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2015–16 Edinburgh Rugby season

Ground(s)	Murrayfield Stadium, Meggetland
CEO	Jon Petrie
Coach(es)	Alan Solomons
Captain(s)	Mike Coman
League(s)	Pro 12
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Team

Coaches

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

Joining the coaching team former Scotland stand-off Duncan Hodge who joined from the Scotland national team. Also joining in the summer was former All Black, Australia and Crusaders strength and conditioning coach Ash Jones. 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.

Coaches

• Alan Solomons (Head coach)
• Stevie Scott (Forwards coach)
• Duncan Hodge (Backs coach)
• Ash Jones (Head of S&C)
• Peter Wilkins (Defence coach)

Other coaches

• Marc Keys (Assistant S&C Coach)
• Ben Atiga (Player and Skills Coach)
• Murray Fleming (Lead performance analyst)
• Paul Larter (Performance analyst)

Squad

Italicised denotes Scottish qualified

Transfers

Personnel In

• Magnus Bradbury from Scottish Rugby Academy
• William Helu from Wasps
• Nasi Manu from Highlanders/Canterbury
• Rory Sutherland from Scottish Rugby Academy
• Nathan Fowles from Sale Sharks
• Michael Allen from Ulster Rugby
• Blair Kinghorn
• Duncan Hodge from Scottish national team
• Murdo McAndrew 4 month trial
• Otulea Katoa from Southland Rugby
• John Hardie from Southland Rugby and Highlanders
• Jason Tovey from Newport Gwent Dragons(loan)

Players Out

• Tom Heathcote to Worcester Warriors
• Grayson Hart to Glasgow Warriors
• Ollie Atkins to Exeter Chiefs
• Tim Visser to Harlequins
• Carl Bezuidenhout Retired
• Jamie Farndale to Scotland 7s
• Hugh Blake to Glasgow Warriors
• Joaquín Domínguez to US Cognac
• Tomás Leonardi to Toulouse
• James Hilterbrand to Manly
• David Denton to Bath Rugby
• Greig Tonks to London Irish

Competitions

Pre season

Match 1

Edinburgh	31-16	Romania
Try: Grant (3), Te Rure, Du Preez Con: Fowles, Te Rure (2)	Report	Try: Apostol Con: Dumbrava Pen: Dumbrava, Vlaicu (2)

Match 2

Edinburgh	23-10	Ulster
	Report

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		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		Otulea Katoa	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
1	Leinster (RU)	22	16	0	6	458	290	+168	51	27	6	3	73
2	Connacht (CH)	22	15	0	7	507	406	+101	60	46	8	5	73
3	Glasgow Warriors (SF)	22	14	1	7	557	380	+177	68	37	8	6	72
4	Ulster (SF)	22	14	0	8	488	307	+181	61	29	8	5	69
5	Scarlets	22	14	0	8	477	458	+19	45	54	2	5	63
6	Munster	22	13	0	9	459	417	+42	56	36	6	5	63
7	Cardiff Blues	22	11	0	11	542	461	+81	62	53	5	7	56
8	Ospreys	22	11	1	10	490	455	+35	55	49	6	3	55
9	Edinburgh	22	11	0	11	405	366	+39	41	36	2	8	54
10	Newport Gwent Dragons	22	4	0	18	353	492	−139	33	57	0	10	26
11	Zebre	22	5	0	17	308	718	−410	35	99	3	1	24
12	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: number of matches won; the difference between points for and points against; the number of tries scored; the most points scored; the difference between tries for and tries against; the fewest red cards received; 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

Edinburgh	16–9	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'

Round 2

(1 BP) Benetton Treviso	24–27	Edinburgh
Try: Pratichetti 40' c Naude 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

Edinburgh	20–9	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'

Round 4

Edinburgh	16–10	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'

Round 5

Zebre	19–11	Edinburgh
Try: Berryman 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

Connacht	14–9	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'

Round 7

(1 BP) Edinburgh	14–16	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'

Round 8

(1 BP) Edinburgh	32–13	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'

Round 9

Ulster	14–7	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)

Round 10 (1872 Cup - 23-11 agg.)

Edinburgh	23–11	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'

Round 11 (1872 Cup - 34-25 agg.)

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	11–14	Edinburgh
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

Edinburgh	28–13	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'

Round 13

Cardiff Blues	10–3	Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Fish 1' c Con: Patchell (1/1) Pen: Patchell (1/3) 15'	Report	Pen: Fowles (1/1) 21'

Round 14

Scarlets	22–21	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'

Round 15

Ospreys	27–13	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'

Round 16

Edinburgh	24–23	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'

Round 17

(1 BP) Edinburgh	23–28	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)

Round 18

(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons	15–16	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'

Round 19

(1 BP) Edinburgh	29–0	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

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Grenoble (4)	6	5	0	1	187	154	+33	22	19	2	0	22
2	London Irish (8)	6	3	0	3	170	106	+64	25	10	3	2	17
3	Edinburgh	6	4	0	2	125	103	+22	14	12	1	0	17
4	Agen	6	0	0	6	98	217	−119	13	32	1	1	2

Results

Round 1

Edinburgh	28–10	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: Kilioni 70' c Con: Bosch (1/1) 71' Pen: Hart (1/1) 49'

Round 2

Agen	6–27	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'

Round 3

(1 BP) London Irish	38–6	Edinburgh
Try: Fenby (3) 9' m, 13' c, 76' c Lewington 27' c Williams 40' c Tikoirotuma 60' m Con: Geraghty (4/6) 14', 28', 40', 77'	Report	Pen: Tonks (2/3) 3', 8'

Round 4

Edinburgh	18–15	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 Smallbone 59 'c Con: Geraghty (1/2) 60' Pen: Geraghty (1/1) 28'

Round 5

(1 BP) Edinburgh	23–0	Agen
Try: Bradbury 35' m Coman 59' m Tonks 68' m Watson 73' m Pen: Tonks (1/1) 19'	Report

Round 6

Grenoble	34–23	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'

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