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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We have a number of candidates for captain and we will be assessing leadership qualities and their aptitude for the job during the squad sessions over the next few weeks.
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I will be speaking to my fellow coaches when we gather for the first time on Sunday night. We have a number of candidates and we will be assessing leadership qualities and their aptitude for the job over the next few weeks.
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Given where we are at in this season's championship, I feel it appropriate to look at the squad and both Chris and Gordon deserve the opportunity to start. Both need to be seen, particularly when you look ahead to next year and the Rugby World Cup.
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I didn't think we'd continue to play so poorly, that sooner or later we'd start to execute better. We know that if we are going to crack the nut of an away win in the Six Nations we are going to have to execute with more accuracy next week in Rome.
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The first international squad session is due to take place on October 3 and it would be expected that the new coach determines who takes part. That means giving players notice and from that point of view it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect an announcement next week.
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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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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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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.
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Duncan needs an opportunity to show what he can do.
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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.