2015–16 Edinburgh Rugby season

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The 2015–16 season was Edinburgh Rugby's fifteenth season competing in the Pro12.

Edinburgh 2015 / 2016
Ground(s)Murrayfield Stadium,
Meggetland
CEOScotland Jon Petrie
Coach(es)South Africa Alan Solomons
Captain(s)New Zealand Mike Coman
League(s)Pro 12
1st kit
2nd kit
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Team[]

Coaches[]

Alan Solomons signed a contract extension[1] to stay on as head coach for another year. He'll again be assisted by .

Joining the coaching team former Scotland stand-off Duncan Hodge who joined [2] from the Scotland national team. Also joining in the summer was former All Black, Australia and Crusaders strength and conditioning coach Ash Jones.[3] He also worked with the Scotland national squad in preparation for Rugby World Cup 2015. Englishman Peter Wilkins joined as defence coach from Queensland Reds.[4]

Coaches

Other coaches

  • (Assistant S&C Coach)
  • Ben Atiga (Player and Skills Coach)
  • (Lead performance analyst)
  • (Performance analyst)

Squad[]

Hookers
Scotland Neil Cochrane
Scotland Ross Ford
United States James Hilterbrand WCC
Scotland Stuart McInally
Scotland George Turner

Props

Ireland John Andress
Poland WCC
New Zealand Simon Berghan
Scotland Jack Cosgrove SRA
South Africa Allan Dell
Scotland Alasdair Dickinson
Scotland Grant Shiells
Scotland Rory Sutherland
Scotland WP Nel

Locks
Namibia Anton Bresler
Scotland Grant Gilchrist
Scotland Fraser McKenzie
Australia Alex Toolis
Scotland Ben Toolis

  

Loose Forwards
Scotland Magnus Bradbury
New Zealand Mike Coman (c)
Scotland David Denton
South Africa Cornell du Preez
Scotland Roddy Grant
Scotland John Hardie
New Zealand Nasi Manu
Scotland Jamie Ritchie
Scotland Hamish Watson

Half Backs
England Nathan Fowles
Scotland Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
Scotland Sean Kennedy
Scotland WCC

Stand offs
Scotland Blair Kinghorn
Scotland Greig Tonks
Wales Jason Tovey (loan)
New Zealand Jade Te Rure

 

Centres
Ireland Michael Allen
New Zealand Sam Beard
New Zealand Phil Burleigh
Scotland Chris Dean
Scotland James Johnstone WCC
Scotland Matt Scott
South Africa Andries Strauss

Back Three
Scotland Tom Brown
Scotland Jack Cuthbert
Scotland Dougie Fife
Tonga Will Helu
Scotland Damien Hoyland
Tonga WCC
Scotland Nick McLennan

(c) Denotes team captain,
Italicised denotes Scottish qualified
WCC - World Cup Cover

Transfers[]

Personnel In[]

Players Out[]

Competitions[]

Pre season[]

Match 1[]

21 August 2015
18:00
Edinburgh Scotland 31-16 Romania Romania
Try: Grant (3), Te Rure, Du Preez
Con: Fowles, Te Rure (2)
 Report Try: Apostol
Con: Dumbrava
Pen: Dumbrava, Vlaicu (2)
The Greenyards, Melrose
Attendance: 1300

Match 2[]

29 August 2014
19:45
Edinburgh Scotland 23-10 Ireland Ulster
Report
Goldenacre, Edinburgh
Attendance: 2124
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU)

Player statistics[]

During the 2015–16 season, Edinburgh have used forty different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

