Edinburgh Rugby v Cardiff Blues

:00:30. > :00:35.The Scotland - Wales Rugby rivalry is renewed this weekend, a certain

:00:36. > :00:41.Six Nations match just a couple of miles along the road at Murrayfield

:00:42. > :00:46.tomorrow and tonight, it is Guinness Pro12 action, Edinburgh against

:00:47. > :00:50.Cardiff and it is live on the BBC. Hello to you from Myreside, as

:00:51. > :00:53.Edinburgh look to bounce back from that heavy defeat at Leinster last

:00:54. > :00:57.Friday night. Let's get the pre-match thoughts of the former

:00:58. > :01:02.Scotland captain Andy Nicol. Big changes happening for Edinburgh.

:01:03. > :01:07.Very much so, here we are, the first time the BBC Scotland cameras have

:01:08. > :01:11.been to Myreside, a huge success so far and Richard Cockerill as head

:01:12. > :01:15.coach next year. This could be a great appointment, look at his track

:01:16. > :01:19.record. He was a great player with Leicester primarily, and look at the

:01:20. > :01:23.coaching career. Three times Premiership champions, twice

:01:24. > :01:28.runners-up, three times in the semifinals, Heineken Cup finalists

:01:29. > :01:32.here. He is a proven winner and he could have gone anywhere and to get

:01:33. > :01:36.in here at Edinburgh is a great appointment. Is his style of rugby

:01:37. > :01:40.the right fit for Edinburgh or is it about winning rugby matches,

:01:41. > :01:44.whatever the style? He played with an edge and he coaches with an edge,

:01:45. > :01:47.I think this is what the Edinburgh side needs. It is a young side

:01:48. > :01:51.developing nicely and I think they need a hard edge Richard Cockerill

:01:52. > :01:56.can bring. I think Duncan Hodge and Stevie Scott still in the backroom

:01:57. > :02:00.staff, it is good developing the young Scottish coaches, but overall,

:02:01. > :02:03.it is a good team. More from Andy during the half-time interval but we

:02:04. > :02:08.are getting to the action shortly and in the commentary box, we can

:02:09. > :02:14.hear from former Scotland centre Alan Tait, who is alongside Hugh

:02:15. > :02:19.MacLennan. Thank you. Storm Doris has long since gone to be replaced

:02:20. > :02:24.by a Welsh invasion, which is the capital swathe in red this weekend.

:02:25. > :02:28.It will be quite a weekend and it is down to Edinburgh to get this

:02:29. > :02:36.weekend after a good start. Cardiff the visitors, their debut at

:02:37. > :02:39.Myreside. Bonus point win against Treviso last weekend, eight tries,

:02:40. > :02:46.eight points off the top six, plenty to play ball for them. Missing a

:02:47. > :02:50.swathe of internationals. Peikrishvili comes into the front

:02:51. > :02:56.row. Bennett retained at number seven. Tom James is in, six tries on

:02:57. > :03:02.the wing. Shingler and Halaholo in the midfield. The skipper, Lloyd

:03:03. > :03:10.Williams at number nine. Not exactly a familiar gear setup for Cardiff,

:03:11. > :03:16.playing in the Hoops. They will be from left to right. Just waiting for

:03:17. > :03:22.Edinburgh to come out, a settled side again from the acting coach

:03:23. > :03:27.junk on Hajj. Alex Cuthbert, who has rejoined the Cardiff squad from the

:03:28. > :03:31.Welsh International openside -- acting coach Duncan Hodge. No war

:03:32. > :03:37.button, he is injured, Jenkins is not here either but still a strong,

:03:38. > :03:43.strong Cardiff side. -- no Sam Warburton. They face Edinburgh and

:03:44. > :03:49.after their disappointing defeat against Leinster last weekend, when

:03:50. > :03:53.they played well in the first half but came up against an adventurous

:03:54. > :03:59.Irish side in the second half. And acting coach Duncan Hodge has made

:04:00. > :04:04.some changes as a result of the events in Dublin last week. He has

:04:05. > :04:07.three changes in personnel. The forwards are retained as a unit,

:04:08. > :04:15.with a dynamic back three and they will have to be that. Hidalgo-Clyne

:04:16. > :04:20.starting in at number nine, Jason Tovey in the Duncan Weir. A shift at

:04:21. > :04:27.fullback. Rory Scholes in as well. The captain is Neil Cochrane, the

:04:28. > :04:31.hooker. The benches the big talking point, perhaps, Grant Gilchrist

:04:32. > :04:37.still has no place at Murrayfield but is on the bench for Edinburgh.

:04:38. > :04:40.Matthew Rees probably the biggest name on a Cardiff bench to come

:04:41. > :04:46.later on. A key player at number nine will have to dictate the plate

:04:47. > :04:51.in difficult conditions. The referee tonight is David Wilkinson of the

:04:52. > :05:00.IRA few, refereeing his 49th match in the competition. -- of the IRFU.

:05:01. > :05:07.Cardiff will kick off. And the rain has eased off, just looking into the

:05:08. > :05:12.lights. It has been pretty horrendous for the last hour or so,

:05:13. > :05:17.all credit to the Myreside ground staff for getting the pitch into

:05:18. > :05:26.shape after the storms of the last 48 hours or so.

:05:27. > :05:34.The first attacking option to Cardiff, but Edinburgh... The crowd

:05:35. > :05:41.still streaming into Myreside, just looking round both ends of the

:05:42. > :05:46.stadium and across at the stand. Edinburgh trying to gain some

:05:47. > :05:58.territory. Jason Tovey bulk-macro there was a gap there. Hidalgo-Clyne

:05:59. > :06:00.will be glad to see the back of the rain, it was driving into... It

:06:01. > :06:09.would have been driving into his face just an hour ago. Released now,

:06:10. > :06:15.pink. The call is pink, Alan Tait. Not a familiar set of colours for

:06:16. > :06:19.Cardiff. No, it isn't. Interesting start, Edinburgh trying to play out

:06:20. > :06:22.of their own half and I think with conditions as they are, it might be

:06:23. > :06:26.better putting the pressure back on Cardiff. At the turnover, Nick

:06:27. > :06:32.Williams, he is a handful and if he gets his hands on the ball, he is

:06:33. > :06:45.hard to shift. That kind Cardiff back row is a formidable unit, but

:06:46. > :06:47.if Nick Williams gets football going forward, the Edinburgh has to be up

:06:48. > :06:51.to it. He will set the example for Cardiff and now we know that the

:06:52. > :06:53.strategy for Edinburgh, I was expecting him to charge it straight

:06:54. > :06:55.back but he shifted it onto the fullback Matthew Morgan and said you

:06:56. > :07:05.can have it, so maybe that is a sign of things to come. And if you look

:07:06. > :07:08.back at last week, eight tries from the Cardiff side, albeit against

:07:09. > :07:12.Treviso, Edinburgh with a second-half collapse. On paper, it's

:07:13. > :07:16.not that much of a contest, with Cardiff still having a lot to play

:07:17. > :07:20.for. Cardiff have said they want to stay with the top of the table but

:07:21. > :07:24.if you analyse their stats, these two teams are better with ball in

:07:25. > :07:28.hand than the defensive efforts than they should be at the top of the

:07:29. > :07:32.table and that is what they have to sort out tonight, both teams, the

:07:33. > :07:41.defensive duties. That is a good scrum from Edinburgh. First victory

:07:42. > :07:46.to Edinburgh and David Wilkinson agrees. This was a decent nudge.

:07:47. > :07:50.Richard Cockerill will be happy with that, that is certainly what he has

:07:51. > :07:56.come for. That said peace will get well worked over with Cockrell in

:07:57. > :08:01.charge. -- set piece. To think a shadow extends over Myreside

:08:02. > :08:06.tonight? A lot of them will know he is watching, he is a workaholic and

:08:07. > :08:09.he analyses games Angus Groom is definitely his baby and he will do

:08:10. > :08:13.wanted to be strong and it is something Edinburgh will work on in

:08:14. > :08:20.the coming months. You have seen him up close, is that what he's going to

:08:21. > :08:25.bring? Almost definitely. Set piece, he says himself, his scrum, the

:08:26. > :08:30.line-out, the maul, that is what the Leicester side was always built on

:08:31. > :08:36.and he has always preached it and I don't think he will go away from it.

:08:37. > :08:44.Not so tidy this time, they have to shuffle it back to Hidalgo-Clyne.

:08:45. > :08:50.Across the field and the back three has fallen back, they are expecting

:08:51. > :08:56.this to come at them, I think. First aerial shot from Hidalgo-Clyne. That

:08:57. > :09:07.is well taken, that is a Welsh ball. Edinburgh had to be careful there

:09:08. > :09:16.not to go over. Lloyd Williams... Slack midfield.

:09:17. > :09:23.Cardiff getting their hands on the ball for the first time, really, in

:09:24. > :09:33.open play now. Edinburgh trying to contain them in midfield. Not

:09:34. > :09:36.exactly over committing their men to the challenge.

:09:37. > :09:49.It is well taken. Edinburgh, plenty of men waiting here.

:09:50. > :09:58.Some lazy Welshman hanging around. Loose ball... The referee says that

:09:59. > :10:07.went backwards and the Welsh have it. Again, Edinburgh losing their

:10:08. > :10:11.shape, committing men on the far side in front of the stand. Again,

:10:12. > :10:27.Williams comes away with it. Stretching the Edinburgh defence.

:10:28. > :10:33.Tovey read that one. And he has given that plenty of leather and he

:10:34. > :10:37.has made ground to halfway. So both sides, unsurprising, really, just

:10:38. > :10:41.teasing each other out. Both putting it through their hands, getting into

:10:42. > :10:48.the game. Turnover ball and the to pass rule by Cardiff, looking for

:10:49. > :10:51.the edge -- two pass rule. They are feeling each other out in this

:10:52. > :11:01.middle zone here. Hopefully the game will open up a bit more as we go on.

:11:02. > :11:05.Macauley Cook just being advised to tidy up the way he is hanging around

:11:06. > :11:13.the edge of the rucks by referee Wilkinson. Great low tackle by

:11:14. > :11:19.Cochrane. He has knocked himself out by the looks of it but he put his

:11:20. > :11:23.body on the line. Cochrane in some distress there, getting up. He

:11:24. > :11:28.doesn't look exactly with us at the moment. He has lined up on the

:11:29. > :11:36.defence on the left-hand side but on the far left, Cardiff are punching

:11:37. > :11:40.holes again. Advantage coming. And they are playing on, they have a

:11:41. > :11:47.Bregant but the referee David Wilkinson will take them back. Back

:11:48. > :11:51.to midfield -- may have a brake on. Just looking at Neil Cochrane, still

:11:52. > :11:59.not quite fit. This is how the penalty game. It is an interesting

:12:00. > :12:03.one. They are coming from the side a little bit as well, so they are

:12:04. > :12:09.lucky to get that call and he is going to goal, which is obviously a

:12:10. > :12:12.sign that they are here for the win. I am surprised that the medical

:12:13. > :12:18.staff haven't taken a closer look at Neil Cochrane, he has obviously

:12:19. > :12:23.indicated himself that he feels comfortable but he took a hefty

:12:24. > :12:26.knock. No surprise that Cardiff would take a pot shot at this, seven

:12:27. > :12:32.minutes in, it is a pretty straightforward chance.

