2016–17 Edinburgh Rugby season

The 2016–17 season was Edinburgh Rugby's sixteenth season competing in the Pro12.

Edinburgh 2016 / 2017

Ground(s)	Murrayfield Stadium, New Myreside
CEO	Jon Petrie
Coach(es)	Alan Solomons
Captain(s)	tbc
League(s)	Pro 12
1st kit 2nd kit
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Team

Coaches

Coaches

• Alan Solomons (Head coach)
• Stevie Scott (Forwards coach)
• Duncan Hodge (Backs coach)
• Peter Wilkins (Defence coach)

Other coaches

• Marc Keys (Assistant S&C Coach)
• Ben Atiga (Player and Skills Coach)
• Murray Fleming (Lead performance analyst)
• Paul Larter (Performance analyst)

Squad

Hookers Neil Cochrane Ross Ford Stuart McInally George Turner Props Simon Berghan Nick Beavon Kevin Bryce Jack Cosgrove ^SRA Allan Dell Alasdair Dickinson Rory Sutherland WP Nel Locks Anton Bresler Lewis Carmichael Grant Gilchrist Fraser McKenzie Ben Toolis

Loose Forwards Magnus Bradbury Cornell du Preez Viliami Fihaki John Hardie Nasi Manu Jamie Ritchie Hamish Watson Half Backs Nathan Fowles Sam Hidalgo-Clyne Sean Kennedy Stand offs Jason Tovey Duncan Weir

Centres Michael Allen Phil Burleigh Chris Dean Junior Rasolea Sasa Tofilau Back Three Tom Brown Glenn Bryce Blair Kinghorn Will Helu Damien Hoyland Alex Northam Rory Scholes

(c) Denotes team captain,
Italicised denotes Scottish qualified

Transfers

Personnel In

• Duncan Weir from Glasgow Warriors[1]
• Rory Scholes from Ulster[2]
• Glenn Bryce from Glasgow Warriors[3]
• Junior Rasolea from Western Force[4]
• Kevin Bryce from Glasgow Warriors[5]
• Alex Northam from La Rochelle[6]
• Sasa Tofilau from Kirkaldy RFC[7]
• Viliami Fihaki from Sale Sharks

Players Out

• Matt Scott to Gloucester Rugby[8]
• Mike Coman to London Irish[9]
• Sam Beard to Newport Gwent Dragons[10]
• Greig Tonks to London Irish[11]
• John Andress to Munster[12]

References

1. "Scotland stand-off Duncan Weir swaps Glasgow for Edinburgh next season". The Scotsman. 24 January 2016.
2. "Edinburgh sign Ulster winger Rory Scholes". BBC Sport. 2 March 2016.
3. "Edinburgh sign Glasgow full-back Glenn Bryce". Sky Sports. 22 March 2016.
4. "Edinburgh sign Western Force centre Junior Rasolea from next season". BBC Sport. 25 March 2016.
5. "Scotland international prop Kevin Bryce to join Edinburgh Rugby". Sky Sports. 22 March 2016.
6. "Alex Northam".
7. "Tofilau joins Edinburgh on one-year deal".
8. "Edinburgh and Scotland centre Matt Scott signs for Gloucester". Planet Rugby. 16 January 2016.
9. "London Irish sign Edinburgh club captain Mike Coman". Sky Sports. 1 February 2016.
10. "Edinburgh centre Sam Beard signs for Newport Gwent Dragons". Sky Sports. 22 February 2016.
11. "London Irish sign Edinburgh and Scotland fly-half Greig Tonks". BBC Sport. 29 February 2016.
12. "Munster sign Edinburgh prop John Andress from next season". Sky Sports. 29 March 2016.