.know which bent she was going to. Don't know if he was out of it

:47:42. > :47:47.exactly that he will be exhausted. The final ten seconds on the clock,

:47:48. > :47:52.this could be the last play. Edinburgh have to get their mitts on

:47:53. > :47:59.the ball. The maul is called. Edinburgh piling in. A battle for

:48:00. > :48:08.the ball on the far side, if Edinburgh get it they can put it out

:48:09. > :48:13.of play. Magnus Bradbury takes the big decision to get rid of the ball

:48:14. > :48:22.and Dudley Phillips has agreed because that has given Edinburgh at

:48:23. > :48:26.hugely important victory in five days which could define their

:48:27. > :48:30.season. They have outscored, I'd played and I would wrestled Scarlets

:48:31. > :48:37.in the second half. I'd think they were to win but Berghan coming on

:48:38. > :48:48.got them dominance in the scrum. Then on came Bradbury and Young

:48:49. > :48:53.Chris Dean. The break from Bradbury got them in a position to score a

:48:54. > :49:01.try. This was a game which was balanced for a while then Scarlets

:49:02. > :49:06.got the ascendancy. The man of the match played well but I think

:49:07. > :49:12.Edinburgh, all credit to them. Right back into the game, very brave and

:49:13. > :49:16.towards the end of the match Edinburgh were getting better. What

:49:17. > :49:22.a great result. That was anybody's game, could have gone either way

:49:23. > :49:27.without a shadow of a doubt. Berghan coming on gave them scrum dominance.

:49:28. > :49:34.You had good line-out play, good defence, a couple of key turnovers.

:49:35. > :49:40.Young Jamie Ritchie got the maul and then he got a turnover in midfield

:49:41. > :49:44.then Bradbury carried the ball, very good combination of things going

:49:45. > :49:52.right against a team that is above them in the table remember. Good

:49:53. > :49:56.result. A team which scored three tries in the first half, looking for

:49:57. > :50:02.a bonus and never scored a point in the second half. Edinburgh not only

:50:03. > :50:11.shut them out but got the scores, the coach. Another smiling coach in

:50:12. > :50:17.Scotland. No wonder, he got the victory. Fundamentally, somebody up

:50:18. > :50:26.in the gallery was saying what can we tweak and he changed a couple of

:50:27. > :50:30.key bits, the scrum, the back row and Cornell du Preez was getting

:50:31. > :50:35.hammered, was not, he's one of the best players but he was not doing

:50:36. > :50:42.what he does. A couple of the calls went well and that's a good display.

:50:43. > :50:52.Some nice touches out on the field. The South Africans sharing the

:50:53. > :50:54.respect for each other. Some good leadership as well from Neil

:50:55. > :50:57.Cochrane who stepped into the captain 's role. Let's go down and

:50:58. > :51:09.hear from the man of the match. Commiserations, great performance

:51:10. > :51:14.from yourself but you must be disappointed to not get the win?

:51:15. > :51:18.Definitely, got ourselves into a good position at half-time and you

:51:19. > :51:22.could say we threw it away in the second. Real disappointed. Coming to

:51:23. > :51:27.Murrayfield and putting in that great first-half performance but not

:51:28. > :51:32.adding to your tally. Definitely, the first 20 we were a bit slow in

:51:33. > :51:36.the second half, we should have put them to bid and it didn't happen.

:51:37. > :51:43.You think they missed kicks kept the home side in it? Maybe, a couple

:51:44. > :51:49.were unlucky, difficult, but you can put it down to just that. Full

:51:50. > :51:53.credit to Edinburgh, they came back. At half-time going bonus point win,

:51:54. > :52:00.how frustrating is it to not get anything from the game? Of course,

:52:01. > :52:09.we should have picked up the win. We will review it and see where we went

:52:10. > :52:13.wrong. We talked, Al Kellock before the game talked about how important

:52:14. > :52:17.you would be, I know it is disappointing but you must be

:52:18. > :52:21.pleased with your own performance? Yes, my first game back for 12 weeks

:52:22. > :52:30.so I'm just happy to get to the 80 minutes. I do my best for the team.