:12:33. > :12:39.And plenty of taking power in the Cardiff game between Gareth and scum

:12:40. > :12:45.and Steve Shingler, both funnily enough running at 76% success rate

:12:46. > :13:03.-- caravans Anscombe. Schindler with the first shot at the

:13:04. > :13:08.post. Not so sure he hit that perfectly, but it is first blood to

:13:09. > :13:14.Cardiff. A good little. Lunch Obviously storm Doris is over -- a

:13:15. > :13:30.good little launch. Jason Tovey will get us going again

:13:31. > :13:32.and we have half an eye on the women's Six Nations match,

:13:33. > :13:42.half-time, the score is Scotland seven, Wales 14. They started just

:13:43. > :13:46.before us, well into half-time and we will keep you posted. Some of the

:13:47. > :13:55.other results in the Guinness Pro12 as this game goes forward. Poor

:13:56. > :13:58.attempt by Du Preez to take that, possibly losing it in the light and

:13:59. > :14:13.the driving rain now teaming down again. Lloyd Williams $:/STARTFEED

:14:14. > :14:27.the advantage is over. Again, the Welsh contesting the ball on the

:14:28. > :14:35.floor quick support, halal goat Clive. Quick step from Chris Dean.

:14:36. > :14:40.It was Glenn Bryce that took it in. Switches in the Edinburgh backline

:14:41. > :14:50.from last week to accommodate various other changes. Of those

:14:51. > :15:01.Jamie Ritchie, fending them off. Hidalgo-Clyne, Tovey changed his

:15:02. > :15:06.mind. He looks fine now. Good contest again. Kinghorn joins the

:15:07. > :15:12.line. Slightly higher tackle from George air, -- George Earle,

:15:13. > :15:16.slipping over the top. A good side to side but somebody needs to

:15:17. > :15:20.straighten up and get someone going forward, they are going a bit side

:15:21. > :15:25.to side and it puts the defence on top. It is all very predictable and

:15:26. > :15:39.easy to read. Edinburgh has spare men here. Hoyland taken down. That

:15:40. > :15:44.is a pool ball and Cosgrove is lucky to get that. Back in the Edinburgh

:15:45. > :15:51.side. Looking for space upon the left touchline. Conditions difficult

:15:52. > :15:54.and becoming more difficult, I would suggest, as the game goes on.

:15:55. > :16:01.Evidence that the players are beginning to slide.

:16:02. > :16:16.Cardiff trying to move it from dissent that -- from defence.

:16:17. > :16:33.Hoyland with that little kick, the advantage is with Edinburgh. Plenty

:16:34. > :16:42.of air. They have extra men here. I suspect the referee is going to take

:16:43. > :16:48.them back for the penalty. He is going back to the penalty. Andy

:16:49. > :16:51.Nicol. This is the first time we have been at Myreside, it is the

:16:52. > :16:57.third time that Edinburgh have played here. The high tackle here,

:16:58. > :17:01.you can see it is just around the shoulder, but this is the third time

:17:02. > :17:05.here, the first two games were against Saracens in the Challenge

:17:06. > :17:10.Cup and then Munster, it wasn't a great quality of rugby. Great

:17:11. > :17:13.atmosphere and it is great that Edinburgh have moved to Myreside

:17:14. > :17:16.that what these to improve is the quality to get the crowd right

:17:17. > :17:22.behind them. We have seen a couple of moments but they need to cut out

:17:23. > :17:29.the mistakes. It is very quiet here and they need to give them something

:17:30. > :17:37.to cheer about. Tovey's kick has put them on the 22, the crowd responding

:17:38. > :17:42.instantly. I suspect on a night like this, the kick wasn't really on for

:17:43. > :17:48.the posts, so Edinburgh are perfectly entitled to take the

:17:49. > :17:57.running option. They have stretched all the players across the field.

:17:58. > :18:08.Perfect attacking position. The first part is done. Good show from

:18:09. > :18:13.Cardiff. Hidalgo-Clyne doing some tidying up and getting whacked for

:18:14. > :18:22.his trouble. Driving through the middle. Cochrane nursing the ball

:18:23. > :18:27.gently. Welsh bodies all over the place. An advantage coming to

:18:28. > :18:34.Edinburgh. Kinghorn in midfield is screaming for the ball to be issued.

:18:35. > :18:39.Slow, though. Edinburgh needed quicker ball and they have a penalty

:18:40. > :18:54.coming. Second penalty and the referee will have words. I'm going

:18:55. > :19:01.to check here. Tim? Tim, are you there, please? The referee is going

:19:02. > :19:12.to take a look at the particular incident. The penalty is given but

:19:13. > :19:18.he has gone to the T M O. I just saw a swinging arm and I want to check.

:19:19. > :19:26.It was pretty untidy, but Edinburgh didn't take the right option. There

:19:27. > :19:30.is a tactic here, it is all over the place but they got two penalties and

:19:31. > :19:34.they are in greater territory. Absolutely. Young Sam at the back

:19:35. > :19:40.throwing their big forwards about, which is good to see. Obviously, the

:19:41. > :19:46.referee has seen something, a bit of handbags, but nothing, really.

:19:47. > :20:00.Well, it is all a bit untidy. I think the no arm tackling, I have

:20:01. > :20:03.always been against this, rolling in with your shoulder, Canon bawling at

:20:04. > :20:11.peoples knees, it is worse than the high tackles. They should be getting

:20:12. > :20:17.the boys in the bin if they do that. It is a lousy tackle and it is

:20:18. > :20:20.dangerous. I think you said yourself, there was nothing really

:20:21. > :20:25.in that and to take this kind of age to decide that, but I think he is

:20:26. > :20:31.going to have words. Let's listen in. There is a problem with your

:20:32. > :20:36.team discipline, three offences all in the one phase of play. Number

:20:37. > :20:41.four clearly pushing a player of the ball, number three is coming in

:20:42. > :20:50.after the ball and the tackle by the second row. It has to stop now. Just

:20:51. > :20:54.before we went on air, we saw an incident on the touchline where a

:20:55. > :21:00.Welsh player bumped into the referee and he gave him one hell of a

:21:01. > :21:03.lecture. I think it is payback time. It was Tom James, the winger, who

:21:04. > :21:10.ran into him. He has certainly got one back on them. And he has put

:21:11. > :21:15.Edinburgh, indirectly, into a fantastic position. I think teams

:21:16. > :21:19.are looking 90% of the time to score from this position and it is so hard

:21:20. > :21:22.to stop if you get it right from the start. It is about coming down the

:21:23. > :21:32.ground and getting set in a good position. Cochrane fires it in.

:21:33. > :21:41.Again, there are Welsh bodies... Another penalty for Edinburgh.

:21:42. > :21:46.Advantage to black. Hidalgo-Clyne has a play to nothing. Tovey with a

:21:47. > :21:51.chip over the top, race for the line and that will be called away. What

:21:52. > :22:01.is the referee going to do? Here he goes. Yellow card. He did tell them.

:22:02. > :22:08.It is George Earle. Now, that is a huge call, 15 minutes in. It is hard

:22:09. > :22:12.enough this game with 15 men, never mind 14 and I think Edinburgh will

:22:13. > :22:22.probably go to the corner. It is not George Earle. It is Peikrishvili,

:22:23. > :22:26.the prop. I thought he had brandished the card at George Earle,

:22:27. > :22:31.but it is the prop who is going. There he is there, quite clear. You

:22:32. > :22:40.would back Edinburgh to score now, they should take this advantage now

:22:41. > :22:44.and really punish them. In it comes. D ja vu, here we go again. Cochrane,

:22:45. > :22:52.D j vu, here we go again. Cochrane, the busiest man on the field so far.

:22:53. > :22:57.Hidalgo-Clyne looks for Ward. Cochrane's legs pumping. They can't

:22:58. > :23:06.afford to bring them down, they are heading for the line. And over!

:23:07. > :23:11.Score, Edinburgh. And the crowd have come to their feet at last. Textbook

:23:12. > :23:18.stuff, really. It was the thing to do. Five points is five points, as

:23:19. > :23:22.they say. There have been times when they have done that with a short

:23:23. > :23:27.routes, it will certainly lift the front guys but it is important now

:23:28. > :23:31.with the kick off, get back down there and punish this team while

:23:32. > :23:37.they are down to 14 players. Take as much as you can out of the next ten

:23:38. > :23:41.minutes. It was a good score, it was convincing, it was tight and it was

:23:42. > :23:47.direct and it was Neil Cochrane, the skipper, who led from the front.

:23:48. > :23:51.He's had a torrid ten minutes or so but he's come out on top with a try,

:23:52. > :23:56.that's a good reward for all the possession they've had. He will be

:23:57. > :24:05.pleased with that and the chance for Hidalgo-Clyne to add two more. I

:24:06. > :24:20.reckon he is into the wind. The rain has eased off, just for a fraction.

:24:21. > :24:29.Hidalgo-Clyne chips it up, long and straight because that is two more

:24:30. > :24:34.points and Hidalgo-Clyne running back to halfway, Edinburgh lead 7-3

:24:35. > :24:38.and it's a good score. Definitely, you can see their body positions,

:24:39. > :24:43.they are all tied, driving their legs at the same time as a unit and

:24:44. > :24:47.they are unstoppable, really. When you get into that position now,

:24:48. > :24:53.teams do expect to go away with the five points. And coaches would

:24:54. > :24:58.expect Edinburgh to now put another score on Cardiff, given the one-man

:24:59. > :25:02.advantage. We always say this after a score, hopefully they'll get the

:25:03. > :25:10.exit and put pressure on Cardiff again, play the game in their half.

:25:11. > :25:16.Hidalgo-Clyne scrag. A successful retake, something of a novelty in

:25:17. > :25:23.the game these days. It seems to be difficult for teams to manage the

:25:24. > :25:26.receipt of the ball having scored. But Edinburgh have successfully

:25:27. > :25:30.negotiated the first part and Hidalgo-Clyne tidies up by swinging

:25:31. > :25:35.the ball almost over our heads in the Myreside lights. He will not be

:25:36. > :25:42.happy with that clearance. You want to find distance. But it is a huge

:25:43. > :25:47.night for somebody like Hidalgo-Clyne, who really has to

:25:48. > :25:52.dominate the conditions as much as Dominic Cardiff. A year ago, he was

:25:53. > :25:55.on fire and he was a kid, but now they are looking at him, he has got

:25:56. > :26:05.to come through and be a leader and I thought he was outstanding, but he

:26:06. > :26:08.has been knocked down by the late back to Scotland, Ali Price is in

:26:09. > :26:18.front of him so he has to find form and challenge or that nine jersey.