As of 06 April 2015 (UTC)
Position Nation Name Pro12 Challenge Cup Total
Apps
(sub) 		Points Apps
(sub) 		Points Apps
(sub) 		Total Pts
Try Kick Try Kick
HK Scotland Neil Cochrane 12(4) 0 0 1(4) 0 0 13(8) 0
HK Scotland Ross Ford 7 0 0 4 0 0 11 0
HK Scotland Stuart McInally (4) 0 0 1 0 0 1(4) 0
HK Scotland George Turner (8) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (9) 0
PR Ireland John Andress 11(8) 1 0 2(1) 0 0 13(9) 5
PR New Zealand Simon Berghan (11) 0 0 (4) 0 0 (15) 0
PR South Africa Allan Dell 3(10) 1 0 (1) 0 0 3(11) 5
PR Scotland Alasdair Dickinson 5 1 0 3 0 0 8 5
PR Scotland WP Nel 8 1 0 4 0 0 12 5
PR Scotland Grant Shiells (2) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (4) 0
PR Scotland Rory Sutherland 11(3) 0 0 3(2) 0 0 14(5) 0
LK Namibia Anton Bresler 15 0 0 5(1) 0 0 21(1) 0
LK Scotland Grant Gilchrist 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
LK Scotland Fraser McKenzie 6(1) 0 0 1 0 0 7(1) 0
LK Australia Alex Toolis 7(9) 2 0 4(1) 0 0 11(10) 10
LK Scotland Ben Toolis 8(1) 1 0 2 0 0 10(1) 5
BR Scotland Magnus Bradbury (4) 0 0 1(1) 1 0 1(5) 5
BR New Zealand Mike Coman 13 0 0 3(1) 1 0 16(1) 5
BR Scotland Roddy Grant 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 4(1) 0
BR Scotland John Hardie 5 1 0 4 3 0 9 20
BR New Zealand Nasi Manu 5(1) 0 0 1(1) 0 0 6(2) 0
BR South Africa Cornell du Preez 16(3) 3 0 6 3 0 21(3) 30
BR Scotland Jamie Ritchie 5(4) 0 0 2(2) 0 0 7(6) 0
BR Scotland Hamish Watson 10(5) 3 0 2(2) 1 0 11(7) 20
SH England Nathan Fowles 5(2) 0 15 1(2) 0 0 6(4) 15
SH Scotland Sam Hidalgo-Clyne 8(3) 1 66 3(1) 0 30 11(4) 111
SH Scotland Sean Kennedy 6(6) 0 0 2(1) 0 0 8(7) 0
FH Scotland Blair Kinghorn 6(6) 0 18 (2) 0 0 6(8) 18
FH New Zealand Phil Burleigh 17 4 0 2 0 0 19 20
FH Scotland Greig Tonks 9(2) 0 44 6 1 23 15(2) 72
FH Wales Jason Tovey 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 9
CE Ireland Mike Allen 9(2) 0 0 3 0 0 12(2) 0
CE New Zealand Sam Beard 7(1) 1 0 0 0 0 7(1) 5
CE Scotland Chris Dean 8(4) 1 0 1(2) 0 0 9(6) 5
CE Scotland James Johnstone (3) 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0
CE Scotland Matt Scott 7 2 0 4 0 0 11 10
CE South Africa Andries Strauss 4(3) 0 0 2(1) 0 0 6(4) 0
WG Scotland Tom Brown 13 1 0 4(1) 1 0 16(1) 10
WG Scotland Dougie Fife 8(4) 0 0 3(2) 0 0 11(6) 0
WG Tonga Will Helu 6(2) 1 0 4 1 0 10(2) 10
WG Scotland Damien Hoyland 14 8 0 4(1) 0 0 18(1) 40
WG Tonga 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
FB Scotland Jack Cuthbert 7(1) 0 4 1(1) 0 0 8(2) 4
FB Scotland Nick McLennan (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0

Pro12[]

League Table[]

2015–16 Pro12 · · discuss
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Ireland Leinster (RU) 22 16 0 6 458 290 +168 51 27 6 3 73
2 Ireland Connacht (CH) 22 15 0 7 507 406 +101 60 46 8 5 73
3 Scotland Glasgow Warriors (SF) 22 14 1 7 557 380 +177 68 37 8 6 72
4 Ireland Ulster (SF) 22 14 0 8 488 307 +181 61 29 8 5 69
5 Wales Scarlets 22 14 0 8 477 458 +19 45 54 2 5 63
6 Ireland Munster 22 13 0 9 459 417 +42 56 36 6 5 63
7 Wales Cardiff Blues 22 11 0 11 542 461 +81 62 53 5 7 56
8 Wales Ospreys 22 11 1 10 490 455 +35 55 49 6 3 55
9 Scotland Edinburgh 22 11 0 11 405 366 +39 41 36 2 8 54
10 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 22 4 0 18 353 492 −139 33 57 0 10 26
11 Italy Zebre 22 5 0 17 308 718 −410 35 99 3 1 24
12 Italy Benetton Treviso 22 3 0 19 320 614 −294 35 79 0 8 20
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[19]
  1. number of matches won;
  2. the difference between points for and points against;
  3. the number of tries scored;
  4. the most points scored;
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against;
  6. the fewest red cards received;
  7. the fewest yellow cards received.
Green background (rows 1 to 4) were play-off places, and earned places in the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earned places in the European Rugby Champions Cup.
To facilitate the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there were no play-offs for the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup; the 20th place went to the winner of the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup if not already qualified. Because Challenge Cup winner Montpellier qualified via the Top 14, its place passed to the top team from that league not already qualified.
Plain background indicates teams that earned a place in the 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Results[]