:52:31. > :52:32.Just disappointed to lose. Great performance from yourself,

:52:33. > :52:34.commiserations once again that you are the Guinness man of the match,

:52:35. > :52:46.well done. COMMENTATOR: Some performance,

:52:47. > :52:52.mentioned the missed kicks but the crucial thing was the scrums and the

:52:53. > :52:56.way Edinburgh got domination, particularly the early domination in

:52:57. > :52:59.the second half. That man must have made the call and you can have all

:53:00. > :53:03.the fancy dan rugby in the world but if you're going backwards in the

:53:04. > :53:10.scrum you don't sleep very well. Because props are paid to go

:53:11. > :53:17.forward. He brought: Berghan, tight head. Right foot planted on the

:53:18. > :53:24.ground, his back is solid. He's telling the referee I am going

:53:25. > :53:32.forward and he can to cope. That is a prop at the top of his game. Going

:53:33. > :53:36.forward, low, the tight head, both of his feet are matching. The great

:53:37. > :53:40.thing about tight head props, you could always tell them if you were

:53:41. > :53:45.coaching, forget some oncoming around outside, plough up the pitch.

:53:46. > :53:49.Scarlets have come to the left, he can ignore the loosehead and move

:53:50. > :53:53.forward. You can have kickers and all the good-looking backs and the

:53:54. > :54:01.fancy boys who were the aftershave but you need the blokes who are

:54:02. > :54:04.digging the pitch for you. He was the foundation, you build a team

:54:05. > :54:10.around a tight head prop. We will hear from Allen Solomons soon, but

:54:11. > :54:13.at the end of the day not so long ago this Edinburgh side would not

:54:14. > :54:19.have had used a performance like that or been able to close the game

:54:20. > :54:23.out. Yes, I think the coach said this is the first time they've had a

:54:24. > :54:26.proper hard pre-season so they are conditioned how he wants them

:54:27. > :54:32.condition. Normally if you've always in the last ten minutes it's because

:54:33. > :54:36.you lack power and fitness. Edinburgh, in what they have been

:54:37. > :54:40.doing must have up to the power and fitness because they don't seem to

:54:41. > :54:48.fall away in the last five. Happy days are here again, I suspect the

:54:49. > :54:51.coach will confirm that. Yes, the commentator saying happy days are

:54:52. > :54:58.here again and I am sure you are delighted. An important win.

:54:59. > :55:02.Absolutely critical, if we want to contest a top six place we had to

:55:03. > :55:08.win. We made it really difficult for ourselves, gifted them the first 13

:55:09. > :55:12.points. But the substitutes made a difference and the boys hanging

:55:13. > :55:16.well. The other thing from my perspective is it's been a great

:55:17. > :55:20.weekend for Scottish rugby. The national team was superb, Glasgow

:55:21. > :55:28.got an important win and the under 20s won. How important is that rugby

:55:29. > :55:32.in general? Very, very important. We are definitely moving in the right

:55:33. > :55:36.direction in Scotland overall and I think this weekend has been a great

:55:37. > :55:40.weekend for the country. You must be very pleased with the way, you

:55:41. > :55:46.mentioned the substitutes but particularly Berghan coming on and

:55:47. > :55:52.changing the scrum. The strength in depth, in Six Nations is hugely

:55:53. > :56:00.important, and those guys stepped up. Absolutely vital, we had 25

:56:01. > :56:08.players, 18 of our 43 have gone. Strength in depth is vital. Alex

:56:09. > :56:12.Toolis, everyone who came on, they all made a difference. It speaks

:56:13. > :56:18.volumes that we can put out a competitive side. Not just

:56:19. > :56:22.competitive in the technical areas of rugby but the heart and the

:56:23. > :56:25.determination which was shown. I thought in Borough were outstanding

:56:26. > :56:32.in defence in the last five minutes which must please you. What pleased

:56:33. > :56:35.me was the resolve, the players showed enormous resolve. They were

:56:36. > :56:40.not going to lose the game and the energy, we need to bring that for 80

:56:41. > :56:45.minutes. But the energy in the last ten was fantastic. I spoke to you

:56:46. > :56:50.two weeks ago and you were furious at the way you lost that game,

:56:51. > :56:57.frustration over a late penalty, but to get that win by a point is hugely

:56:58. > :57:01.important. Absolutely critical, we simply had to win this game, there

:57:02. > :57:10.was no alternative. The boys at the end, they hung in, those last 5-10

:57:11. > :57:15.minutes we upped the energy, the bench with a huge difference and I