:26:19. > :26:27.Advantage four on the side. Cardiff have the penalty, it is all very

:26:28. > :26:34.untidy. That was Bradbury who has almost been relieved of his duties,

:26:35. > :26:39.but it is Fraser McKenzie who is penalised. Straightaway, they are

:26:40. > :26:44.going to the posts again, but again, Alan, it must be infuriating for

:26:45. > :26:49.coaches, straight after a score, they have conceded a soft penalty. I

:26:50. > :26:52.said as soon as they scored, the most important part is the next

:26:53. > :26:55.phase, get back down the field and they have mucked about and given a

:26:56. > :26:59.penalty away and if he gets the three points, they have wasted five

:27:00. > :27:04.minutes and they should have been putting pressure on Cardiff. As you

:27:05. > :27:13.say it is a coach's nightmare, after they have scored points, to give

:27:14. > :27:21.them away again. Both Shingler and Anscombe can kick the level off the

:27:22. > :27:22.ball, and on a decent night, this would be an opportunity. Some muck

:27:23. > :27:48.on the boots. He struck that one better and he has

:27:49. > :27:52.just turned it in, there was a split-second where it looked as if

:27:53. > :27:58.it was going to drift beyond the right-hand post. That is a three

:27:59. > :28:02.points. Exactly and that should be a bit of a lesson to Edinburgh, you

:28:03. > :28:06.can't afford to give away penalties. He struck that sweetly. You don't

:28:07. > :28:10.want to give him any more chances like that, so discipline is key for

:28:11. > :28:11.Edinburgh in their half, don't give them any chances to slot three

:28:12. > :28:32.points. 20 minutes in. Cardiff looking for some ground

:28:33. > :28:35.again. Kinghorn waits. Into Tovey. Exposed here, he looked up and there

:28:36. > :28:37.was just an acre space and he has lost the ball on the and Cardiff

:28:38. > :28:49.have it. Cuthbert dancing in and out.

:28:50. > :28:53.Edinburgh defensively at ease. They have a player injured in midfield,

:28:54. > :29:04.so they are a man down and it is Kinghorn. Good tackle by Jamie

:29:05. > :29:08.Ritchie. Cardiff go left again, stretching Edinburgh both sides of

:29:09. > :29:14.the field. They overplayed, Cardiff. They had the chance but they used

:29:15. > :29:22.Matthew Morgan slipping in, but it wasn't needed. That looked forward

:29:23. > :29:26.but the referee has given it the OK. Still the Edinburgh player in

:29:27. > :29:29.midfield is being attended to. So they are still a man down and now

:29:30. > :29:38.they have the chance to stretch it, Cardiff. Again, good tackling in

:29:39. > :29:45.midfield. David Wilkinson this time penalises Cardiff for going over the

:29:46. > :29:52.ball. A poor piece of judgment thereby Cardiff. Meanwhile, Kinghorn

:29:53. > :29:57.is in midfield. This was a chance, clearly the Cardiff, they just took

:29:58. > :30:01.the wrong decision. I thought they overplayed it. That was the phase

:30:02. > :30:06.before. Then the penalty there. I think they are doing a good job.

:30:07. > :30:09.Nick Williams, one high, one low and they wrapped him up and he wasn't

:30:10. > :30:15.able to get the ball back and they got a man on the ball quickly. They

:30:16. > :30:18.are doing a job on Williams, it is a great play for the opposition when

:30:19. > :30:21.you target their main ball-carrier and put two men on him, it upsets

:30:22. > :30:29.the rhythm of the Cardiff team. Fraser McKenzie is carrying a very

:30:30. > :30:42.stiff leg. It doesn't look They have left him on the field.

:30:43. > :31:08.They are not contesting it. A challenge. Penalised on the second

:31:09. > :31:12.attempt. Let's rejoin Andy Nicol on the touchline. Edinburgh going for

:31:13. > :31:21.the corner and the line-out. Cardiff going for the post. He doesn't need

:31:22. > :31:26.the ball. The Edinburgh forward as to protect it more. He is a great

:31:27. > :31:31.player on the front foot. The Disney is a better ball and a better

:31:32. > :31:38.platform. I did say earlier that I thought the range might be defeating

:31:39. > :31:46.Tovey, but Hidalgo-Clyne honestly fancies his chances. McKenzie looks

:31:47. > :31:54.to be the one in most difficulty, although I don't think Kinghorn is

:31:55. > :32:00.100%. Are you surprised he is having a pop from here? It doesn't look to

:32:01. > :32:07.be too bad. The corner flags on blowing. It is well within his

:32:08. > :32:15.range. Again, they have played a lot of rugby in this area. The wind

:32:16. > :32:19.caught it eventually. It caught it at the tail end and drifted it past

:32:20. > :32:22.the left-hand side. That would not have been far-away, but he certainly

:32:23. > :32:32.knows he has the range and distance from there. A yellow card has been

:32:33. > :32:43.completed, so Cardiff is back to full strength with Peikrishvili. He

:32:44. > :32:56.has the distance, but slightly to the left. Tovey has a look around.

:32:57. > :33:10.The wind definitely took that one back.

:33:11. > :33:25.Pink shirts aligned all over the place. Tovey has had to go all the

:33:26. > :33:32.way back. That is going to run out. I don't think he kept that in. The

:33:33. > :33:43.line judge has given it as being OK. A poor kick to get it away. The

:33:44. > :33:57.finish was not what they wanted. A great kick from Morgan. They aren't

:33:58. > :34:08.back in on 22. The wind has risen again. Cardiff have made a hash of

:34:09. > :34:13.that. Clearly the wind is against Edinburgh at this stage. It is

:34:14. > :34:23.having an impact on all be clearing kicks. We can see it on the touch

:34:24. > :34:37.judge's like. As you can see, it goes limp. I think the hooker-macro

:34:38. > :34:47.has had a telling off. -- Hawker has had a telling off. If it happens

:34:48. > :35:11.again, it will be a free kick. Talk to your team.

:35:12. > :35:20.Edinburgh were on him. They almost got there before the ball. They've

:35:21. > :35:28.managed to close Williams down, but Cardiff are taking the short route

:35:29. > :35:33.now. They have stretched both sides. They have attacking options on both

:35:34. > :35:43.sides. Once again David Wilkinson the referee penalising Cardiff.

:35:44. > :35:51.Hidalgo-Clyne had half a thought and he sees it again. They have to stay

:35:52. > :36:00.up and create the area. They have to stay positive and then not. -- clear

:36:01. > :36:04.the area. That is another warning. If you want to test someone's

:36:05. > :36:09.patients, this is right out of the textbook on how to do it. Edinburgh

:36:10. > :36:16.with another injury. Let's see what Andy Nichol makes of it. He has done

:36:17. > :36:20.them twice in succession for feeling off and that is silly. If you have

:36:21. > :36:28.done it once, you know the referee is looking and you don't do it

:36:29. > :36:33.again. Cardiff is being silly. Williams takes it round the side.

:36:34. > :36:42.Watch the Cardiff players. They go straight over it and seal it off.

:36:43. > :36:46.That's two penalties back to back. Fraser McKenzie is leaving the

:36:47. > :36:56.field, just that the top of your screen there. That is a bit of a

:36:57. > :37:01.blow for Edinburgh. He has played well recently. He has stood up in

:37:02. > :37:10.defence. They were missing, Edinburgh. The replacement is number

:37:11. > :37:20.20, Lewis, Michael. He has the yellow helmet. Here he comes, right

:37:21. > :37:23.on cue. Less than half an hour Fraser McKenzie lasted, but he was

:37:24. > :37:32.clearly carrying an injury for the last five minutes or so. Maybe an

:37:33. > :37:39.ankle or an injury to the left leg. He is definitely not scared of the

:37:40. > :37:44.hard yards. Cardiff stepped them back.

:37:45. > :38:03.Up like tackling. Again, there is a lazy Welshman and another card. The

:38:04. > :38:09.second yellow card. This time it is Hoeata. It is the discipline. They

:38:10. > :38:17.have not read this referee well at all. It is just stupid penalties. To

:38:18. > :38:41.be fair, Edinburgh is going nowhere, so I don't understand why he is in

:38:42. > :38:51.aye. -- he is in the. The referee is not happy. He has already threatened

:38:52. > :39:02.Cardiff with penalising them. Now Edinburgh have it. Neil Cochrane to

:39:03. > :39:23.hit his man. A fantastic attacking position. McCallum loses the ball.

:39:24. > :39:30.They have to be careful here. Tidy by Glenn Bryce eventually. The

:39:31. > :39:36.attacking position has gone. Carmichael has seen a lot of the

:39:37. > :39:47.ball. He is not shy when it comes to hard work. Out of the touchline.

:39:48. > :39:59.Down pretty near where Andy Nichol is. They have brought Lewis

:40:00. > :40:05.Carmichael on instead of Grant Gilchrist. It's not long ago that he

:40:06. > :40:12.was captain before he picked up an injury. Some interesting decisions

:40:13. > :40:22.bringing on the youngster instead of Grant Gilchrist. I did say it was

:40:23. > :40:29.possibly one of the biggest talking points in the Edinburgh setup. In

:40:30. > :40:37.that corner the wind seems to be a bit more disruptive. I think we will

:40:38. > :40:43.see from the throw. I will stick with the middle of the front. I know

:40:44. > :40:47.it is boring, but get the ball and cleared the front. That was the same

:40:48. > :40:52.as Andy. I looked at the team sheet and I thought that Gill Price was

:40:53. > :41:09.there. Maybe they are doing like for like. -- Gilchrist. Maybe the

:41:10. > :41:18.line-out is struggling. Lots of chitchat and grunting before we get

:41:19. > :41:25.down to business. It is an interesting blindside defence from

:41:26. > :41:35.Edinburgh. If Williams sees that, he might have a go. He has had a look.

