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Edinburgh have been bolstered by the return of several international stars for their URC clash away to Connacht on Saturday.
They visit Connacht on Saturday seeking to make it back-to-back wins at the start of their URC campaign. The Galway-born former Connacht player now looks to trying to get the better of his former employers on Saturday afternoon.“They have to work hard in the west of Ireland and that’s engrained in their DNA now. The resources and the weather isn’t something they let get to them.
"Married, honeymoon, the World Cup call-up out of nowhere and then my first cap and try, it’s going to be pretty hard to top in terms of a three or four month period," Matthews told BBC Scotland. "If we can go there and get a result, that’s puts us in a real good spot, that we’ve have beaten two of the semi-finalists from last year in the first two games.
"The World Cup was disappointing, but it was nice to come straight back into this environment in Glasgow, knuckle down and get into it," Jones said. Glasgow conceded a high total of 14 penalties and were forced to make nearly 200 tackles, a reflection of how tricky it was. Rory Darge, another contender for player of the match along with Zander Fagerson, made 26 tackles.
"The players are excited," he said before Sunday's opener at home to a Leinster side who topped the table last season. "I think they’ve had enough of the pre-season work and hard work that was needed to be done to get us in line with the challenge ahead. On the Scottish contingent of his squad already being available again following their Rugby World Cup exit, he added that he would have been more than okay with them still being in France."I thought they’d be at the World Cup still and we always wish the best for them and hoped they’d stay longer in the competition.
With the squad now under new management after South African Sean Everitt took over in the summer, Lawrie is impressed with the start he's made to life in Scotland's capital.“He comes with a lot of experience of a long time with the Sharks and that’s a bonus because he knows the South African teams in our league well.
Townsend understands why supporters may feel disappointed at the nature of Scotland's exit as they failed to trouble a dominant Irish side. "The focus is to make sure we learn from this experience, specifically the Ireland and South Africa games. The response of the team after South Africa was excellent.
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