Cockerill fired up for Dragons challenge
DRAGONS
V EDINBURGH
Edinburgh head coach Richard Cockerill aims to take advantage of Ulster’s defeat by Scarlets last night when his team takes on Dragons at Rodney Parade tomorrow.
Scarlets thrashed the visitors 29-12 at Parc y Scarlets to clinch a bonus-point victory. That means Edinburgh can leapfrog third-placed Ulster with a bonus-point win and Cockerill is keen to take advantage. He said: “We had a few days off after the win over Scarlets, but Dragons is a really big game for us.
“There’s a lot of noise that it’s a really important game for them, but it’s a really important game for us too. If we can get a positive result at Dragons then it puts us right in the mix for the play-offs.
“I expect us to perform well and I expect us to win on Sunday. We’ve got a good group of guys who showed against a vastly experienced Scarlets team that we can stand up and play.weneedtokeepupthose levels of intensity and physicality this weekend.”
Scotland internationalists Ben Toolis and Darcy Graham return to the starting line-up while Italy prop Pietro Ceccarelli makes his first start for the club after featuring from the bench against Zebre and Scarlets.