:41:36. > :41:50.Cardiff have it. Edinburgh doing their best to wrap

:41:51. > :42:11.them up. That is going through and again

:42:12. > :42:17.another injury on the tackle. I think it is Tovey again. Morrie

:42:18. > :42:22.McCallum has gone down. A stiff tackle in the middle there. --

:42:23. > :42:44.Morrie McCallum. A loose ball from Cardiff. The ball

:42:45. > :42:53.has been given to Edinburgh, but they will have to stop the play. It

:42:54. > :43:02.looked like two missed tackles. Tovey is the one lying nearest to

:43:03. > :43:12.the 22 and McCallum is deeper into the 22. Some concern here for both

:43:13. > :43:18.players. Tovey went down and then he got back in the line. It did not

:43:19. > :43:21.look too pretty. That was a big statement from Edinburgh. Both teams

:43:22. > :43:27.are poor in defence on the statistics. Edinburgh just had to

:43:28. > :43:36.hold out. With two men down, they forced a mistake. If you can stop

:43:37. > :43:44.Cardiff from scoring tries, you are in with a chance. What do you make

:43:45. > :43:48.of that, Andy? He missed the tackle and it was a real stinker. I was

:43:49. > :43:55.watching closely. The last thing you want when you have a sting like that

:43:56. > :44:10.is someone owls running at you. It seems like a head knock. -- someone

:44:11. > :44:17.else running at you. Cardiff actually had a one-man advantage

:44:18. > :44:20.because Edinburgh were two men down. Number 22 is coming on. He is that

:44:21. > :44:30.the right of centre of the screen. McCullum is on his feet. So it looks

:44:31. > :45:21.as if Scholes has gone to fall back. It is a big game for Blair. He is

:45:22. > :45:27.thrown in on a big night where the pack will probably have a say in how

:45:28. > :45:37.things go. It is all very untidy. Kevin Bryce has come on in place of

:45:38. > :45:44.McCullum. McCullum and Tovey could well be back though. All this

:45:45. > :45:47.destruction is helping nobody. It is just not enabling Edinburgh to get

:45:48. > :45:50.any sense of rhythm and Cardiff again are down a man with five

:45:51. > :46:03.minutes to go. They have had to reshuffle

:46:04. > :46:20.everything to get the position is right. They have a free quick now as

:46:21. > :46:27.well. The score is 12-14 to Wales in the women's game. Edinburgh will

:46:28. > :46:36.have that as an advantage in the second half. Don't know whether or

:46:37. > :46:46.not they will use it, but at the moment it is problematic. On the far

:46:47. > :46:55.side we can see the touch judge's flag. Let's see what kind of job

:46:56. > :47:12.Cardiff make of the throw. They have got some momentum now. Williams

:47:13. > :47:16.waits. More possession for Cardiff. A couple of dummies there on being

:47:17. > :47:35.tackle. Ritchie has taken a knock-on the far side. -- knock-on the far

:47:36. > :47:49.side. The crowd appeal very quickly and Wilkinson was on it.

:47:50. > :47:57.I think Anscombe plays that way. He plays very flat. You could cross

:47:58. > :48:02.that is unlucky, maybe a timing issue. He does take the ball flat

:48:03. > :48:06.and he is a threat himself. Edinburgh will have to be on the

:48:07. > :48:10.ball, especially in the second half when he is against the wind because

:48:11. > :48:18.he will take them on. They will have to watch him in the second half.

:48:19. > :48:23.Three minutes to go in the first half. You would think that Edinburgh

:48:24. > :48:30.would adopt a cautious approach with the advantage they have going into

:48:31. > :48:38.the interval. Maybe this is not the place to be attacking from. They do

:48:39. > :48:52.have a one-man advantage. Mohamed Bouhlel Blair has a massive boot on

:48:53. > :49:08.him. -- Blair has a massive boot on him. The score does not reflect the

:49:09. > :49:15.amount of possession they have had. Let us see what the boot makes of

:49:16. > :49:29.it. He has given it an almighty thump. Not bad, considering the

:49:30. > :49:37.conditions. He has got a big boot on him. The Edinburgh crowd would like

:49:38. > :49:45.something else to warm them up before half-time. Cochrane to

:49:46. > :50:00.deliver. Not so sure that was slid straight. Hidalgo-Clyne is giving it

:50:01. > :50:12.some air. It has bounced up and Kinghorn has it. Through two Allen.

:50:13. > :50:29.He overran it and Kinghorn comes in. -- through to Allen. It was a great

:50:30. > :50:35.kick. Shoved it through with his boot. It went horribly wrong for

:50:36. > :50:42.Cardiff, but he was on it. It was just the bounce of the ball and

:50:43. > :50:47.Allen could not collect it. Another good attacking position for

:50:48. > :51:00.Edinburgh as the clock runs. It will go to read I suspect. -- red. David

:51:01. > :51:04.Wilkinson has brought the proceedings to a close. Edinburgh

:51:05. > :51:11.will be happy they have taken the lead. It has been short and sharp.

:51:12. > :51:15.And one score in the last 40 minutes. Cochrane delivered the

:51:16. > :51:21.throw in the first place. Edinburgh put them under the cosh and it was

:51:22. > :51:25.Cochrane who emerged with the ball, having taken the first goal. The

:51:26. > :51:34.only score of the first half. Edinburgh lead 7-6.

:51:35. > :51:46.That was an exciting moment, but they haven't been to many of them. A

:51:47. > :51:50.horrible night and it has been a pretty game. It has not been

:51:51. > :51:57.inspiring. There has been a lot of effort, but they have been a lot of

:51:58. > :52:04.mistakes. Edinburgh will be disappointed. They are 7-6 up. They

:52:05. > :52:09.will be pleased they are leading, but they probably think they should

:52:10. > :52:12.be a bit more in France. They haven't really cashed in at all.

:52:13. > :52:18.They looked as if they would when they scored the first try. It came

:52:19. > :52:29.on the back of the yellow card. Yes, the forwards did well. I thought

:52:30. > :52:39.that was a team penalty, if you like, but it looks as if

:52:40. > :52:48.Peikrishvili was right in it. They have got the shape there, just

:52:49. > :52:53.waiting for it to move forward. They do get momentum and take it forward.

:52:54. > :52:58.There was nothing to stop them. They showed a bit of patience and

:52:59. > :53:02.composure and got crossed the line. Back that the time would be a good

:53:03. > :53:10.platform for Edinburgh to take a good stranglehold on the game.

:53:11. > :53:14.Unfortunately they gave away a penalty and that allowed Cardiff to

:53:15. > :53:20.come back in it. They didn't really rammed the advantage home and that

:53:21. > :53:25.happened late in the half as well. The dump its well, but they have an

:53:26. > :53:34.pushy advantage home. Cardiff will be disappointed with the lack of

:53:35. > :53:44.discipline. This is the sealing off, a technical term, if you like.

:53:45. > :53:50.Wilkinson has spoken in the scrum-half. This is Hoeata. He was

:53:51. > :53:56.caught on the wrong side. Clearly the referee lost patience with them.

:53:57. > :54:01.You cannot afford to get on the wrong side of the referee. This is

:54:02. > :54:05.where I think they have not been disciplined enough. They have not

:54:06. > :54:14.listened or see the signs that the referee is strict. We spoke

:54:15. > :54:22.pre-match about Richard Cochrane. What will he be thinking? He will

:54:23. > :54:27.probably be salivating. Alan Tate said in commentary that he lost a

:54:28. > :54:31.set piece. He really drilled Leicester well in that regard. That

:54:32. > :54:38.will be something that he will do here at Edinburgh. Half-time here at

:54:39. > :54:48.Murray side. Edinburgh with a slight advantage. We look back at a classic

:54:49. > :55:02.match. The All Blacks were on tour. It was a special match.

:55:03. > :55:10.The first ever match between Edinburgh and the All Blacks. Right

:55:11. > :55:16.away a kick to the narrow side by Euan Kennedy. A good strike by

:55:17. > :55:26.Munro. Watson is going to take it away, but it went to Eddie Dunham.

:55:27. > :55:31.An easy try. Wilson and for the left-hand post, but the wind didn't

:55:32. > :55:38.move it much at all. Getting down very low. Alan Lawson breaks away.

:55:39. > :55:51.On the right foot he sliced that one. Richard Wilson court thereby

:55:52. > :56:11.called -- Richard Wilson has been caught. It went forward. Donaldson.

:56:12. > :56:18.A lovely switch there. Well tackled by the opposite number. Another

:56:19. > :56:22.great tackle. The referee's whistle goes at the end of the first half

:56:23. > :56:33.and who would believe that Edinburgh would have helped the All Blacks to

:56:34. > :56:39.4-0 with a second -- with an interesting second half in prospect?

:56:40. > :56:49.Looking for support from Brewster. He drives on. Lawson once more. It

:56:50. > :57:07.is going to be a try-macro. -- it is going to be a try.

:57:08. > :57:26.This is the fullback. There is real danger here. That is a lovely try by

:57:27. > :57:49.New Zealand. That really was a beauty. A good kick. In comes Bruce

:57:50. > :57:58.Hay. Kennedy switches inside. Evan gets forward. Support from

:57:59. > :58:04.Armstrong. Irving trying to find Bruce Hay. That just went to ground

:58:05. > :58:13.from Johnson. Another lovely Edinburgh move as they put the

:58:14. > :58:20.pressure on towards the end here. Richard Wilson gave it a good hefty

:58:21. > :58:29.thump. That is another one. The New Zealand league is stretched 15-4.

:58:30. > :58:44.That was a classic game, here at Myreside. Thanks to Will McLaren for

:58:45. > :58:58.that. Will we get a sulking game going? -- zonking. Stuart Hawke has

:58:59. > :59:04.brought the Six Nations to life. This was the first try. The ball

:59:05. > :59:11.seems to just be attracted to him in the first couple of games. That was

:59:12. > :59:16.easy. I think he has been on fire. A great pass from Hugh Jones. The

:59:17. > :59:20.backline is exciting. Scotland know how to score tries. It's not just

:59:21. > :59:28.back play. There is some innovative thinking. They came right back in.

:59:29. > :59:33.What was great for me was they took the onslaught that islands came back

:59:34. > :59:40.with, but they came back with a very well thought out try. Brilliant to

:59:41. > :59:44.see. They got well up in that first half. The thing that made this such

:59:45. > :59:49.a good victory is that Ireland really came back at Scotland in the

:59:50. > :59:56.second half. They had to show a lot of guts and character to withstand

:59:57. > :00:01.it. Ireland are a great side. They beat the All Blacks in the autumn.

:00:02. > :00:06.They really have to dig deep at this point. Greg Laidlaw did a great bit

:00:07. > :00:11.of captaincy. Paddy Jackson gets the strike. This took them into the

:00:12. > :00:14.lead. You just thought, that is it. People bought the last ten minutes

:00:15. > :00:20.when Ireland took the lead, there was so much momentum. It's very hard

:00:21. > :00:23.to stop the momentum, but they did with an earlier penalty and the

:00:24. > :00:31.captain just knelt that final penalty. What a great site to see.

:00:32. > :00:39.-- just nailed that final penalty. It was a brutal game. It was so

:00:40. > :00:55.physical. They are so big. They showed courage and character.

:00:56. > :01:04.There were so much pressure that France had for pretty much the whole

:01:05. > :01:10.80 minutes. They only conceded one drive. This is many phases, that was

:01:11. > :01:13.the only try that Scotland conceded in that whole game, when they were

:01:14. > :01:21.under the cosh, under so much pressure. They got a second try

:01:22. > :01:24.here, off the bench, making huge territory to get that try. They lost

:01:25. > :01:26.by six points and all the players were disappointed. The coaching

:01:27. > :01:34.staff were disappointed and so they know they didn't play that well and

:01:35. > :01:38.that is what I think will see in this performance tomorrow, the first

:01:39. > :01:43.up against Ireland was excellent but they haven't replied that together

:01:44. > :01:48.against France, so I expect Scotland to play better tomorrow. We saw that

:01:49. > :01:52.big smile on Greg Laidlaw's face against Ireland, it was different

:01:53. > :01:57.against France and he is out for the rest of the campaign. How much will

:01:58. > :02:07.that affect them? It is not just losing the scrum-half, it is the

:02:08. > :02:12.kicker, the captain. This is a lot of British Lions matchups here.

