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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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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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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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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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 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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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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It has been disappointing and is something I've spoken to him personally about. We need to address it because we can't afford to have Simon off the pitch for 10 minutes on a regular basis.
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Jason is going to be extremely important to our fortunes in the short, medium and hopefully long-term,
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Rob does need a lot more time but you can never rule anybody out who is playing for one of the three Scottish pro-teams because it is not as if we have massive resources in Scotland.
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It is fantastic to be in a situation where you'll have to think twice about Simon Taylor.
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It came down to experience, these two are the most experienced guys we could lay hands on. What we now have in Scotland is genuine competition for places.
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Italy have made so much progress this year and, to be honest, I think they have played better than us in this championship.