Edinburgh - Match Preview

By Zippy
April 27 2004

The Warriors travel to the Scottish capital to take on the best side in Scotland. The Warriors need a win to boost Heineken Cup hopes and to avenge a painful home defeat earlier in the season. For team news read on

Warriors News: Deniol Jones is preffered to Brent Cockbain in the 2nd row in a strong looking Warriors XV, Mamma Molitika gets a place after some excellant displays for Bridgend.

 

Warriors Team: K Morgan, D James, G Thomas (capt), S Parker, G Wyatt, C Sweeney, G Cooper, G Jenkins, M Davies, C Horsman, D Jones, R Sidoli, M Molitika, C Harris, R Bryan.

Replacements: M Rees, M Jones, B Cockbain, R Jones, S Martens, N Jenkins, E Lewis.

 

Edinburgh (predicted): Lee, Webster, Di Rollo, Philip, Southwell, Warnock, Blair, Jacobson, Kelly, Brannigan, Kellock, Murray, Blackadder, Cross, A. Hogg.
Replacements: Di Ciacca, Smith, Perrett, Strokosch, Burns, Dickson, Joiner.

 

Edinburgh Opinion:

The team
- Packed with Scotland stars

-Webster on the wing is sharp.
- Todd Blackadder at 8 is still awesome

Form
- Inflicted a painful defeat on us at home
- Great result in Munster
 

Zippy View:

Warriors to sneak it.