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Scotland rookie saves the day as Edinburgh see off Ospreys

Harry Paterson of Edinburgh (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
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Edinburgh picked up a third win in the United Rugby Championship after they came from behind to beat Ospreys 19-17.

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The hosts twice found themselves behind but second-half tries from Harri Morris and Harry Paterson ultimately gave Edinburgh the victory despite a nervy ending.

Ospreys took a 5-0 lead in the 25th minute thanks to Luke Davies who started and finished the move but they were pegged level seven minutes later when Tom Currie found a gap following a succession of penalties.

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Ospreys re-established their five-point lead four minutes after the break as Phil Cokanasiga threw a dummy and slipped through to dot down.

But, Edinburgh turned it round with two converted tries in 15 minutes firstly when Morris capitalised from shoving over the maul before Paterson crossed the whitewash.

Ospreys set up a grandstand finish with six minutes to play after they played it through the hands and Evardi Boshoff bundled his way over the try line for a converted score, but Edinburgh held on.

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NoLongerARuck 9 minutes ago
Rugby's Greatest Rivalry deep dive - what has happened to the All Blacks’ scrum?

Alot of people have talked about how the AB's are making progress and getting closer to the Boks. Its also important to ask where the net gain has been. In 4 games under Razor the AB's attack failed dismally and struggled to score tries. The Boks outscored them comprehensively. Even so the All Blacks led for long periods in Joburg and Cape Town in 24. They lost each game by one score. They led all the way in Auckland and led for a quarter of the match in Wellington. Razors team always lost control in the final quarter of matches against the boks where the Boks bench completely overpowered them.

Under Rennie the AB's have scored plenty of tries, more than the Boks, they have rediscovered their attacking threat but they have regressed in other areas. Their scrum has totally capitulated, their lineout has been hammered, they are turning the ball over more at break down and in the tackle. They are making mistakes within their attacking template that has cost them and presented the Boks opportunities and so their defence has suffered with the Boks making hay in the last 3 games outscoring them in terms of tries and pts during that period. They have conceded 2 and 3 score leads in the last 3 matches heading into the final quarter. At Cape Town it was 16 points, Soweto 12 pts and in the US 15 pts. The Boks established control of Rennies team earlier and led for longer with AB's forced to chase games. They won the second half in Ellis Park comprehensively and the final quarters in the next 2 matches matches but little else illustrating the lack of control for the AB's.



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