2015–16 Edinburgh Rugby season
The 2015–16 season was Edinburgh Rugby's fifteenth season competing in the Pro12.
Ground(s) | Murrayfield Stadium, Meggetland | ||
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CEO | ![]() | ||
Coach(es) | ![]() | ||
Captain(s) | ![]() | ||
League(s) | Pro 12 | ||
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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
- Alan Solomons (Head coach)
- (Forwards coach)
- Duncan Hodge (Backs coach)
- (Head of S&C)
- (Defence coach)
Other coaches
- (Assistant S&C Coach)
- Ben Atiga (Player and Skills Coach)
- (Lead performance analyst)
- (Performance analyst)
Squad[]
Hookers Props
Locks |
Loose Forwards Half Backs Stand offs |
Centres Back Three |
(c) Denotes team captain,
Italicised denotes Scottish qualified
WCC - World Cup Cover
Transfers[]
Personnel In[]
Magnus Bradbury from Scottish Rugby Academy[5]
William Helu from
Wasps[5]
Nasi Manu from Highlanders/Canterbury[6]
Rory Sutherland from Scottish Rugby Academy
Nathan Fowles from Sale Sharks[7]
Michael Allen from Ulster Rugby[8]
Blair Kinghorn[9]
Duncan Hodge from
Scottish national team
4 month trial [10]
from
Southland Rugby[11]
John Hardie from
Southland Rugby and Highlanders[12]
Jason Tovey from Newport Gwent Dragons(loan)
Players Out[]
Tom Heathcote to
Worcester Warriors[13]
Grayson Hart to
Glasgow Warriors[14]
Ollie Atkins to
Exeter Chiefs[15]
Tim Visser to
Harlequins[16]
Carl Bezuidenhout Retired
Jamie Farndale to Scotland 7s
Hugh Blake to Glasgow Warriors
Joaquín Domínguez to
US Cognac
Tomás Leonardi to
Toulouse[17]
James Hilterbrand to
Manly[18]
David Denton to Bath Rugby
Greig Tonks to London Irish
Competitions[]
Pre season[]
Match 1[]
21 August 2015
18:00 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
31-16 | ![]() |
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Try: Grant (3), Te Rure, Du Preez Con: Fowles, Te Rure (2) |
Report | Try: Apostol Con: Dumbrava Pen: Dumbrava, Vlaicu (2) |
Match 2[]
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 | |||||
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Apps (sub) |
Points | Apps (sub) |
Points | Apps (sub) |
Total Pts | |||||
Try | Kick | Try | Kick | |||||||
HK | ![]() |
Neil Cochrane | 12(4) | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 13(8) | 0 |
HK | ![]() |
Ross Ford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
HK | ![]() |
Stuart McInally | (4) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
HK | ![]() |
George Turner | (8) | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 0 | (9) | 0 |
PR | ![]() |
John Andress | 11(8) | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 13(9) | 5 |
PR | ![]() |
Simon Berghan | (11) | 0 | 0 | (4) | 0 | 0 | (15) | 0 |
PR | ![]() |
Allan Dell | 3(10) | 1 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 0 | 3(11) | 5 |
PR | ![]() |
Alasdair Dickinson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
PR | ![]() |
WP Nel | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
PR | ![]() |
Grant Shiells | (2) | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | 0 | (4) | 0 |
PR | ![]() |
Rory Sutherland | 11(3) | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 14(5) | 0 |
LK | ![]() |
Anton Bresler | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 21(1) | 0 |
LK | ![]() |
Grant Gilchrist | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
LK | ![]() |
Fraser McKenzie | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 0 |
LK | ![]() |
Alex Toolis | 7(9) | 2 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 11(10) | 10 |
LK | ![]() |
Ben Toolis | 8(1) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 5 |
BR | ![]() |
Magnus Bradbury | (4) | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 1(5) | 5 |
BR | ![]() |
Mike Coman | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 16(1) | 5 |
BR | ![]() |
Roddy Grant | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 |
BR | ![]() |
John Hardie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
BR | ![]() |
Nasi Manu | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 |
BR | ![]() |
Cornell du Preez | 16(3) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21(3) | 30 |
BR | ![]() |
Jamie Ritchie | 5(4) | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 7(6) | 0 |
BR | ![]() |
Hamish Watson | 10(5) | 3 | 0 | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | 11(7) | 20 |
SH | ![]() |
Nathan Fowles | 5(2) | 0 | 15 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 6(4) | 15 |
SH | ![]() |
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne | 8(3) | 1 | 66 | 3(1) | 0 | 30 | 11(4) | 111 |
SH | ![]() |
Sean Kennedy | 6(6) | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 8(7) | 0 |
FH | ![]() |
Blair Kinghorn | 6(6) | 0 | 18 | (2) | 0 | 0 | 6(8) | 18 |
FH | ![]() |
Phil Burleigh | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20 |
FH | ![]() |
Greig Tonks | 9(2) | 0 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 15(2) | 72 |
FH | ![]() |
Jason Tovey | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
CE | ![]() |
Mike Allen | 9(2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12(2) | 0 |
CE | ![]() |
Sam Beard | 7(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 5 |
CE | ![]() |
Chris Dean | 8(4) | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 9(6) | 5 |
CE | ![]() |
James Johnstone | (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (3) | 0 |
CE | ![]() |
Matt Scott | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
CE | ![]() |
Andries Strauss | 4(3) | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 6(4) | 0 |
WG | ![]() |
Tom Brown | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4(1) | 1 | 0 | 16(1) | 10 |
WG | ![]() |
Dougie Fife | 8(4) | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 11(6) | 0 |
WG | ![]() |
Will Helu | 6(2) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10(2) | 10 |
WG | ![]() |
Damien Hoyland | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 18(1) | 40 |
WG | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FB | ![]() |
Jack Cuthbert | 7(1) | 0 | 4 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 8(2) | 4 |
FB | ![]() |
Nick McLennan | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 |
Pro12[]
League Table[]
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
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1 | ![]() |
