{"id":454530,"date":"2025-09-27T04:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T04:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/454530\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T04:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T04:57:09","slug":"edinburgh-a-secure-comeback-draw-against-doncaster-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/454530\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh ‘A’ secure comeback draw against Doncaster Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Knights reduced to 14 men for 10 minutes through a yellow-carding for Adam Hopkinson<\/strong>, Edinburgh closed the gap to just two points with tries either side of half-time. First hooker Harri Morris<\/strong> burrowed over and Ross Wolfenden<\/strong> added the conversion, then Paterson scored again following a huge carry by Tom Currie.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edinburgh surged into the lead for the first time in the contest on 69 minutes when Henry Widdowson<\/strong>\u2018s chip over the top found Ross McKnight <\/strong>and a series of offloads eventually sent MacArthur over, who then converted his own score.<\/p>\n

Monkey see, monkey do, and Doncaster quickly struck back with a cross-kick created try of their own.\u00a0Morgan Bunting<\/strong> picked out Thom Smith, <\/strong>although there was no need for any inter-passing on this occasion, with the back-row collecting the ball brilliantly and making a beeline for the line all by himself. There was no conversion, leaving the scores tied at 24 points apiece.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh then shot themselves in the foot by kicking the ball dead at the restart. Knights opted for a scrum back at halfway, from which they squeezed a penalty, kicked to the corner, and a monster drive at the line-out ended with George Roberts<\/strong> driving over. Bunting added the extras to make it 31-24 to the hosts with just four minutes left on the clock.<\/p>\n

But Edinburgh refused to raise the white half, and a pulsating final five minutes saw Edinburgh bombard their opponents\u2019 line relentlessly, eventually finding a way over by shipping the ball to the wing for Davidson to scamper home, setting up that excellent late conversion which left the scores tied at the final whistle.<\/p>\n

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Teams \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doncaster Knights: <\/strong>T Veainu; R Olowofela, S Rokoduguni, C Edwards, J Olowofela; R Bennett, A Dolly; C\u00a0Davidson, B\u00a0Chapman, L Thiede, B Murphy, J Williams, A Hopkinson, J Bainbridge E Timor Viliamu. Sub used:<\/strong> G Roberts, L Mulipola J Jones, E Ehizode, M Jones, T Smith, O Fox, M Bunting, R Tait, J McGuire, M McNab, Z Kerr, J Margetts.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh \u2018A\u2019:<\/strong> R McHaffie; M Satala, N Moncreiff, M Davidson, L Wells; R Wolfenden, H Patterson; J Stewart, H Morris, O Blyth Lafferty, S Byrd, C Lindsay, T Dodd \u00a9, F Douglas, T Currie. Sub used:<\/strong> J McAughtrie, T Banatvala, B White, M Rutherford, O Duncan, H MacArthur, H Clark, H Widdowson, R McKnight, H Kesterton.<\/p>\n

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Scorers \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doncaster Knights:<\/strong> Tries: Olowofela 2, Chapman, Smith, Roberts; Cons: Dolly 2, Bunting<\/p>\n

Edinburgh:<\/strong> Tries: Patterson 2, Morris, MacArthur, Davidson; Cons: Wolfenden, MacArthur 2<\/p>\n

Scoring sequence (Doncaster Knights first):<\/strong> 5-0; 10-0; 12-0; 17-0; 19-0; 19-5; 19-10; 19-12 (h-t) 19-17; 19-22; 19-24; 24-24; 29-24; 31-24; 31-29; 31-31.<\/p>\n

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Yellow cards \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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