:02:13. > :02:18.Moriarty was outstanding against England two weeks ago, Hardy has

:02:19. > :02:26.come in. Watson himself was outstanding. And I like Finn Russell

:02:27. > :02:30.and Dan Biggar, the centres. Stuart Hogg, Leigh Halfpenny, those are the

:02:31. > :02:36.two Lions falls back is -- full-backs. Halfpenny is the

:02:37. > :02:40.goalkicker, a couple of great matchups and I think it will be a

:02:41. > :02:45.cracker. Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield tomorrow afternoon, but

:02:46. > :02:49.the main event at the moment is the Pro12 here at Myreside between

:02:50. > :02:53.Edinburgh and Cardiff. 7- sex for Edinburgh halfway through as we

:02:54. > :02:57.rejoined Alan Tait and Hugh Dan MacLennan.

:02:58. > :03:08.Thank you. Edinburgh, one point to the good. Two yellow cards Mercado,

:03:09. > :03:14.they can't repeat that. A stiff, stiff breeze in Edinburgh's favour,

:03:15. > :03:20.you would expect them to take advantage. -- for Cardiff. They have

:03:21. > :03:24.an advantage there and that is what I said about Blair Kinghorn stepping

:03:25. > :03:30.up in the Number Ten jersey, he has got to steer this ship around with

:03:31. > :03:35.Sam as well and hopefully Edinburgh can keep the pressure on, force

:03:36. > :03:39.mistakes out of Cardiff in their half and capitalise, hopefully.

:03:40. > :03:43.Jason Tovey is restored to the Edinburgh line-up, he has the ball.

:03:44. > :03:48.Playing in their customary black and red, from left to right. Cardiff in

:03:49. > :03:54.pink, the official designation of their hooped shirts. I didn't see

:03:55. > :03:58.him come back on. He has made a recovery. As I said before, I think

:03:59. > :04:03.it was a missed tackle injury more than anything else. So there were

:04:04. > :04:12.three substitutions used by Edinburgh in the first 40 minutes.

:04:13. > :04:15.And they have gone back to a more regular line up. Tovey back in the

:04:16. > :04:20.action straightaway. And this stiff breeze, you can see a huge Edinburgh

:04:21. > :04:21.flag below me blasting in the wind and you would expect Edinburgh to

:04:22. > :04:36.make full use of the conditions now. Slightly quicker ball, which is

:04:37. > :04:41.better. Along the ground and down. Just a little bit of variety in the

:04:42. > :04:52.Edinburgh tactics now. Kevin Bryce is on, number 18. Glenn Bryce is in

:04:53. > :04:56.midfield and one of the changes was to move Bryce from fullback to

:04:57. > :05:00.accommodate Blair Kinghorn, who had a nifty little spell at Number Ten

:05:01. > :05:06.just before half-time, a cameo appearance, looked to be enjoying

:05:07. > :05:16.himself. That is over the top, it is high again and there is an advantage

:05:17. > :05:22.already. For half of the first half, Cardiff playing a man down,

:05:23. > :05:28.basically. Edinburgh with a win against them may be negated the

:05:29. > :05:32.advantage. Bringing it back to the line-out. The line-outs are going to

:05:33. > :05:35.be difficult because of conditions. I think the coaches have spotted

:05:36. > :05:39.that, they have seen the wind is getting up and that corner,

:05:40. > :05:43.Edinburgh struggled out of it so they have said to Cardiff, we will

:05:44. > :05:48.see if you can get out of it as well. It is going to be difficult. I

:05:49. > :05:54.think most of the game will be played in this heart. Allen, he is

:05:55. > :05:58.somebody you might recognise. Steadman, my old hooker. He is still

:05:59. > :06:04.enjoying life, he enjoys it at Cardiff. I am pretty sure he is not

:06:05. > :06:08.too happy with that defensive record this season, but he is a good laugh.

:06:09. > :06:17.I don't think he is enjoying it too much tonight. He coached Scotland

:06:18. > :06:21.after I left him, he knows what the Scotland boys are all about. Good

:06:22. > :06:28.attacking position for Edinburgh. They have Hoyland ready. Just to

:06:29. > :06:36.Hidalgo-Clyne's right, but he is going to go left, high above his

:06:37. > :06:41.head. And just the second movement, David Wilkinson seeing that the

:06:42. > :06:47.tackle was completed, he had to release the ball. This will be

:06:48. > :06:51.interesting, because it is a long way to the touchline to kick it from

:06:52. > :06:55.there, so he may have to tap this. Let's have a close look at the

:06:56. > :07:03.tackle, the referee seeing that is completed and he wasn't entitled.

:07:04. > :07:09.Just a split second. I'm not too sure he was held. They have made 15

:07:10. > :07:15.metres out of that kick, from the middle of the field, it is the worst

:07:16. > :07:18.possible place. It is a long kick from here so field position for

:07:19. > :07:30.Edinburgh, this is where they want to be. The ball has gone to Cardiff.

:07:31. > :07:48.Kristian Dacey has it. He went very high, despite the wind.

:07:49. > :07:58.Still Edinburgh keeping them down where they want them. It dropped a

:07:59. > :08:06.couple of players back to prevent the aerial. Let's see how it hangs

:08:07. > :08:22.in the air. Munster are beating Scarlet Sportscene- six. -- Scarlets

:08:23. > :08:26.14-6. And Leinster are leading 14-3. Tovey seems to have regained his

:08:27. > :08:30.composure. He has made a good recovery, from the way he went off.

:08:31. > :08:34.Stabbing it through with a left footer there, just pushing them

:08:35. > :08:39.back, forcing Cardiff into the line-out and seeing if they can win

:08:40. > :08:43.it cleanly. Magnus Bradbury is the latest cut down on one knee. Hasn't

:08:44. > :08:49.exactly imposed himself on the game tonight. In the last five minutes, I

:08:50. > :08:53.thought he had tried to get into the game, probably told at half-time to

:08:54. > :08:56.up his workrate and put in the hard yards and it is pretty tough in

:08:57. > :09:01.there and the young lad looks to have taken a dead leg or something,

:09:02. > :09:11.the usual injury when you are taken in those areas. He takes the full

:09:12. > :09:15.collision there. Bone shuddering tackle.

:09:16. > :09:25.Just easing himself back in, but I think he is going off temporarily,

:09:26. > :09:30.we would imagine. Possibly a dead leg, it just seems to be. It is one

:09:31. > :09:38.of those injuries you get a lot of when you carry it in those areas.

:09:39. > :09:40.And here is the man we have been talking about. Grant Gilchrist is

:09:41. > :09:58.the replacement. Gilchrist at 19 is on, with the red

:09:59. > :10:05.skullcap. A good night to make an impression, I would suggest. Lloyd

:10:06. > :10:12.Williams, extra mental Cardiff here on the left. Hoyland goes to ground,

:10:13. > :10:22.just about missed that tackle. Williams again. Nick Williams. Kept

:10:23. > :10:30.in close check by Edinburgh tonight. Drew Brees rips the ball away. That

:10:31. > :10:36.is good pressure from Edinburgh -- Anton Du Preez.

:10:37. > :10:43.And let's hear it for the women, the Scottish Six Nations within's team

:10:44. > :10:49.has won their first match in seven years, they have defeated Wales

:10:50. > :10:56.15-14. Could that be an omen for the rest of the weekend. -- the rest of

:10:57. > :11:00.the weekend? Congratulations on their victory, hard, hard yards, I'm

:11:01. > :11:04.sure. Great news, I coached some of the girls when I was in the academy

:11:05. > :11:10.system and Shane, their coach, will be over the Moon. He is a great guy

:11:11. > :11:18.and I am sure he has been waiting for that resolve and well done to

:11:19. > :11:20.the girls. Let's hope they get through all the roundabouts at

:11:21. > :11:25.Cumbernauld and get to Murrayfield tomorrow, I'm sure they will be

:11:26. > :11:32.warmly, warmly received. The referee wants quicker action. Don't we all?

:11:33. > :11:47.It is all just a bit fragmented and broken no pattern to the second

:11:48. > :11:52.half. The Edinburgh backs are really deep. They are obviously going to

:11:53. > :11:55.pick a side to attack but by the time they get the ball back to them,

:11:56. > :12:00.the Cardiff defence will be well over the gain line, so they have to

:12:01. > :12:07.watch, being as deep as they are. They have Tovey and they have

:12:08. > :12:13.Kinghorn and they have a line of three directly behind the scrum.

:12:14. > :12:19.Damien Hoyland them below us, Chris Dean, very thin on the left-hand

:12:20. > :12:25.side, which suggests they are coming this way. Which means they will go

:12:26. > :12:28.the other way, probably. Hidalgo-Clyne... Takes a look to the

:12:29. > :12:34.left. He is tempted the Cardiff defence to go the other way. They

:12:35. > :12:37.come right. Tovey on the pasta Kinghorn. And it is a great break

:12:38. > :12:45.for Edinburgh. Forced into touch but he is over! Rory Scholes has sliced

:12:46. > :12:50.Cardiff on this touchline and that all came from the deliberate tactic

:12:51. > :12:55.of tempting Cardiff to go to the far side and then turning them,

:12:56. > :13:01.switching them quickly and there was sheer blistering pace that took

:13:02. > :13:06.Scholes to the line. What do I know about backplate? I think Tovey took

:13:07. > :13:10.the try -- made the dry, took it with flat hands. Matthew Morgan

:13:11. > :13:15.won't be happy with that. It is a fullback's tackle, one-on-one. It

:13:16. > :13:24.was pretty straight, head on, he should have taken him. That is pool.

:13:25. > :13:30.-- Paul. He is an exciting kid with ball in hand but if you don't get

:13:31. > :13:34.your defensive duties right, he won't go to the highest level. A

:13:35. > :13:38.basic error but all credit to Scholes for putting the afterburners

:13:39. > :13:41.on, seeing the opportunity. One-on-one, he backed himself and

:13:42. > :13:46.Edinburgh have capitalised with their second try of the evening and

:13:47. > :13:52.a chance here for Hidalgo-Clyne, off his left boot, so he could use the

:13:53. > :13:57.wind in theory. You could see he was trying to. Difficult wind in the

:13:58. > :14:01.conditions. -- difficult kick. So Edinburgh have extended their lead,

:14:02. > :14:11.49 minutes end, 12-6 and this is how they did it. Scholes all on his own.

:14:12. > :14:23.Just had enough gas, but as Alan Tait said, a poor tackle. And the

:14:24. > :14:27.substitution he the Cardiff. -- here for Cardiff. Cardiff making an

:14:28. > :14:35.instant change. The ball hanging, dropping in front of the Edinburgh

:14:36. > :14:39.defence. Kristian Dacey, Matthew Rees has come on as hooker in his

:14:40. > :14:54.place. The old hands to steady the ship. There is only one way to town.

