Ian McGeechan
Ian McGeechan
Sir Ian Robert McGeechan OBEis a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. His nickname is "Geech"...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth30 October 1946
balance games nice three
The three games have a nice balance to them,
challenge team tough
Saracens are my 'dark horse' team of this season, and I think they will do very well over the year. We are anticipating a very tough contest, and know they will challenge us in every department,
focus tests tour
The tour will have a focus on the tests and a focus on development,
carried last week
We carried on from last week in the first half.
chief david delighted executive experience front involved phone raphael time
I was on the phone to chief executive David Davies all the time to get Raphael involved in the club. I am delighted to get someone of his experience in that front five.
challenge consistency immediate
We know their competitiveness and consistency is an immediate challenge for us,
boost lawrence tremendous
Having Lawrence back is a tremendous boost for us,
advantage edinburgh familiar frank game good players record scottish summer
Frank has a good record with Edinburgh and he did well in the two summer internationals. He understands the Scottish game and he has the advantage of being familiar with a lot of the players already.
against best biggest challenge following game justice northern ourselves playing poor previous pride road
This weekend's game is the biggest challenge you can have as a club, and we want to do ourselves justice following two previous poor performances on the road in the Heineken Cup. This is about playing for pride and measuring ourselves against the best in the northern hemisphere.
bring freshness players playing quality
You have had two players not playing for so long and when they come back they bring freshness and they are quality players.
appear best season soon time
The best time would appear to be as soon after the end of the season as possible.
group hard last ourselves particular phase watch weekend
It was frustrating to watch the quarter-finals last weekend and not be part of them. We had a hard look at ourselves at the end of that particular group phase of the competition.
disrupted flow
It was a very disrupted game, with no flow to it,
christmas due edinburgh face form home injuries lost since team unsettled
We are a little unsettled due to injuries and face an Edinburgh team in form - they have lost only once at home since Christmas 2004.