Edinburgh v Glasgow Friday 29th October 2006

Edinburgh v Glasgow Friday 29th October 2006

It’s Lyn Howell’s first game in charge of the Gunners tonight and as with most changes in management in Rugby the Edinburgh lads will be doing their utmost to impress their new coach.

The Gunners team is relatively unchanged tonight he Glasgow team for the inter-city clash is a much-changed one following the defeat to Cardiff Blues last week, with four changes in the backs (one positional) and a bench with only two personnel remaining.

In the backs, Sean Marsden wins his second start for the Warriors, this time at fullback, with Graeme Morrison rejoining the squad at outside centre, Andy Henderson reverting to inside centre and stand-off Colin Gregor getting his first start of the season.

Form: Edinburgh Gunners are unbeaten in their last three Magners League matches, and have won all four previous games they have played at Murrayfield in the league against fellow Scottish teams. Glasgow Warriors have won just one of their last five league encounters: 24-13 over Munster at Hughenden on 15 September. The Warriors have won just once away from home in any competition since April 2005: 26-20 also against Munster at Thomond Park on 18 February 2006. The last five matches between the two have gone in favour of the home side on the day, whilst the last Glasgow win in Edinburgh was 33-26 at Myreside in the Welsh-Scottish League on 15 September 2000.

Recommendation:

It's probably going to be very tight first half but at the end of the Day the gunners do have the better squad on paper, it's also at Murrayfield which is worth a score at least. Glasgow do have a lot of huff and puff but nothing I've seen so far can convince me that their backs can break through the line.

Edinburgh -9 at Sporting Odds