:14:55. > :14:58.Three-man cackle. Penalty. You have to say Edinburgh's work on the

:14:59. > :15:03.ground has been good tonight. That is perfect, as we have said, pick

:15:04. > :15:07.out the talisman and chop him down and make it as difficult as

:15:08. > :15:10.possible. They have targeted Williams and as I said from the

:15:11. > :15:17.start of the game, when he passed to the fullback, is he up for it

:15:18. > :15:22.tonight? Tovey has sent them to the corner, so Blair Kinghorn ambled

:15:23. > :15:27.over there. I think he fancied a part but this is not the time to be

:15:28. > :15:36.taking kicks, they want to put Cardiff to the sword. It could be a

:15:37. > :15:44.very, very long night for Cardiff now, with the wind in their faces.

:15:45. > :15:48.Edinburgh, two tries to the good. They are lucky again. Chris Dean has

:15:49. > :15:55.been positive in midfield all the time. He has price on his shoulder.

:15:56. > :15:59.Hidalgo-Clyne had a look but again, a dropped pass. Do you think the

:16:00. > :16:06.wind might have taken away from -- it a wave from him? It was messy

:16:07. > :16:09.from the start, they dropped at the line-out and continue to shovel the

:16:10. > :16:16.ball. They should have tied it that up from the start. -- tidied that

:16:17. > :16:20.up. Sam was talking about getting that quick ball and a year ago, I

:16:21. > :16:24.think he would have been through that gap and under the posts, that

:16:25. > :16:29.is the form he has got to find again, keep working hard and

:16:30. > :16:32.hopefully get back there. Shuffling continues, Gilchrist didn't get

:16:33. > :16:42.long, because Magnus Bradbury has come back on. The concrete dust has

:16:43. > :16:49.arrived. The wind has arrived as well. It is Howlin. Maybe you will

:16:50. > :17:00.pick up the window the microphones speech side. -- pitch side.

:17:01. > :17:07.Cardiff thought they had enough and so, they will try again. They will

:17:08. > :17:14.have to watch Anscombe, he will take it flat. Edinburgh think they have

:17:15. > :17:18.it, but they don't. Here it comes. We chip over the top, the winged

:17:19. > :17:27.hangs it again. Did well to get that. -- the wind hangs it again.

:17:28. > :17:31.That is an interesting ploy, didn't see that coming at all. Not in this

:17:32. > :17:38.wind. There is the evidence, that was at one point coming towards us.

:17:39. > :17:50.Captain but there was a foot in touch, that was absolutely clear --

:17:51. > :17:56.kept in. A huge call. It might have been inches, but if you are on the

:17:57. > :18:00.line, you are on the line. No use looking at the touch judge, he was

:18:01. > :18:05.in touch. You have got to know where they are.

:18:06. > :18:17.Matthew Rees. Again, using the high ball in this wind, not sticking

:18:18. > :18:21.short. Mistake here, chance for Edinburgh, they have plenty of men.

:18:22. > :18:28.Chris Dean holds it up, Jamie Ritchie is there. Out it goes.

:18:29. > :18:32.Cochrane. Tovey with the dance. Edinburgh feel the tide turning.

:18:33. > :18:37.They have the conditions in their favour. It might not be stormed

:18:38. > :18:45.Doris, but it's not far off it. -- stormed Doris. The referee calls the

:18:46. > :18:54.space, they go left. Plenty of men for Edinburgh on the far side.

:18:55. > :18:58.Cardiff stretched now. Bradbury, the concrete dustbin is below us on the

:18:59. > :19:03.right wing of all places. They go left. Tovey takes the dummy.

:19:04. > :19:21.Hoyland. Has a go himself. Five metres, less.

:19:22. > :19:27.Completely on the blind-side, out of nowhere, Edinburgh have the try,

:19:28. > :19:35.their third score, and they are cruising. The game, it all came to

:19:36. > :19:41.buy that Mr play by the Cardiff backs and they capitalise,

:19:42. > :19:47.Edinburgh. A magnificent switch. Completely the other way. It just

:19:48. > :20:00.looked like it was going right. Brilliant. Sam is too quick,

:20:01. > :20:04.thinking too much. Thinking far too quickly per them guys. I make it

:20:05. > :20:15.that Scholes has got one in each corner in seven minutes. They

:20:16. > :20:22.couldn't be further apart. This is one difficult kick. I bet Sam

:20:23. > :20:27.Hidalgo-Clyne wishes he was kicking with the right foot from that side.

:20:28. > :20:32.Might just be one of those things, with the old is stacked against him,

:20:33. > :20:39.he might just, with the conditions, pop this over. I think they are a

:20:40. > :20:41.positive side though, Edinburgh team should be pulling together and

:20:42. > :20:46.saying don't let this lot score another point. That would be a real

:20:47. > :20:50.bonus, don't let them score at all, don't let amount of their own half,

:20:51. > :20:57.and build on that the rest of season. That is the message I would

:20:58. > :21:02.be giving, give Cardiff nothing. I suspect somewhere watching on the

:21:03. > :21:06.telly, Richard Cockerill is smiling. What you think, Andy Nicol? A few

:21:07. > :21:11.minutes ago I was thinking, 12-6, see out the game, play smart but

:21:12. > :21:15.that try transforms that. They could really finish this off on a high and

:21:16. > :21:21.get a bonus point and get out of Dodge. It has all been positive so

:21:22. > :21:28.far and they have taken advantage of everything that's on offer so far.

:21:29. > :21:34.Some brilliant switches in play there by Hidalgo-Clyne to put

:21:35. > :21:39.Scholes in for a second score. And as Andy Nicol said, they are now one

:21:40. > :21:44.more try away from a bonus. The mentality has to be that now.

:21:45. > :21:50.Exactly, go for the bonus point but don't give Cardiff anything, keep

:21:51. > :21:53.them out. Sam should be exiting a lot better than that, forcing

:21:54. > :22:02.Cardiff into the play, rather than giving them a line-out five metres

:22:03. > :22:09.outside the 22. Tough gig for Cardiff now. They have lost that as

:22:10. > :22:14.well. Du Preez, I thought he was going to put boot of ball but

:22:15. > :22:19.changed his mind. Jamie Ritchie, this time. That is better, that has

:22:20. > :22:27.found space and it is a beautiful kick from Hidalgo-Clyne. No messing

:22:28. > :22:32.about, getting good position through a kick, open both sides of the field

:22:33. > :22:37.of. That is great play. A wonderful steel by Ben Toolis and almost

:22:38. > :22:43.getting in each other's way but eventually, Hidalgo-Clyne. We said

:22:44. > :22:47.earlier, we need somebody to grab this game and say, this is what we

:22:48. > :22:51.are going to do and this is how we are going to do it. I'm really

:22:52. > :22:55.pleased for Sam, because a year ago he was this kid who had just arrived

:22:56. > :22:59.and he was fresh and we were expecting big things from him and

:23:00. > :23:03.now, looking at this team, he is one of the leaders. I think he has got a

:23:04. > :23:07.big say in the way Edinburgh finished the season and for the

:23:08. > :23:11.future. He is a leader and making decisions like that will take this

:23:12. > :23:16.team in the right direction. Some half-time scores from elsewhere.

:23:17. > :23:23.Dragons three, Leinster 14, no great surprise. Munster 21, Scarlets six.

:23:24. > :23:28.Maybe that gap is a surprise, the scale of that lead. Munster going

:23:29. > :23:33.well, they look to me to be the team to beat. They have been fantastic,

:23:34. > :23:36.especially in Europe as well. When they went to Northampton, Leicester

:23:37. > :23:42.and absolutely smashed them, it was great to see.

:23:43. > :23:53.So Edinburgh with 20 minutes to go, this could be a big test for them.

:23:54. > :23:58.The odds are that they should progress to get the bonus with the

:23:59. > :24:05.next score, but this will test their mettle. Some indecision about who is

:24:06. > :24:09.taking about. Kinghorn eventually decides and takes off after head.

:24:10. > :24:16.Landslips and conceives an easy tackle, because this is what Cardiff

:24:17. > :24:21.can do. It is a slack pass. You mentioned earlier about Morgan, he

:24:22. > :24:26.is a real box of tricks, but he has got weaknesses. He hasn't got that

:24:27. > :24:29.judgment yet. I saw him when he played against Newcastle for the

:24:30. > :24:33.Ospreys when he was a kid and he was outstanding with the ball in hand,

:24:34. > :24:39.but they have do click on in their career. The missed tackle was slack

:24:40. > :24:42.and that is slack as well. As I say, when they get through the years,

:24:43. > :24:47.they have the mature and those things are big parts of the game and

:24:48. > :24:51.that was a big play the Cardiff and now they have lost the ball. Here is

:24:52. > :25:02.the long legged Kinghorn. Cochrane is at the heart of

:25:03. > :25:10.everything and again, they are using the wind. Here is Morgan again. Off

:25:11. > :25:13.he goes, he has got gas to burn. He has to be put down at the first

:25:14. > :25:17.tackle, which Edinburgh haven't been that successful at and it was

:25:18. > :25:24.Hidalgo-Clyne who got to him eventually. They know they have to

:25:25. > :25:31.score next, Cardiff, to not being totally embarrassed by the outcome.

:25:32. > :25:38.Bradbury is not right, he is dragging his left leg and he missed

:25:39. > :25:42.that tackle all ends up. Better off the pitch now, you don't want to get

:25:43. > :25:50.beat on the inside as easy as that. He wasn't squaring off in defence.

:25:51. > :25:53.He is carrying a leg, quite clearly. Well, he is carrying two but one

:25:54. > :25:57.more than the other. Here come Cardiff on the break and this could

:25:58. > :26:04.be a big, big blow over Edinburgh unless they get in gear to get him.

:26:05. > :26:11.But they haven't, because they have conceded a very straight forward

:26:12. > :26:14.score and all of a sudden, that sense of weakness in the Edinburgh

:26:15. > :26:20.setup is there for everyone to see. That is the call I was saying about,

:26:21. > :26:24.their defensive stats this year haven't been good enough and that is

:26:25. > :26:30.where they have to get a lot better. They missed a tackle on the edge and

:26:31. > :26:33.went through the middle, off-loading game, no physicality from Edinburgh.

:26:34. > :26:37.That is the area they need to keep working out and need to dig deep and

:26:38. > :26:41.as a team, they need to pull each other together and say, they have

:26:42. > :26:47.just come through the middle of us, we are not physical enough, not

:26:48. > :26:54.winning the collisions. If you are in Cardiff shoes, 17-11, likely

:26:55. > :26:59.17-13, a completely different game. Definitely and this is what they

:27:00. > :27:03.want, an open game. They scored eight tries last week, they want

:27:04. > :27:08.this type of game and that is why it is important for Edinburgh to go

:27:09. > :27:14.through it, drill the exits, drill the kick and chase. But was too easy

:27:15. > :27:22.for Cardiff to score the try. And they want their place in the top

:27:23. > :27:28.six. Game on. And we are inside the last 20 minutes. Again, defensive

:27:29. > :27:37.frailties which have cost Edinburgh all season there for everyone to

:27:38. > :27:44.see. Now Williams is starting to run. He has maybe woken up.

