{"id":352039,"date":"2011-03-30T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/connacht-v-edinburgh-fri\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T17:28:09","slug":"connacht-v-edinburgh-fri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/connacht-v-edinburgh-fri\/","title":{"rendered":"Connacht v Edinburgh (Fri)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"96.207514650121\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide --><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Venue:<\/em> The Sportsground, Galway<\/li>\n<li><em>Date:<\/em> Friday 1 April<\/li>\n<li><em>Kick-off:<\/em> 1945 BST<\/li>\n<li><em>Coverage:<\/em> BBC Sport website, live on BBC ALBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/97ade6c629947_cross.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Geoff Cross in action for Scotland\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Cross featured for Scotland in the recent Six Nations championship<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh have made one change to their line-up for Friday&#8217;s Magners League match against Connacht in Galway.<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Cross comes in at tighthead prop in place of David Young, who is suffering from a back injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12913317.stm\">Ross Ford and Allan Jacobsen will not play in Edinburgh&#8217;s remaining matches this season with Scotland coach Andy Robinson wanting the players rested<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson has withdrawn the players from club duty to get them ready for the Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any coach will always want to field his strongest possible team &#8211; that&#8217;s natural and I&#8217;m no different,&#8221; said interim Edinburgh coach Nick Scrivener.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Player welfare has always been a top priority for Edinburgh, and we recognise and understand the need to balance our players&#8217; commitments in what is a very busy rugby year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12895353.stm\">Scrivener this week announced he would be returning to Australia at the end of the season<\/a> but is keen for Edinburgh to finish the season strongly.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"27.742489270386\">\n           <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/12913324.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>It&#8217;s about us going out and showing a hunger and absolute determination to win, so that we finish what has been an up-and-down season in a really positive fashion<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\t<span>Nick Scrivener<\/span><br \/>\n\t<span>Edinburgh interim coach<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We performed really well as a team against Ospreys last weekend, and it&#8217;s going to take exactly the same levels of intensity and precision to get the result we want in Connacht,&#8221; added Scrivener.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The weather forecast for the next couple of days over there isn&#8217;t great, so we&#8217;re prepared for a lot of onus falling on our set-piece. Our lineout went very well last time out, and we&#8217;ll now be looking for a repeat as well as the same degree of effectiveness from the scrum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having Geoff back in there should help in that regard. His all-round game has been very impressive for a number of months now, and we look forward to him maintaining that consistency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elsewhere, we felt it was right and proper to show faith in the guys who delivered for us last week, and I&#8217;m keen to see how partnerships and combinations develop, especially at half-back where Mike Blair and Greig Laidlaw showed some very encouraging signs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Ospreys game should be the template for our last four matches. It&#8217;s about us going out and showing a hunger and absolute determination to win, so that we finish what has been an up-and-down season in a really positive fashion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connacht:<\/strong> tbc<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edinburgh:<\/strong> Jim Thompson, Simon Webster, Ben Cairns, James King, Tim Visser; Greig Laidlaw, Mike Blair; Kyle Traynor, Andrew Kelly (capt), Geoff Cross, Scott MacLeod, Esteban Lozada, Fraser McKenzie, Scott Newlands, David Denton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> Alun Walker, Lewis Niven, Robin Hislop, Steven Turnbull, Roddy Grant, David Blair, Nick De Luca, Lee Jones.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/97ade6c629947_cross.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12913324.stm\" title=\"Connacht v Edinburgh (Fri)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connacht v Edinburgh (Fri)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Venue: The Sportsground, Galway Date: Friday 1 April Kick-off: 1945 BST Coverage: BBC Sport website, live on BBC ALBA Cross featured for Scotland in the recent Six Nations championship Edinburgh have made one change to their line-up for Friday&#8217;s Magners League match against Connacht in Galway. 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