Leinster vs Edinburgh
Leinster | Official Matchday Programme of Leinster Rugby | Issue 08 Leinster vs Edinburgh | United Rugby Championship Friday 11th February, 2022 | KO 6pm | RDS Arena
Leinster | Official Matchday Programme of Leinster Rugby | Issue 08
Leinster vs Edinburgh | United Rugby Championship
Friday 11th February, 2022 | KO 6pm | RDS Arena
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Head coach<br />
Mike Blair<br />
Former Scotland international<br />
scrum-half Mike Blair took the<br />
reins as <strong>Edinburgh</strong> head coach in<br />
2021.<br />
During his playing days, he amassed 85<br />
caps for his country as well as almost<br />
250 club appearances for <strong>Edinburgh</strong>,<br />
Brive, Newcastle and Glasgow over 14<br />
years, 169 of those with his current club.<br />
Having already gained coaching<br />
experience with Ponteland RFC, he joined<br />
Glasgow as an Assistant coach when<br />
hanging up the boots before joining the<br />
Scotland set-up for five years prior to<br />
returning to the capital.<br />
Co-Captains<br />
Stuart McInally<br />
and Grant<br />
Gilchrist<br />
Captaincy duties for <strong>Edinburgh</strong><br />
are shared between two local<br />
players in Stuart McInally and<br />
Grant Gilchrist who have gone on<br />
to be club centurions.<br />
McInally, who also captained Scotland<br />
during the 2019 Six Nations, is a<br />
hooker by trade now after making his<br />
breakthrough in the back row. He’s been<br />
capped 37 times by Scotland.<br />
Gilchrist has been a stalwart for<br />
<strong>Edinburgh</strong> since his debut in 2011<br />
against Cardiff and, now capped 42<br />
times internationally, has recently signed<br />
a contract to extend his stay with his<br />
home club.<br />
edinburgh squad<br />
FORWARDS<br />
LEE-ROY ATALIFO<br />
PROP<br />
CONNOR BOYLE<br />
FLANKER<br />
MAGNUS BRADBURY<br />
FLANKER<br />
DAVE CHERRY<br />
HOOKER<br />
HARRISON COURTNEY<br />
PROP<br />
LUKE CROSBIE<br />
FLANKER<br />
LUAN DE BRUIN<br />
PROP<br />
GRANT GILCHRIST<br />
LOCK<br />
NICK HAINING<br />
FLANKER<br />
PATRICK HARRISON<br />
HOOKER<br />
JAMIE HODGSON<br />
LOCK<br />
MESULAME KUNAVULA KUNALOLO<br />
FLANKER<br />
VILIAME MATA<br />
NO. 8<br />
ADAM MCBURNEY<br />
HOOKER<br />
STUART MCINALLY<br />
HOOKER<br />
BEN MUNCASTER<br />
NO. 8<br />
WILLEM NEL<br />
PROP<br />
PIERCE PHILLIPS<br />
LOCK<br />
JAMIE RITCHIE<br />
FLANKER<br />
PIERRE SCHOEMAN<br />
PROP<br />
MARSHALL SYKES<br />
LOCK<br />
BOAN VENTER<br />
PROP<br />
HAMISH WATSON<br />
FLANKER<br />
ANGUS WILLIAMS<br />
PROP<br />
GLEN YOUNG<br />
LOCK<br />
BACKS<br />
MARK BENNETT<br />
CENTRE<br />
JACK BLAIN<br />
WING<br />
EMILIANO BOFFELLI<br />
FULLBACK<br />
MATT CURRIE<br />
CENTRE<br />
CHRIS DEAN<br />
CENTRE<br />
DARCY GRAHAM<br />
WING<br />
DAMIEN HOYLAND<br />
WING<br />
CAMMY HUTCHISON<br />
CENTRE<br />
HENRY IMMELMAN<br />
FULLBACK<br />
JAMES JOHNSTONE<br />
CENTRE<br />
BLAIR KINGHORN<br />
FULLBACK<br />
JAMES LANG<br />
CENTRE<br />
RAMIRO MOYANO JOYA<br />
WING<br />
FREDDIE OWSLEY<br />
WING<br />
HENRY PYRGOS<br />
SCRUM-HALF<br />
CHARLIE SAVALA<br />
FLY-HALF<br />
CHARLIE SHIEL<br />
SCRUM-HALF<br />
JACO VAN DER WALT<br />
FLY-HALF<br />
BEN VELLACOTT<br />
SCRUM-HALF<br />
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