:57:16. > :57:19.think we deserved to win. The strength in depth must be pleasing,

:57:20. > :57:26.inexperienced John guys but coming on and showing determination and

:57:27. > :57:32.skill. It means a lot, guys like Magnus Bradbury, Chris Dean, they

:57:33. > :57:40.are born and bred in this region and the club is important. We will be on

:57:41. > :57:45.BBC Two on Friday night, quick turnaround for you against Connacht,

:57:46. > :57:49.currently the leaders, another big performance required. It'll have to

:57:50. > :57:53.be massive and we know that. We did a lot of work last week, it's about

:57:54. > :57:58.keeping ourselves fresh and seeing we are well organised for Friday. We

:57:59. > :58:03.know it's massive but we go into a ten day break after so we don't want

:58:04. > :58:08.to leave anything on the field. You can see that on BBC Two Scotland on

:58:09. > :58:12.Friday night but thank you for joining us again. Congratulations,

:58:13. > :58:21.great performance, fantastic win. Bank you very much. Good man, good

:58:22. > :58:24.man, good man. Lots of smiles, pictures of happiness. Let's look at

:58:25. > :58:28.the manner of the match, on the losing side, but you mentioned

:58:29. > :58:36.timber for the game and how important he would be. Davies, why

:58:37. > :58:41.did you select him for a man of the match? For me he had the biggest

:58:42. > :58:46.influence of the game. I said the key matchup would be between him and

:58:47. > :58:50.Watson but the last ten minutes of Watson's game was probably his best,

:58:51. > :58:56.a couple of turnovers which were crucial to the win. Listening to the

:58:57. > :58:59.referee, he got it wrong that time, stayed there a bit too long and the

:59:00. > :59:02.referee penalised them but throughout the game he was making

:59:03. > :59:10.decisions at the breakdown which were led by what the referee was

:59:11. > :59:15.seeing. Technically he could have been of his feet but the referee let

:59:16. > :59:22.him away. Also very good in them all as well, and he took his try

:59:23. > :59:26.brilliantly. They have to go and cause trouble all the time, be a

:59:27. > :59:32.thorn in the side, be a bit of a dog. He plays the position so well

:59:33. > :59:36.on the edge. You have to be on the line, Hamish Watson does it very

:59:37. > :59:40.well, the one we saw previously, referee told him to police and he

:59:41. > :59:50.was smart enough to do it. So strong in such a low position. He is a pest

:59:51. > :59:59.that every bit down -- at every breakdown. Edinburgh getting the

:00:00. > :00:03.win, fantastic, let's look at the second-half performance, Ben Toolis

:00:04. > :00:07.in particular. Marcus Bradbury showing tremendous strength, when he

:00:08. > :00:12.got the ball I thought it would get smashed into touch but he did

:00:13. > :00:15.incredibly well. Pass over the top, we thought maybe the chance had gone

:00:16. > :00:25.but he broke through three different tackles to set up, the strength of

:00:26. > :00:29.Bradbury was incredible. For Toolis, at this stage it's about if

:00:30. > :00:33.Edinburgh can muscle their way over the top, simple rugby done well and

:00:34. > :00:38.suddenly they have somebody in behind driving over the line.

:00:39. > :00:46.Going in there really well, just like Cornell du Preez did last week.

:00:47. > :00:50.Get your hands stretched out, gets the try, Edinburgh back in the game.

:00:51. > :00:56.What an important try that was. Extraordinary stuff. It means

:00:57. > :00:59.Edinburgh win the game 24-23. Sensational indeed. I'm delighted to

:01:00. > :01:04.welcome a fellow wing mentioned before the start of the match he was

:01:05. > :01:07.going to be key, Hamish Watson. We mentioned the battle of the sevens,

:01:08. > :01:12.you and James Davies, what a battle that was. It was his first game back

:01:13. > :01:17.in a while, so he might have been off the pace, but he is an excellent

:01:18. > :01:21.player. We targeted him in the week he was coming back, really good on

:01:22. > :01:26.the ball, a good carrier. A bit off the pace, he picked him as Man of

:01:27. > :01:34.the Match! Well, maybe for his usual self. He played well. How big a win

:01:35. > :01:37.is that for Edinburgh? Away in Wales, big games, but you were not

:01:38. > :01:40.able to capitalise on the performances. To get the win at

:01:41. > :01:46.home, albeit by one point comet hugely important? Massive for us. If

:01:47. > :01:50.we lost today, realistically it would have meant we were out of the

:01:51. > :01:53.top six, fighting for the major Europe spot. It is a huge win at

:01:54. > :01:57.home. It still means we have only lost one at home. Massively

:01:58. > :02:02.important. An incredible second-half to keep them to know points when you

:02:03. > :02:10.are chasing a bonus point. What had to change? What did you say a

:02:11. > :02:16.part-time? System wise, it was all right, but it was individual errors.

