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Luke Crosbie to make first start of the season for Edinburgh

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Luke Crosbie during a Scotland Rugby training session at the Oriam, on January 24, 2023, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Ross MacDonald/SNS Group via Getty Images)

Scotland back-row forward Luke Crosbie will make his first start of the season as Edinburgh host Cardiff on Saturday.

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Crosbie is back in for the BKT United Rugby Championship fixture after impressing off the bench against Stormers in his return from a neck injury.

Head coach Sean Everitt, who has made five changes in all, said: “Cardiff’s backs have scored the majority of their tries and they’ve managed to combine that now with a really strong set-piece and that’s become a weapon of theirs.

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“In all aspects of the game, we need to be really sharp on Saturday to be able to get the win.”

EDINBURGH:
15. Wes Goosen
14. Darcy Graham
13. Matt Currie
12. Mosese Tuipulotu
11. Duhan van der Merwe
10. Ross Thompson
9. Ali Price
1.Boan Venter
2. Paddy Harrison
3. D’Arcy Rae
4. Marshall Sykes
5. Grant Gilchrist
6. Luke Crosbie
7. Ben Muncaster
8. Magnus Bradbury

REPLACEMENTS:
16. Ewan Ashman
17. Pierre Schoeman
18. Paul Hill
19. Jamie Hodgson
20. Hamish Watson
21. Ben Vellacott
22. Cammy Scott
23. Matt Scott

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Flankly 1 hour ago
Four talking points after a 'bonkers' England loss to Australia

On the face of it the England rush defence seemed to be worse this week than last. I thought the line speed last week was very effective against NZ, and that the NZ tries had to be very well worked to get around or through. But in fact the apparent deterioration of the England defence may have been more about Schmidt learning from the NZ game. Australia were quick about getting the ball outside of the midfield defenders, and England struggled to cover it effectively. Suaailii was a key element of this. The Boks are going to test this next week, and if England don't address it we should see some Bok tries out wide.


The England attack was as expected, ie fairly ineffective, per last week. Smith is the exception. His magic was behind almost everything England did on attack. While it's great for England to have a player like this, the question is what will happen when an opponent targets him to minimize his impact. Can England win a game with their Plan B? We saw what happened in the 2019 RWC final when the Boks shut down George Ford.


More of a surprise was the England forward pack. This ought to be the area in which Bothwick excels. It is a traditional England strength, and Borthwick was a forward himself. And there is a lot of experience in that pack. So I thought Australia might be overwhelmed up front. But that's not really what happened. It's not obvious that the England pack is any more than average at the moment.


My conclusion this week is similar to last, namely that England has not solved its coaching problem. It looks very different for NZ and Australia - they both have coaching results that are looking quite good.

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