Cockerill needs another three million, simple as

of this squad were laid bare. Edinburgh’s forwards matched Munster in several departments, they might have won with a specialist seven and they are always competitive. The same cannot be said for the Edinburgh backline, where their attack simply doesn’t have the men or the means to trouble a disciplined defence.

Cockerill needs some new recruits and he is said to be angling for one of Glasgow’s scrum-halfs. Henry Pyrgos would start every game for Edinburgh if he could be persuaded to move and if Dave Rennie could be persuaded to release him. Cockerill