:27:45. > :27:51.Edinburgh now have to impose themselves on this game, but Cardiff

:27:52. > :27:55.have similar thoughts. And all of a sudden, they have switched their

:27:56. > :28:06.tactics to playing much closer to each other.

:28:07. > :28:15.Tovey sees a gap but put it straight down the throat of Cardiff, who

:28:16. > :28:25.kicked a Kinghorn, who sees the gap again and has hooved it all the way,

:28:26. > :28:29.again, directly to a Cardiff player. Edinburgh are kicking position away,

:28:30. > :28:39.basically. I think Cardiff one that kicking duel. -- won. A bit of

:28:40. > :28:43.ping-pong. David Wilkinson again stepping in to warn one of the

:28:44. > :28:52.Cardiff players, George Earle, some nonsense of the ball. -- off the

:28:53. > :28:56.ball. This is a perfectly winnable game for Cardiff now at 17-13.

:28:57. > :29:11.Edinburgh taking their time. Cochrane again going long. Jamie

:29:12. > :29:17.Ritchie, slack pass. I'm not sure it was a hospital pass, but it was a

:29:18. > :29:25.difficult pass. Hidalgo-Clyne quicker this time. To Ben Toolis.

:29:26. > :29:36.Again using the wind, Tovey sends it long and hard. But again, well read

:29:37. > :29:41.by Matthew Morgan. Du Preez to Tovey who stabs it up and again it has

:29:42. > :29:45.been read. It is too obvious and predictable and again, the tackling

:29:46. > :29:52.is all over the place for Edinburgh. They are allowing ten, 15 metres for

:29:53. > :29:53.Cardiff. Anscombe delivers quickly, appealing to the referee. I don't

:29:54. > :30:06.think David Wilkinson likes that. Kicked away. Again, you suspect if

:30:07. > :30:12.Cardiff had some better judgment in some of their-macro attacking

:30:13. > :30:31.players, it would be better. There was far too much room there.

:30:32. > :30:37.They have got to tighten up out there. They have got to start

:30:38. > :30:42.speaking and talking a bit more, trying to take away the momentum

:30:43. > :30:58.Cardiff are finding on the edges. What do you make of the ping-pong,

:30:59. > :31:09.Andy? It is ping-pong. We need some mature team. It's a young Edinburgh

:31:10. > :31:14.side. Good straight ball. The referee holding Cardiff back. They

:31:15. > :31:37.have got the nudge on as well. Giraldo Klein takes the easy option.

:31:38. > :31:52.Not deep enough to put them under pressure. Edinburgh have got

:31:53. > :32:09.Kinghorn back. He doesn't quite get to it. Don't let it bounce. Straight

:32:10. > :32:12.to Matthew Morgan. Kinghorn taken off the ball, much to the

:32:13. > :32:26.displeasure of the locals. Now there is a chance. That is a kick to

:32:27. > :32:31.anywhere. It has just lost its shape completely, the whole game, hasn't

:32:32. > :32:41.it? You are seeing two teams that are getting edgy. They are just

:32:42. > :32:55.kicking the leather to good field position. That last kick there from

:32:56. > :33:02.Bryce was pretty poor. The message is to calm down and keep hold of the

:33:03. > :33:08.ball. It is frenetic stuff, it is shapeless, it is aimless at times.

:33:09. > :33:23.Just when Edinburgh had the game in their hand at 17-6 all of a sudden

:33:24. > :33:29.it has turned into a dog fight. Keep an eye on the number eight at the

:33:30. > :33:40.back. Nick Williams driving them forward. A penalty. They twisted and

:33:41. > :33:43.terms, Edinburgh. I don't think they were ever then to get that ball.

:33:44. > :33:52.Williams would have kicked it wide and took it tight. He will go up the

:33:53. > :33:58.corner. Just to keep my head out, I see the rain is back with a

:33:59. > :34:03.vengeance. And scum drills it. Didn't give it too much hyped so the

:34:04. > :34:11.wind would catch it. The rain is teaming down now. It is a horrible

:34:12. > :34:24.night. The roof doesn't even come half way to covering it. Cardiff

:34:25. > :34:30.have it. They have the initiative. Edinburgh get a nudge on. They are

:34:31. > :34:43.having to peel off the Edinburgh back line. They can't bring it down.

:34:44. > :34:50.Williams is ducking in, headfirst. Again, they recycle it. Lloyd

:34:51. > :34:58.Williams waits, but there's no chance of getting their hands on it.

:34:59. > :35:02.And scum turning inside. Halaholo in the middle. Edinburgh are scrambling

:35:03. > :35:12.out, but Cardiff are returning possession. They have a penalty

:35:13. > :35:16.coming. Look at that sleet driving in Cardiff's face. There are times

:35:17. > :35:20.when it is easier to break into it rather than with it. You kind of

:35:21. > :35:30.play under the weather. They have been clever, the way they have

:35:31. > :35:37.adjusted. They have played type. They have to battle hard here,

:35:38. > :35:41.Edinburgh. They've got to dig in hard and get the guards and pillars

:35:42. > :35:50.set in place and make sure nothing comes down. Danger signals form

:35:51. > :35:54.Edinburgh. Tom James is lurking, trying to stretch the Edinburgh

:35:55. > :36:09.defence. They are only maybe five metres out. There is only one thing

:36:10. > :36:20.Cardiff will do here. Here it comes. They need a quick ball. They have

:36:21. > :36:28.it. Lloyd Williams, out it comes. Another slick tackle. It is a great

:36:29. > :36:33.tackle by Hidalgo-Clyne on Cuthbert. Loads of men here for Cardiff. There

:36:34. > :36:48.are pink shirts everywhere. Edinburgh in dire trouble here. Du

:36:49. > :36:56.Preez trying to much the defence. Extra men spun up all across the

:36:57. > :37:11.field. Here they come. And scum makes the whole mess of that. Again,

:37:12. > :37:15.it is recycled. -- Anscombe. Spinning it out. Here it comes,

:37:16. > :37:24.one-on-one. Great defence from Edinburgh. Lloyd Williams. It's

:37:25. > :37:33.being held up. Edinburgh had a sniff at it. Again, the forwards take it

:37:34. > :37:45.in. They are queueing up in midfield to have a blast. Williams goes in.

:37:46. > :37:52.They have got a lot of men, but the tackles are poor. Penalty coming to

:37:53. > :37:58.Cardiff. Chip over the top to nothing. It is a free ball. They

:37:59. > :38:03.have scored anyway. Edinburgh possibly going to sleep there. The

:38:04. > :38:08.crowd are not happy with it. They were perfectly entitled to take the

:38:09. > :38:12.kick to nothing. Over the top it went. The Edinburgh defence was

:38:13. > :38:18.flat-footed. All of a sudden it is a completely different match. This is

:38:19. > :38:22.where Edinburgh have got to turn that corner. When they are defending

:38:23. > :38:25.the line-outs, I know it is difficult, but they had to get

:38:26. > :38:31.something out of it. They were making too many of the hard yards.

:38:32. > :38:38.That chip there, I don't know who was meant to be sweeping the, --

:38:39. > :38:54.sweeping there, but no one was there. An easy score. I'm sure

:38:55. > :39:07.Hidalgo-Clyne had to fill in. He should have been sweeping. He

:39:08. > :39:15.spotted him and chipped it over. It's not a thin whistle moment, but

:39:16. > :39:28.it is not far off it. That makes it three. Extraordinary. That has left

:39:29. > :39:32.the game wide open. Cardiff lead by one point, but should be leading by

:39:33. > :39:37.much more. Let's have a look at that game. A simple kick you could not

:39:38. > :39:50.have expected. These are the moments, and here is another one.

:39:51. > :40:00.Magic from Du Preez. Totally out of the accidental book. They have to

:40:01. > :40:09.take heart from the missed kick. It leaves the game within reach. It is

:40:10. > :40:18.a 1-point game. They really need some momentum now. There are some

:40:19. > :40:27.great appeals on the far side. Edinburgh have it. Tovey changed his

:40:28. > :40:34.mind. There is Du Preez again. That is definitely high. Hoyland is

:40:35. > :40:42.blocked. He could have gone, but that was a high tackle. The touch

:40:43. > :40:49.judge intervened, along with as few hundred Edinburgh supporters below

:40:50. > :40:58.us. I think it is just a warning. Tom James with a warning. All of a

:40:59. > :41:01.sudden it is all kicking off. This is the high tackle. Du Preez have

:41:02. > :41:07.had a busy couple of minutes down the side. I lead think there is any

:41:08. > :41:16.malice in it. That was a nothing tackle. These days players need to

:41:17. > :41:22.learn they can't do that though. Steve Shingler is receiving some

:41:23. > :41:31.attention in midfield. I think he is OK. Kinghorn has declared his

:41:32. > :41:34.intention. He is going to have a pop. I think Blair took the

:41:35. > :41:40.challenge down so he could have a good couple of minutes. He has been

:41:41. > :41:48.itching to have a kick. I saw him trying to in beagle his way in the

:41:49. > :41:53.21 kick. He needs to clean his starts. He has got half of Myreside

:41:54. > :41:59.on his boot. I did think he has noticed. Four minutes left as

:42:00. > :42:18.Kinghorn lines this up. He slashed it. That is like one of

:42:19. > :42:24.my number nines. Well, my number nines aren't as good as that. A big

:42:25. > :42:30.decision to go to the point. Very much so. It was a big call. It is an

:42:31. > :42:41.easy angle to get the touchline and get the ball going. If he had kicked

:42:42. > :42:47.it, he would -- we would have been singing his praises. Halaholo has

:42:48. > :43:08.left the field. Number 13 has left as well. Halaholo hasn't quite had

:43:09. > :43:16.the impact in the second half. The game is here to be one. They have

:43:17. > :43:23.just got to hang up the ball. Bradbury. Not got the pace to get

:43:24. > :43:27.away. I don't think he is 100%. They need territory first of all.

:43:28. > :43:37.Possession and territory is what Edinburgh needs. They need to get

:43:38. > :43:38.within range of a penalty at the very least. They need to hold onto

:43:39. > :44:00.the position. They still have possession, which is

:44:01. > :44:08.the key. Cardiff are pinched it, but they had to concede it.

:44:09. > :44:21.Hidalgo-Clyne to Carmichael. Ocado will be looking at discipline. They

:44:22. > :44:30.don't want to give away a penalty. -- Cardiff will be looking at

:44:31. > :44:41.discipline. Two minutes left, Gilchrist challenges.

