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,
eyes gone phil separate specialist three top wide
We have had three separate specialist scans done and have gone into this with our eyes wide open. We want to put Phil back on top of his game.
believe positives seize three
I really believe we can seize a lot of positives from the three games,
carried last week
We carried on from last week in the first half.
full gone josh last training
Josh has been in full training for the last two weeks, and everything has gone very well,
characters english huge leaving matt past rugby
Matt has been a huge part of English rugby for the past decade. One of the big characters in rugby is leaving the game.
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.
challenge consistency immediate
We know their competitiveness and consistency is an immediate challenge for us,
ankle crossed fingers gone hospital join keeping might twist worry
We're keeping our fingers crossed it's not a fracture. He's gone to hospital for x-rays. It might just be the join but you worry when you see the ankle twist like that.
boost lawrence tremendous
Having Lawrence back is a tremendous boost for us,
ankle fully
He just went over on his ankle and it is not fully recovered,
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.
focus tests tour
The tour will have a focus on the tests and a focus on development,
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,