Round 1[]
4 September 2015
19:35
Edinburgh Scotland 16–9 Ireland Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Hoyland (2) 54' m, 78' m
Pen: Fowles (1/3) 24'
Cuthbert (1/2) 70'
 Report Pen: Nacewa (3/5) 16', 57', 72'
Meggetland
Attendance: 2,478
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
Round 2[]
12 September 2015
17:10
(1 BP) Benetton Treviso Italy 24–27 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Pratichetti 40' c
41' m
Con: Hayward (1/2)
Pen: Hayward (4/4) 24', 29', 38', 56'
 Report Try: Burleigh 4' c
Hoyland 12' c
Beard 33' c
Con: Tonks (3/3)
Pen: Tonks (2/4) 25', 72'
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (IRFU)
Round 3[]
2 October 2015
18:00
Edinburgh Scotland 20–9 Wales Ospreys
Try: Burleigh 37' c
Andress 73' c
Con: Tonks (1/1)
Cuthbert (1/1)
Pen: Tonks (2/2) 47', 63'
 Report Pen: Davies (3/5) 4', 17', 40'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,475
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Round 4[]
16 October 2015
19:45
Edinburgh Scotland 16–10 Ireland Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Watson 54' c
Con: Tonks (1/1)
Pen: Tonks (3/4) 5', 17', 65'
 Report Try: Reidy 44' c
Con: Nelson (1/1)
Pen: Nelson (1/1) 24'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,324
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
Round 5[]
24 October 2015
14:30
Zebre Italy 19–11 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: 54' c
Con: Canna (1/1)
Pen: Canna (4/5) 10', 19', 26', 59'
 Report Try: Watson 37' m
Pen: Fowles (2/3) 8', 33'
Round 6[]
31 October 2015
18:45
Connacht Ireland 14–9 Scotland Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: O'Halloran 9' m
Pen: Carty (3/5) 7', 44', 55'
 Report Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2) 15', 53'
Kinghorn (1/1) 37'
Galway Sportsgrounds
Attendance: 3,834
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU)
Round 7[]
7 November 2015
17:15
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland 14–16 Ireland Munster
Try: Helu 46' m
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/3) 10', 39', 56'
 Report Try: J. Ryan 7' c
Con: Keatley (1/1)
Pen: Keatley (3/4) 29', 61', 67'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,981
Referee: (IRFU)
Round 8[]
27 November 2015
19:35
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland 32–13 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Nel 18' c
Dickinson 59' c
Brown 72' m
Scott 76' c
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/3)
Kinghorn (1/1)
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2) 6', 27'
 Report Try: Cudd 80' c
Con: D. Jones (1/1)
Pen: D. Jones (2/2) 15', 34'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,294
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
Round 9[]
4 December 2015
19:35
Ulster Ireland 14–7 Scotland Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: penalty try 4' c
Scholes 10' c
Con: Pad. Jackson (2/2)
 Report Try: Du Preez 47' c
Con: Cuthbert (1/1)
Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 12,640
Referee: (WRU)
Round 10 (1872 Cup - 23-11 agg.)[]
27 December 2015
15:05
Edinburgh Scotland 23–11 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Try: Scott 12' c
Hardie 69' c
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2)
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/4) 30', 50', 59'
 Report Try: Bennett 6' m
Pen: Russell (2/2) 47', 56'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 23,642
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
Round 11 (1872 Cup - 34-25 agg.)[]
2 January 2016
17:15
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors Scotland 11–14 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Bennett 31' m
Pen: Weir (2/2) 5', 54'
 Report Try: Burleigh 74' m
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/4) 16', 25', 67'
Murrayfield Stadium[20]
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
Round 12[]
8 January 2016
19:30
Edinburgh Scotland 28–13 Italy Benetton Treviso
Try: Hoyland (2) 12' c, 80' m
penalty try 58' c
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2)
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/3) 7', 46', 50'
 Report Try: McLean 64' c
Con: Ambrosini (1/1)
Pen: Ambrosini (2/2) 17', 24'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,159
Referee: (IRFU)
Round 13[]
30 January 2016
17:15
Cardiff Blues Wales 10–3 Scotland Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Fish 1' c
Con: Patchell (1/1)
Pen: Patchell (1/3) 15'
 Report Pen: Fowles (1/1) 21'
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 6,058
Referee: (IRFU)
Round 14[]
12 February 2016
20:15
Scarlets Wales 22–21 Scotland Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Allen 5' c
Con: S. Shingler (1/1)
Pen: S. Shingler (1/1) 17'
A. Thomas (4/4) 23', 46', 53', 76'
 Report Try: Du Preez 57' m
A. Toolis 73' c
Con: Tonks (1/2)
Pen: Fowles (2/3) 20', 42'
Tonks (1/1) 66'
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 5,569
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Round 15[]
19 February 2016
19:05
Ospreys Wales 27–13 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Underhill 34' c
Otten 76' m
Con: S. Davies (1/2)
Pen: S. Davies (5/5) 13', 24', 45', 62', 71'
 Report Try: Dell 25' c
Con: Tonks (1/1)
Pen: Tonks (2/4) 11', 17'
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,264
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
Round 16[]
28 February 2016
14:05
Edinburgh Scotland 24–23 Wales Scarlets (1 BP)
Try: Burleigh 11' c
B. Toolis 68' m
Con: Kinghorn (1/2)
Pen: Kinghorn (4/4) 5', 22', 40', 42'
 Report Try: Parkes 15' m
J. Davies 26' m
S. Evans 35' c
Con: Thomas (1/3)
Pen: Thomas (2/4) 7', 14'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,618
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
Round 17[]
4 March 2016
19:35
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland 23–28 Ireland Connacht (1 BP)
Try: Dean 43' m
Hoyland 51' c
Du Preez 59' m
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/3)
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/3) 68', 80'
 Report Try: MacGinty 20' c
Heenan 32' c
Aki 45' c
E. McKeon 72' c
Con: Ronaldson (3/3)
MacGinty (1/1)
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,584
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Round 18[]
27 March 2016
14:30
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 15–16 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Amos (2) 41' c, 53' m
Con: D. Jones (1/2)
Pen: D. Jones (1/2) 38'
 Report Try: Watson 44' c
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/1)
Pen: Kinghorn (1/2) 17'
Hidalgo-Clyne (2/4) 30', 40'
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 6,352
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
Round 19[]
1 April 2016
19:35
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland 29–0 Italy Zebre
Try: Hoyland (2) 51' c, 56' c
Hidalgo-Clyne 68' c
A. Toolis 80' m
Con: Tovey (3/4)
Pen: Tovey (1/1) 13'
 Report
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,799
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU)

