Edinburgh make official their list of seven end-of-season leavers
Thursday’s confirmation that Scott Steele has retired from playing at the age of 30 has been followed by Edinburgh making official their group of seven leavers exiting the Scottish URC franchise at the end of the season.
A hip injury kept scrum-half sidelined for the whole 2023/24 campaign and his name was the final addition to an exit list that had already contained the likes of the Bristol-bound Viliame Mata.
A statement read: “Edinburgh have confirmed the seven senior men’s players that will depart the club at the end of the season. WP Nel, Viliame Mata, Charlie Savala, Luan de Bruin, Adam McBurney, Jamie Campbell, and Scott Steele will all leave at the end of the current campaign.
“Mata (Bristol Bears), Savala (Northampton Saints), de Bruin (Newcastle Falcons), and McBurney (Connacht) all join new clubs, while Steele announced earlier on Thursday his decision to retire from rugby at the end of the season.
“Double centurion Nel confirmed that he will hang up his boots at the end of the season in March, while Campbell is set to pursue playing opportunities outside of the UK this summer.”
Head coach Sean Everitt said: “I would like to thank all of our departing players for their contributions to Edinburgh during their time at the club. They have all been a valuable part of the squad and I wish them all the best in their future endeavours.
“We are grateful for the effort and commitment these players have shown throughout their time at Edinburgh. They have all played a role in the team’s success and we’ll miss them around the club dearly because of what they brought as individuals and players.
“On behalf of everyone at Edinburgh, I’d like to thank our seven departing players for their hard work and dedication. They have all been a pleasure to work with and will still have big roles to play as we aim to finish the season on a high note.”
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Longterm that may be the best option. Marcus coming on at the death would provide a lot of impact especially with Randall. Fin is a more rounded ten who looks to be the right man to take the team forwards. Right now though, like I say it'd be a big call to drop our best player in the autumn for a flyhalf with no test experience. That doesn't smell right to me. I hope Fin is given some proper game time this 6N though. If we've got any decent leads at half time, get him on and move Marcus to 15.
Go to commentsI think George is a good enough leader to think bigger picture and not take his situation personally - think he’s the fall guy.
If he’s a really good leader, he’ll take this opportunity to respond to this by being the best team player he can be and follower to Itoje. Show others how to respond to setbacks.
He also needs to prove he’s the best no. 2 England’s got. Which is everyone’s first priority before anything else.
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