{"id":427041,"date":"2025-09-15T19:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427041\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:43:08","slug":"sean-everitt-relaxed-about-edinburghs-growing-injury-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427041\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Everitt relaxed about Edinburgh’s growing injury list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everitt added that he believes that he has enough strength in depth at tight-head prop (including 19-year-old academy prospect Ollie Blyth-Lafferty<\/strong>) should Litterick, as is feared, end up being sidelined for months rather than weeks, meaning he will not be pushing the Murrayfield bean counters to go back into the recruitment market for a new No 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not at this stage. We\u2019ve got young Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, who has been training with the seniors and fortunately we\u2019ve five tight-head props in the squad [Litterick, Paul Hill, D\u2019Arcy Rae, Angus Williams<\/strong> and Blyth-Lafferty],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just means that we\u2019ve got one less, but four is what most teams would have, so we\u2019re comfortable with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re happy where Ollie is from a set-piece point of view,\u201d Everitt added. \u201cI suppose it\u2019s how you blood him into the senior system and who he scrums with.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, he\u2019s been training with the senior group, and that\u2019s for him to get accustomed to the intensity and obviously the movement that is required for him at this level.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to make pleasing progress. We all know that he has potential, and it\u2019s a great opportunity for him to step up now, knowing that there\u2019s a possibility that he might get an opportunity this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe certainly do have plans for him next year, and I\u2019m talking about in January and February onwards, for him to be part of the senior group. We have set targets for his development, and hopeful he can achieve them, because we\u2019d love to see him on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously with youngsters, you\u2019ve got to make sure that they\u2019re at the right physical development stage of their career as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want them to be able to handle collisions, and there\u2019s also other areas of the game that they need to grow as well. But if you play them with the right combination, it can work for you, and they can take a lot of confidence out of that. We\u2019ve got certain processes in place that we want to use to get these guys onto the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Connor Boyle<\/strong>\u2018s long journey back to fitness following a torn ACL suffered last October appears to have hit a road bump with the flanker\u2019s return to training date having been pushed back from next month (as reported last week<\/a>) to November.<\/p>\n

Stand-off Ben Healy<\/strong> and back-row Ben Muncaster<\/strong> also appeared on the injury list issued earlier today, but Everitt explained that these are not new issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen Muncaster will be back probably for round two [of the URC]. He picked up a back injury in the pre-season. And Ben Healy\u2019s still struggling with the patellar tendon injury that he picked up in the previous season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Three of the 11 players currently listed as injured have back problems, but Everitt said this was not a cause for concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not at all at this stage. With the new players arriving, a guy like Dylan Richardson, for instance, with the training on the new surfaces that we have on the 4G, I think that irritated an old injury of his. But Dylan will be ready to train next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the plus side, Darcy Graham\u2019s recovery from the ankle injury he suffered playing for the Lions is going well.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur target was to get him back on the field for the first URC game,\u201d said Everitt. \u201cWe weren\u2019t going to rush things if he wasn\u2019t 100 per cent. But he\u2019s coming through rather quickly now and he\u2019ll be joining parts of our training on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPierre Schoeman<\/strong>, Duhan van der Merwe<\/strong> and Darcy [who all joined pre-season late after touring with Lions this summer] won\u2019t be involved this weekend, but we\u2019re hoping that they\u2019re up for selection next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edinburgh\u2019s currently injured players \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n