European Rugby Challenge Cup[]

Table[]

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
France Grenoble (4) 6 5 0 1 187 154 +33 22 19 2 0 22
England London Irish (8) 6 3 0 3 170 106 +64 25 10 3 2 17
Scotland Edinburgh 6 4 0 2 125 103 +22 14 12 1 0 17
France Agen 6 0 0 6 98 217 –119 13 32 1 1 2

Results[]

Round 1[]
13 November 2015
19:30
Edinburgh Scotland 28–10 France Grenoble
Try: Du Preez (2) 5' m, 78' c
Penalty try 59' c
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/2) 62'
Tonks (1/1) 79'
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/3) 32', 39', 44'
 Report Try: 70' c
Con: (1/1) 71'
Pen: Hart (1/1) 49'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Round 2[]
20 November 2015
19:30
Agen France 6–27 Scotland Edinburgh
Pen: Darbo (2/2) 50', 55'
 Report Try: Penalty try 32' c
Du Preez 42' c
Hardie 69' c
Con: Penalty try (3/3) 33', 43', 70'
Pen: Tonks (2/2) 20', 23'
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 4,532
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
Round 3[]
12 December 2015
15:00
(1 BP) London Irish England 38–6 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Fenby (3) 9' m, 13' c, 76' c
Lewington 27' c
40' c
Tikoirotuma 60' m
Con: Geraghty (4/6) 14', 28', 40', 77'
 Report Pen: Tonks (2/3) 3', 8'
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 3,959
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU)
Round 4[]
18 December 2015
19:30
Edinburgh Scotland 18–15 England London Irish (1 BP)
Try: Brown 16' c
Hardie 71' m
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/2) 17'
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/3) 20', 36'
 Report Try: Ellis 8' m
59 'c
Con: Geraghty (1/2) 60'
Pen: Geraghty (1/1) 28'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,551
Referee: (RFU)
Round 5[]
15 January 2016
19:30
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland 23–0 France Agen
Try: Bradbury 35' m
Coman 59' m
Tonks 68' m
Watson 73' m
Pen: Tonks (1/1) 19'
 Report
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: (WRU)
Round 6[]
23 January 2016
20:45
Grenoble France 34–23 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Heguy 30' c
Aplon (2) 69' c, 78' m
Con: Wisniewski (2/3) 32', 70'
Pen: Wisniewski (5/6) 15', 18', 51', 57', 77'
 Report Try: Hardie 3' c
Helu 34' c
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2) 5', 35'
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/4) 27', 54', 67'
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 10,072
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU)

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