22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 458 | 290 | +168 | 51 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 73 | ||||
2 | ![]() |
22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 507 | 406 | +101 | 60 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 73 | ||||
3 | ![]() |
22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 557 | 380 | +177 | 68 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 72 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 488 | 307 | +181 | 61 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 69 | ||||
5 | ![]() |
22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 477 | 458 | +19 | 45 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 63 | ||||
6 | ![]() |
22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 459 | 417 | +42 | 56 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 63 | ||||
7 | ![]() |
22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 542 | 461 | +81 | 62 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 56 | ||||
8 | ![]() |
22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 490 | 455 | +35 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 55 | ||||
9 | ![]() |
22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 405 | 366 | +39 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 54 | ||||
10 | ![]() |
22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 353 | 492 | −139 | 33 | 57 | 0 | 10 | 26 | ||||
11 | ![]() |
22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 308 | 718 | −410 | 35 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||
12 | ![]() |
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]
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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 ![]() |
16–9 | ![]() |
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Try: Hoyland (2) 54' m, 78' m Pen: Fowles (1/3) 24' Cuthbert (1/2) 70' |
Report | Pen: Nacewa (3/5) 16', 57', 72' |
Round 2[]
12 September 2015
17:10 |
(1 BP) Benetton Treviso ![]() |
24–27 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 3[]
2 October 2015
18:00 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
20–9 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 4[]
16 October 2015
19:45 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
16–10 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 5[]
24 October 2015
14:30 |
Zebre ![]() |
19–11 | ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
14–9 | ![]() |
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Try: O'Halloran 9' m Pen: Carty (3/5) 7', 44', 55' |
Report | Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2) 15', 53' Kinghorn (1/1) 37' |
Round 7[]
7 November 2015
17:15 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh ![]() |
14–16 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 8[]
27 November 2015
19:35 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh ![]() |
32–13 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 9[]
4 December 2015
19:35 |
Ulster ![]() |
14–7 | ![]() |
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Try: penalty try 4' c Scholes 10' c Con: Pad. Jackson (2/2) |
Report | Try: Du Preez 47' c Con: Cuthbert (1/1) |
Round 10 (1872 Cup - 23-11 agg.)[]
27 December 2015
15:05 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
23–11 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 11 (1872 Cup - 34-25 agg.)[]
2 January 2016
17:15 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors ![]() |
11–14 | ![]() |
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Try: Bennett 31' m Pen: Weir (2/2) 5', 54' |
Report | Try: Burleigh 74' m Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/4) 16', 25', 67' |
Round 12[]
8 January 2016
19:30 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
28–13 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 13[]
30 January 2016
17:15 |
Cardiff Blues ![]() |
10–3 | ![]() |
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Try: Fish 1' c Con: Patchell (1/1) Pen: Patchell (1/3) 15' |
Report | Pen: Fowles (1/1) 21' |
Round 14[]
12 February 2016
20:15 |
Scarlets ![]() |
22–21 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 15[]
19 February 2016
19:05 |
Ospreys ![]() |
27–13 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 16[]
28 February 2016
14:05 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
24–23 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 17[]
4 March 2016
19:35 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh ![]() |
23–28 | ![]() |
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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) |
Round 18[]
27 March 2016
14:30 |
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons ![]() |
15–16 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 19[]
1 April 2016
19:35 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh ![]() |
29–0 | ![]() |
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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 |
European Rugby Challenge Cup[]
Table[]
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 154 | +33 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 106 | +64 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 103 | +22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 98 | 217 | –119 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Results[]
Round 1[]
13 November 2015
19:30 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
28–10 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 2[]
20 November 2015
19:30 |
Agen ![]() |
6–27 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 3[]
12 December 2015
15:00 |
(1 BP) London Irish ![]() |
38–6 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 4[]
18 December 2015
19:30 |
Edinburgh ![]() |
18–15 | ![]() |
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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' |
Round 5[]
15 January 2016
19:30 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh ![]() |
23–0 | ![]() |
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Try: Bradbury 35' m Coman 59' m Tonks 68' m Watson 73' m Pen: Tonks (1/1) 19' |
Report |
Round 6[]
23 January 2016
20:45 |
Grenoble ![]() |
34–23 | ![]() |
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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' |
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