:44:42. > :44:51.Hidalgo-Clyne digs again. There is a lazy Welshman there again. Wants to

:44:52. > :45:00.take them on, but it's a closed door. Hidalgo-Clyne again. Ritchie

:45:01. > :45:04.has the turn inside. They go left. Bradbury. They are running out of

:45:05. > :45:16.time. We are heading for the last minute. They are in midfield. They

:45:17. > :45:27.certainly are within range for a kick. Cardiff are holding out. They

:45:28. > :45:31.are tackling for everything they can muster. Tovey turns inside.

:45:32. > :45:36.Edinburgh not making any great yardage here. They have an injury to

:45:37. > :45:41.cope with as well. The one thing they mustn't do is kick it away.

:45:42. > :45:48.They are in the last minute. The last 30 seconds almost. The clock is

:45:49. > :46:02.chiming. Cardiff think they have it. They are appealing. I think Nick

:46:03. > :46:07.Williams is out of gas. Is not going to get it in there. Hidalgo-Clyne

:46:08. > :46:12.has another go. The clock is about to go red and then it is all down to

:46:13. > :46:18.David Wilkinson, how long he is going to allow this to go on.

:46:19. > :46:27.Cardiff lead by one point. Here come Edinburgh. Jamie Ritchie. They have

:46:28. > :46:30.to keep possession. There is another injured Edinburgh player. Scholes is

:46:31. > :46:35.screaming for the ball. Pace is the answer. He should have been

:46:36. > :46:43.alongside there. They are just standing still. Standing still is

:46:44. > :46:50.not an option. Has nobody told them? They are having a look. Carmichael

:46:51. > :46:56.comes off. He has flat-footed that. David Wilkinson says it is OK. They

:46:57. > :47:02.are now in their own half. Here, is Hoyland. Hitler was Hoyland. Almost!

:47:03. > :47:13.Cardiff think they have it. If they come through the middle, they could

:47:14. > :47:18.well have it. I know it's difficult, but one of the backs has to pick out

:47:19. > :47:24.Nick Williams. Someone who is absolutely out of gas. They are on

:47:25. > :47:34.top of the injured player, which is not good for the game because if

:47:35. > :47:41.David Wilson certain halls it here -- if David Wilkinson stops it

:47:42. > :47:47.here... It is the last play. It must be now, unless there is a penalty.

:47:48. > :47:54.Cochran, the captain, leading from the front. Oh, it is all over the

:47:55. > :47:59.place! I don't know how many goes Hidalgo-Clyne had at that. Edinburgh

:48:00. > :48:07.are pleading for a penalty, but Cardiff have stolen possession.

:48:08. > :48:12.David Wilkinson has called a hold to the proceedings because it is game

:48:13. > :48:16.over and there are players down everywhere. There are players down

:48:17. > :48:21.everywhere and Cardiff have snatched a dramatic defeat by one point. It

:48:22. > :48:27.has been a 1-point game and it has swung in both directions. Once again

:48:28. > :48:31.Edinburgh's defensive frailties have cost them. Let's go down to Andy

:48:32. > :48:38.Nichol because I think he has managed to pick a man of the match

:48:39. > :48:44.out of that. It has to be a forward because it was that kind of night.

:48:45. > :48:53.The number seven for Cardiff, Bennetts, he scored the try and he

:48:54. > :49:03.was just a real grafter. So my man of the match is Bennett. He scored

:49:04. > :49:11.last week against tra visor -- Treviso. Wooded it all go wrong,

:49:12. > :49:16.Alan Tait? It's difficult. They got the lead, they have the points, the

:49:17. > :49:23.conditions were in their favour. That's where Edinburgh are at the

:49:24. > :49:27.moment. I think they lack that edge. They lacked the killer instinct.

:49:28. > :49:30.Even at the end there, is the leadership and the players need to

:49:31. > :49:33.understand that they need to get someone with pace on the end of

:49:34. > :49:37.something to break down the line because we were just going back and

:49:38. > :49:48.forward. There was no one with pace really wanting to get on the ball.

:49:49. > :49:53.There was one incident where Du Preez got the ball and he stood

:49:54. > :49:58.still. That is where they are as a team. Duncan will be at them. They

:49:59. > :50:06.will be working hard to try and get that knowledge into them before

:50:07. > :50:11.Cockrell comes. He will bring that edge and he wants to win. He will be

:50:12. > :50:17.pulling his hair rout with a game like that because he wants to win

:50:18. > :50:23.every game. That is a good result for Cardiff, given they had two

:50:24. > :50:29.yellow cards and all the rest of it. They wore been absolutely over the

:50:30. > :50:36.moon. They have the worst defence apart from the Italian teams in the

:50:37. > :50:45.league. They have got through the game got the points. We are just

:50:46. > :50:51.waiting for the man of the match. The full-time score does not tell

:50:52. > :50:56.half the story. It is 17-18 in favour of Cardiff, but find

:50:57. > :51:02.something positive for me in Edinburgh's performance. The Seppi

:51:03. > :51:09.started off well. The scrum was strong. They have got young players

:51:10. > :51:19.because of the injuries and other duties. There are positives, it's

:51:20. > :51:28.just that killer instinct, just to win. There will be coming in on

:51:29. > :51:33.Monday morning, analysing that game and they will be devastated that

:51:34. > :51:37.they threw it away. It is a top place on Monday morning coming in

:51:38. > :51:43.for the review. They will all feel it on Monday. Let's go down to Rob

:51:44. > :51:49.McLean because he has just been joined by the man of the match. It

:51:50. > :51:56.was again and a half and a sweet victory for you. Every win counts.

:51:57. > :52:08.That showed in the way that we dug in. What were you thinking at 17-6?

:52:09. > :52:12.We tried to pull in together and do it. Was that the spirit that made

:52:13. > :52:18.the difference? That's what did it. We really pulled together. Every

:52:19. > :52:25.phase we were trying to get behind each other and it showed. Well done

:52:26. > :52:34.to you, Sion. You are the man of the match. Karl Stewart will hand over

:52:35. > :52:38.the prize. On the back of that 17-18 win, well done. Let's get the

:52:39. > :52:48.thoughts of Andy Nichol at the end of an amazing match. Fair play to

:52:49. > :52:52.Cardiff Blues. They came back into it. I didn't think they had it in

:52:53. > :52:59.them. This is where Edinburgh are at the moment. That game, at home with

:53:00. > :53:04.the wind behind them, 17-6 up, those are the games they have to win. I

:53:05. > :53:09.give credit to Cardiff Blues were coming back. I just think Edinburgh

:53:10. > :53:14.blew it. They have so many chances. This was Neil Cochrane scoring the

:53:15. > :53:20.first try after Cardiff incurred a yellow card. They took advantage at

:53:21. > :53:24.this moment, certainly. They were 7-6 up at half-time. They have the

:53:25. > :53:28.advantage of the referee. Two yellow cards in the first half. This was

:53:29. > :53:34.some good composure here to get the first try. Early in the first of it

:53:35. > :53:41.was good. They are holding it, they are not letting Cardiff get round.

:53:42. > :53:45.The back goes in and they get it off the line. Now they get the momentum,

:53:46. > :53:51.they took it over and there was no stopping them. The first half, and I

:53:52. > :53:59.think they rammed home the advantage. 17-6 up at home, you have

:54:00. > :54:06.to close it off. The second Edinburgh try was down in this

:54:07. > :54:13.corner. A lovely bit of finishing from Scholes. A great pass from

:54:14. > :54:19.Kinghorn. Poor defence from Morgan, but a great finish, right in front

:54:20. > :54:29.of us. What I loved about Blair Kinghorn, he read it perfectly onto

:54:30. > :54:37.the place and Scholes came through. A great school. Try in this near

:54:38. > :54:47.corner and a trifle Scholes in the far corner as well clever play from

:54:48. > :54:54.Hidalgo-Clyne as well. This was the end of smart player from Hoyland. He

:54:55. > :55:00.really attacked the fringes. Hidalgo-Clyne, you can see he looks

:55:01. > :55:04.down the blindside. Smart play. Scholes has given him the call only

:55:05. > :55:08.got it in the corner. How do you describe what happened next were

:55:09. > :55:12.Edinburgh? They should be looking to control the game from that point on.

:55:13. > :55:19.With the wind behind you, you just need smart play. This was a good

:55:20. > :55:30.try, they worked it well. This is great off-loading. Bennett, the man

:55:31. > :55:34.of the match. He really grafted. This got Cardiff back in the game.

:55:35. > :55:37.It gave them the believed they had a chance, but still Edinburgh were in

:55:38. > :55:42.the lead and they had to close that game out and they just did not do

:55:43. > :55:45.it. This is where this team has too developed. It is young, it is a

:55:46. > :55:51.young team, but they have to learn how to close the games out. Williams

:55:52. > :55:57.decided it for Cardiff and another switch off you would save from

:55:58. > :56:01.Edinburgh? Yes, many phases. Some good defence from Edinburgh here.

:56:02. > :56:05.There is a penalty advantage. Roy Williams takes a chance at a rugby

:56:06. > :56:08.ball can bounce anywhere and it bounced straight for Lloyd Williams.

:56:09. > :56:13.He didn't think he would get it back, but that was it. It was a

:56:14. > :56:19.1-point victory. Kinghorn have the penalty, which was the right call.

:56:20. > :56:25.They just did not have enough to win the game back. A horrible night

:56:26. > :56:33.weather-wise here. And a horrible outcome by Edinburgh, beaten by that

:56:34. > :56:41.single point. That is what it means to the Prodl table. Only the Dragons

:56:42. > :56:48.below them and the two Italian sides. Glasgow Warriors are out of

:56:49. > :57:00.the top four, but you will expect them to come back when they get

:57:01. > :57:08.their international players back. Tomorrow it is Murrayfield. What

:57:09. > :57:15.about the Six Nations? In Scotland beat Wells? They could. There is a

:57:16. > :57:19.lot of excitement in the Scotland team. I think they are going to

:57:20. > :57:22.score tries, which makes them dangerous. Scotland was that defence

:57:23. > :57:28.was good against France two weeks ago. If they get to that level and

:57:29. > :57:40.they score tries, they can win. It will be tied. Is John Barclay a good

:57:41. > :57:47.leader for you? Yes, I'm impressed. When he came in in 2004 he was great

:57:48. > :57:49.and he got his first cap in 2007. A class act. A defeat tonight for

:57:50. > :57:53.Edinburgh. The is what is coming up. That big match tomorrow at

:57:54. > :57:58.Murrayfield. From two o'clock it is Scotland against Wales, the third

:57:59. > :58:05.match in the Six Nations tournament. Live on BBC Scotland. On Sunday, it

:58:06. > :58:16.is the turn of Glasgow Warriors who tackled the Ospreys. That is live on

:58:17. > :58:23.BBC Alba from one o'clock. An agonising defeat for Edinburgh, they

:58:24. > :58:27.lost by a single point, but well done to Scotland woman's team. Let's

:58:28. > :58:30.hope the Scottish men can get the job done tomorrow in the Six

:58:31. > :58:44.Nations. From all of us, good night. # You can shake an apple

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