:02:17. > :02:22.It was down to boys slipping off tackles, we cut that out, and in the

:02:23. > :02:26.last 15 minutes it was more like us. That is why they find is hard to

:02:27. > :02:33.beat. It was not there in the first half. We just said it needed to get

:02:34. > :02:37.better and did in second half. Bradbury's break to set up the try,

:02:38. > :02:42.you must be pleased with the young lads coming on? Excellent, Jamie

:02:43. > :02:46.started and I thought he did all right. Magnus came on, Simon Bergen

:02:47. > :02:51.got a couple of penalties. The bench over the last couple of weeks, a

:02:52. > :02:55.massive impact. You saw that against Scarlets, when we were 15 points

:02:56. > :02:58.down, came on and made a big difference. It was a massive part of

:02:59. > :03:02.having the strength and depth on your bench coming on and doing well.

:03:03. > :03:09.A reasonably quick turnaround, you are up against Connacht. They are

:03:10. > :03:14.top of the league and doing well. They don't have many players away on

:03:15. > :03:18.international duty, that will be a huge game? Massive game, they have

:03:19. > :03:23.won five on the bounce now. They had a bad patch a month ago. A quick

:03:24. > :03:28.turnaround, I think we only have five nights or something. Hopefully

:03:29. > :03:33.the boys will recover well and it is a massive game against the leaders.

:03:34. > :03:39.We wish you all the best. We will be live with that much. In the

:03:40. > :03:45.meantime, thank you for joining us. Hamish Watson has been a monster.

:03:46. > :03:52.There are the Toolis twins. Sean Kennedy, getting a wee munch. Maybe

:03:53. > :03:55.Edinburgh would not have got this is Scarlets were good with the boot,

:03:56. > :04:01.but they could have voted themselves into victory. Quite a lot of

:04:02. > :04:05.mistakes from their man. This was the late penalty that could have got

:04:06. > :04:09.it. You could have got that! I'm not sure about that, but it is

:04:10. > :04:14.disappointing. I think they missed ten points in total at the post.

:04:15. > :04:19.They played really well with the ball in hand. Edinburgh, the attack

:04:20. > :04:23.on the second half, especially in the Scarlets's 22, it stretched the

:04:24. > :04:27.defence like it had not been stretched in the first half. He got

:04:28. > :04:31.to credit them for taking the opportunities. I must say, the

:04:32. > :04:35.Scotland women were involved in the Six Nations this afternoon. Italy

:04:36. > :04:43.against Scotland. The try was scored by Scotland which happened, but the

:04:44. > :04:46.final score was Italy 22-7 Scotland. No wins as yet for the ladies.

:04:47. > :04:51.Hopefully they will continue to improve. Let's have a look at some

:04:52. > :05:04.of the other results of the Pro12. Connacht aren't going so well. --

:05:05. > :05:25.are just going so well. I'm delighted to say we are joined

:05:26. > :05:31.by Marcus Bradbury. We just talked about you having a huge influence on

:05:32. > :05:34.a try for Ben Toolis. You must be pleased with coming on and make a

:05:35. > :05:39.difference? It's hard to make a difference when you come on with 20

:05:40. > :05:44.minutes to go, but I think I contributed to the team so I am

:05:45. > :05:47.happy. Such a young bench today. Almost seemed like a lot of the

:05:48. > :05:51.experienced guys were given the hook and you were given your chance to

:05:52. > :05:56.show what you have got. You certainly did that? We got chances,

:05:57. > :05:59.I don't come on too often, but we are always told to take the chances

:06:00. > :06:05.as well as we can. I think the young boys stood up and got counted today.

