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Richard Cockerill's attention turns to Europe as Edinburgh season falters
By AAP
Richard Cockerill has vowed Edinburgh will use the disappointment of seeing hopes of European qualification next season fade to fuel this term’s European bid.
The capital club are now all but out of contention for a top-three finish in the Guinness PRO14’s B conference and a slot in the Champions Cup next year after Saturday’s 27-15 loss to Scarlets.
But they still have a last 16 tie in this season’s competition to look forward to after tournament organisers announced a rejigging of the competition’s format in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
The draw for the first knockout round will take place on March 9, with the action set to resume in the first weekend of April.
Reflecting on the defeat to Glenn Delaney’s side, Cockerill said: “We’ve been doing some good stuff. It was a decent game, decent weather, both sides were very positive.
“Three tries apiece. It’s a game we could have easily won but the odd error costs you at this level.
“We’ll keep playing, we’ll keep developing our squad, we’ve still got Europe to play in as well – which will be big for us.
“There’s been a lot of things happening this season and we’ve just got to deal with the disappointment, dust ourselves off and come back here next Sunday and play Benetton.”
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Good summation Ned. Agree the Canes were out-muscled for once (except at the scrum!) by a focused Brumbies outfit. Tua deserves consideration for higher honors after the way he humbled Jordie and the Canes defense. Thankfully, his lack of eligibility for Oz keeps him from Joe’s plans. While I also agree the injuries affected the Canes performance, some players seemed to lack focus and intensity for this match. Perhaps after the Blues demolished the Brumbies, they thought it was going to be easy? A good reminder that any slip up in preparation can have a big affect on the result. Brumbies deserved that win.
Go to commentsKarl Dixon should never have been appointed this fixture, absolute disgrace, He’s not much of a referee anyway, didn't have the balls to send his mate care off
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