2013–14 Edinburgh Rugby season

The 2013–14 season was Edinburgh Rugby's thirteenth season competing in the Pro12.

Team

Coaches Alan Solomons, formerly of Western Province, Stormers, Ulster and more recently Super 15 team the Kings was appointed as Head Coach at the end of July '13. Stevie Scott, Philippe Doussy and Omar Mouneimne were appointed as Assistant Coaches.

Squad Hookers Ross Ford James Hilterbrand* Steven Lawrie Stuart McInally Aleki Lutui Alun Walker

Props

Wicus Blaauw Simon Berghan* Geoff Cross Alasdair Dickinson Robin Hislop WP Nel Lewis Niven

Locks Oliver Atkins Grant Gilchrist Rob McAlpine Perry Parker Izak van der Westhuizen Loose forwards Dimitri Basilaia Mike Coman Sean Cox David Denton Cornell du Preez Roddy Grant Tomás Leonardi Ross Rennie

Half backs Alex Black Carl Bezuidenhout Piers Francis Grayson Hart Sam Hidalgo-Clyne Sean Kennedy Greig Laidlaw (C) Chris Leck Harry Leonard Centres Ben Atiga Sam Beard Nick De Luca Joaquín Domínguez Matt Scott Andries Strauss

Back Three Tom Brown Jack Cuthbert Dougie Fife Lee Jones Greig Tonks Tim Visser Nikki Walker *Scottish qualified

Elite Development Players Alex Allan - Prop Chris Auld - Centre Magnus Bradbury - Back row Philip Cringle - Prop Bruce Dick - Centre Jamie Farndale - Wing Neil Irvine-Hess - Lock/Back row Ewan McQuillin - Prop / Alex Toolis - Lock / Ben Toolis - Lock George Turner - Hooker Hamish Watson - Back row

Transfers

Players In Nikki Walker from Worcester Warriors Jack Cuthbert from Bath Rugby Aleki Lutui from Worcester Warriors Alasdair Dickinson from Sale Sharks Grayson Hart from NSW Waratahs Oliver Atkins from NSW Waratahs Wicus Blaauw from Biarritz James Hilterbrand from Western Force Michael Tait from Newcastle Falcons (Month loan from Falcons) Joaquín Domínguez from San Isidro Club Cornell du Preez from the / Southern Kings Tomás Leonardi from Southern Kings Mike Coman from Hawke's Bay / Huricannes Sam Beard from Bay of Plenty Tony Fenner from Viadana (Loan) Carl Bezuidenhout from Andries Strauss from the / Southern Kings / Simon Berghan from Sydenham RFC

Players Out Lee Jones to Scotland 7s (loan until the end of the season) Richie Rees to Newport Gwent Dragons Netani Talei to Newport Gwent Dragons Sep Visser released Mike Penn to Moseley Andy Titterrell to London Welsh Allan Jacobsen retired James King retired Steven Turnbull retired John Yapp to London Irish Alun Walker to Nottingham RFC (loan until the end of the season) Robin Hislop to Rotherham R.U.F.C. (loan until the end of the season) Stuart McInally to Bristol RFC (loan until the end of the season) Ross Rennie to Bristol RFC (loan until the end of the season) Perry Parker to Ospreys (loan until the end of the season) Lee Jones to Glasgow Warriors (loan until the end of the season) Sean Kennedy to London Irish (month loan) Geoff Cross to Glasgow Warriors (loan until the end of the season)

Sponsorship This year saw the shirts branded with BT Sport on four-year sponsorship and continuing relationship with sportswear company Macron. The BT Sports deals was seen as way to circumvent Sky Sports’ ban on carrying adverts for its new sports channels after agreeing a sponsorship deal under which its logo will be emblazoned all over BSkyB's Scottish rugby coverage. BT Sport Mitsubishi Cars

Competitions

Pro12

League table

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 13 rescheduled match

This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 13, on 9 February 2014 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Round 19

Round 20

Round 12 rescheduled match

This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 12, on 1 January 2014 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Round 21

Round 22

Heineken Cup

Table TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts Munster (4) 6 5 0 1 161 77 +84 19 6 2 1 23 Gloucester (7C) 6 3 0 3 113 114 −1 13 10 1 1 14 Edinburgh 6 3 0 3 104 141 −37 10 17 0 0 12 Perpignan 6 1 0 5 112 158 −46 10 19 1 2 7 Source : www.ercrugby.comPoints breakdown:*4 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match