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Edinburgh smash Connacht in Magners League

Article Published: Friday 11 September 2009

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Edinburgh continued on from their their Magners League opening-round win last weekend against Cardiff with big 62-13 victory over Connacht at Murrayfield.

Connacht were the first to put some points on the board through an Ian Keatley penalty but Edinburgh who were captained by Rob Moffat soon got into the match.

Mark Robertson scored two of Edinburgh's eight tries on the night.

At half time Connacht were only trailing by 20 points to 13 but in the second half Edinburgh opened up and so did the floodgates.
 
The result sees Edinburgh take the top spot in the Magners League above the Dragons.

Final Score Edinburgh (20) 62 Connacht (6) 13

Scorers

Edinburgh
Tries: Robertson 2, Cairns, Paterson, Hogg, MacDonald, Turnbull, Grant.
Cons: Paterson 8.
Pens: Paterson 2.

Connacht
Tries: Carr.
Cons: Nikora.
Pens: Keatley

Attendance: 3,042

Referee: James Jones (WRFU)

Teams

Edinburgh: Paterson, Robertson, Cairns, Houston, A. Turnbull, Godman, Laidlaw, Jacobsen, Kelly, G. Cross, C. Hamilton, MacLeod, MacDonald, Grant, Hogg.

Replacements: Ford, Traynor, McKenzie, Newlands, M. Blair, De Luca, Jones.

Connacht: Duffy, Tuohy, Nathan, Matthews, Carr, Keatley, F. Murphy, Loughney, Cronin, Hagan, Browne, Upton, Muldoon, Ofisa, McCarthy.

Replacements: Flavin, Higgins, McComish, O'Connor, Nikora, O'Loughlin, Wynne.

 
 
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