Edinburgh Rugby Supporters Club

EMBRA EDGED IN MURRAYFIELD THRILLER

There was controversy, thrills 'n' spills and intense media interest at Murrayfield this afternoon. And that was just at the National Trust for Scotland's AGM in the President's Suite. The Embra-Leinster match up that followed was right up with the best in a series where high drama has been a feature of many. A brilliant Sexton dropped goal with seconds left secured the points for the visitors after a long Paterson penalty had seemed to win it for Edinburgh. Yet Mossy could so nearly have won it yet, a final long range penalty just going wide with no time left on the clock.

Stade Tickets

Can we try and confirm exact numbers on Saturday. Can you come up and see me with a list of names against all the tickets you requested so that we can check duplication. If possible can you get to the Clubhouse (Presidents Suite) before the start of the game.Also, any comments on contributions / donations for tickets ( 10 or 15 have been suggested). If we decide I would want to collect money on Saturday also. All money raised will re ring-fenced for buying tickets for SFSC fans fo the return leg. There have been suggestions made about a meeting

GODDERS SAVOURS RAVERS

The Edinburghgunners.org website has this week struggled to cope with the early season excitement, crashing for a few days under the weight of public expectation. But the squad have taken it in their stride, kept their feet on the ground etc etc. They did so again this evening at Ravenhill with a tight win in a nailbiting finish. The last three meetings between the two sides have seen the losers emerge with a bonus point, so perhaps this was no surprise. Embra brought home the points with the aid of a second half shutout of the home side, a doughty defensive

EMBRA HAND OUT RECORD HAMMERING AT HOME

The Middlesex 'Spin Twins', Phil Edmonds and John Emburey, were key factors in the English cricket side's brief period of world domination - in between meetings with the West Indies at least - in the mid-80s. Edmonds was the go-to guy when his skipper wanted to dismiss the enemy's top batsman. But the great man just couldn't be bothered to skittle the tail enders out. That humdrum task was left to 'Embers', whose dogged determination closed out a number of Test wins following an Edmonds breakthrough. Every team needs to do both the spectacular and the routine

HELP FLY THE FLAG

Will you help us fly the flag for Edinburgh Rugby? The Supporters Club Committee wish to offer support to the team at matches - and at the same time cover up some of the blank spaces over in the East Stand.

Final call for Stade tickets.

Would all ER supporters looking for tickets please contact us at the game on Friday (If you haven t already by e-mail). We are need to finalise

BLUES' HOODOO MOVES TO NEW VENUE

Late last season, Embra made the last competitive match at the Arms Park a rather unhappy one for the Blues with an expansive win. They kicked off the new season by hanseling the new Cardiff City Stadium with another. At one point, the margin may have been rather smaller than last time. But even home coach Dai Young recognised that it should not have been: "Let's be honest, if we had won we'd have nicked it."Two fine tries in an opening 20 minute blitz saw Embra explode into the new term. For much of the evening Cardiff had no answer to the pace of

GAME OF TWO HALVES AT MYRESIDE

With the athletics World Championships on at the moment, one recalls the wise words of Linford Christie. When it came to starting a race, the legendary sprinter's philosophy was always "to go on the 'B' of Bang". Over the years, Embra have tended not to take that advice, leaving it until too late to get into their stride in the Heineken in particular. So it has been encouraging to hear such luminaries as Phil 'Godders' Godman recently emphasising how the Gunners are aiming to get off to a flier when the season starts in Cardiff in a couple of weeks' time.For

ERSC on the Road - Results

ERSC would like to thank all supporters who made their choice for away fixtures which they would be happy to travel to by bus/coach Ulster came top of the poll followed by Ospreys. We will also be looking at a coach trip to Bath for the away ERC fisture at The RecThe two most popular choices will now be costed & an indication of the coach charge will be made & a final decision on bookings will be made after that.We will also look at having banners made up (sizes depend on cost) - If any of our

Welcome to the new Edinburgh Rugby Supporters Club web site

Welcome to the new Edinburgh Rugby Supporters Club web site. First off I'd like to say a big "thank you" to Paul and the web team for their work in making this happen. Not being a "tecky" person, it's been great to have them all on board to make the development of this as smooth as possible. Speaking of new things, there are a lot of changes as we go into the new season. As many of you will know, Bert Lawson decided to step down from the Chair of the committee at the end of last season.