Frank Hadden
Frank Hadden
Frank Haddenis a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby...
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I started thinking about South Africa two days after the Italy game in mid-March, that's just the nature of the beast. We've played a lot of physical teams in the last 12 months but this is the ultimate challenge for us physically and we're playing them in their own backyard, so it will be really tough.
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Ben's got a lot of qualities, but this is a very big match and we've got a lot of confidence that he's a big-time player. He's got a lot of experience from back home. The progress he has made since coming here last season has been pretty impressive, and he is probably the best defensive midfielder in the country, which will be really important this weekend.
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Ben has made great strides since he joined Edinburgh last season. Rob has earned his call-up with the consistency of his performances.
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It is our last home game and they have got to come in after the match and face up to the supporters. They will need to give their all for 80 minutes before they do that.
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The Welsh were hugely inspirational to us last season. We are obviously very familiar with them and what they did was fantastic.
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The Welsh were hugely inspirational to us last season.
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A cracking game full of excitement until the last and plenty of enthusiasm
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The French have generated a level of consistency over the last half a dozen games that has perhaps been missing from them in the past. We're aware that they've got a formidable array of talent available to them, but we think we've got a pretty good side as well and we'll be going into the game with some expectations and a high level of confidence.
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I've said all along that we have three top quality performers in that position. Now is the opportunity for the other two to show what they can do.
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The simple fact is that we will need our most experienced guys for what will be a massively difficult game.
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As I have said before Nathan remains very much in my thoughts. He has not retired from international rugby.
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Edinburgh play Glasgow this weekend and then Edinburgh play the Borders the week after and there's no doubt I will be viewing these are trial opportunities, particularly for hooker,
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Edinburgh have never won against Llanelli at Stradey Park but our intention this weekend is to turn that around.
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Duncan needs games after being out injured for the best part of 18 months and it was great to see him distributing so well from stand off, ... There is no reason at all why Duncan cannot complete the rare feat of playing at all levels from club through pro-team to country in the space of this season.