:06:06. > :06:10.A different dynamic when so many guys are away at the Six Nations,

:06:11. > :06:13.you must be enjoying the training and gain time you're getting? When a

:06:14. > :06:17.guy that year, we don't get much opportunity... Sorry, we do get an

:06:18. > :06:23.opportunity, but more so when they are gone. Absolutely, the great

:06:24. > :06:29.thing about the league carrying on is that you get the opportunity to

:06:30. > :06:32.get to see guys like yourselves, making the try that won the game,

:06:33. > :06:37.Jamie Ritchie playing very well throughout the whole game, the key,

:06:38. > :06:40.and we talked about this already in commentary, was the SUBS coming off

:06:41. > :06:46.the bench and the impact you guys made. You must be delighted with the

:06:47. > :06:56.last 15 or 20 minutes? Definitely, we are always told to step up and

:06:57. > :06:59.make an impact when we come on. The under 20s, they have done extremely

:07:00. > :07:07.well. They won against England and were not able to capitalise in

:07:08. > :07:10.Wales. It is going well, the guys that are doing it, you must be

:07:11. > :07:15.pleased with the weight is going for the future of Scottish rugby? A few

:07:16. > :07:18.of the guys last year, really good to see them stepping up. We always

:07:19. > :07:23.knew that the group coming through, particularly that age, are really

:07:24. > :07:29.talented. See them doing so well, it is really good. A great performance

:07:30. > :07:33.review, a solid 20 minutes and you made all the difference, as did the

:07:34. > :07:38.substitutes. Congratulations. Let's have a look at some of the tries

:07:39. > :07:42.during a match. It was a good start. Phil Burleigh, getting the first try

:07:43. > :07:46.in the 12 minute Edinburgh. A very good bit of individual play. He is

:07:47. > :07:52.smart enough to take the gap on the blindside. At this stage, Edinburgh

:07:53. > :07:57.were off to a great start. Started a little bit but then pushed through,

:07:58. > :08:03.great play in the second half. This is the real frustration, Cornell Du

:08:04. > :08:08.Preez, captures the high ball, throws it under the arm. This is

:08:09. > :08:13.Hadleigh Parkes, running in for a try to equal things up. The second

:08:14. > :08:17.and third tries were all about Scarlets being good. That was an

:08:18. > :08:20.Edinburgh mistake. If Edinburgh had gone on and lost that game, they

:08:21. > :08:24.would look back at the points they leaked in the first 20 or 25

:08:25. > :08:27.minutes. These tries we are looking at, it is about the Scarlets playing

:08:28. > :08:35.well and being difficult to play against. This is Steffan Evans going

:08:36. > :08:39.in. They are looking for a bonus point, but the fact that Edinburgh

:08:40. > :08:43.managed to not only hang into the game, they also managed to make sure

:08:44. > :08:50.the Scarlets never added to their tally in the second half. That is a

:08:51. > :08:54.great defensive performance. It is. They controlled the game very well

:08:55. > :08:57.in the second half. They prevented the Scarlets playing. The Scarlets

:08:58. > :09:05.were one try away from five points. They only left with one. Let's look

:09:06. > :09:09.ahead to next week. It is Connacht at Murrayfield, that will be tough.

:09:10. > :09:16.The confidence they probably have from this result must put them in

:09:17. > :09:21.good stead as to mark It is a rugby cliche, winning is a habit, they

:09:22. > :09:31.will be here fancying their chances but Edinburgh will be in a good

:09:32. > :09:36.place. As I mentioned, there it is. That is on Friday the 4th of March,

:09:37. > :09:48.7:30pm. Then we will be heading to Glasgow Warriors on the Sunday. That

:09:49. > :09:56.is 2:20pm, live on BBC Alba. Then Glasgow Warriors against Ulster,

:09:57. > :10:03.Good Friday. Then Easter Sunday, the final match, again, on BBC Alba.

:10:04. > :10:08.Newport Gwent Dragons against Edinburgh. It has been a fantastic

:10:09. > :10:11.day, from an Edinburgh point of view. We have really enjoyed this

:10:12. > :10:16.game. It has been a fantastic weekend for Scottish rugby. We had a

:10:17. > :10:20.win for Glasgow earlier on. A great international win as well. Today,

:10:21. > :10:25.here, a fantastic win for Edinburgh. It might only be one point, but now

:10:26. > :10:30.they have a chance to finish in the top four of the Pro12. That makes

:10:31. > :10:33.all the difference. Thanks for your company, thereby for now. -- goodbye

:10:34. > :10:36.for now.