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
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Matt has been a huge part of English rugby for the past decade. One of the big characters in rugby is leaving the game.
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I was on the phone to chief executive David Davies all the time to get Raphael involved in the club. I am delighted to get someone of his experience in that front five.
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Josh has been in full training for the last two weeks, and everything has gone very well,
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Having Lawrence back is a tremendous boost for us,
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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.
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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.
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We are a little unsettled due to injuries and face an Edinburgh team in form - they have lost only once at home since Christmas 2004.
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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.
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This weekend's game is the biggest challenge you can have as a club, and we want to do ourselves justice following two previous poor performances on the road in the Heineken Cup. This is about playing for pride and measuring ourselves against the best in the northern hemisphere.
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You have had two players not playing for so long and when they come back they bring freshness and they are quality players.
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They showed great control with the ball (against Northampton) last week, and played very impressively. We know we will be challenged in every area.
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It was a very disrupted game, with no flow to it,
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It was frustrating to watch the quarter-finals last weekend and not be part of them. We had a hard look at ourselves at the end of that particular group phase of the competition.
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He just went over on his ankle and it is not fully recovered,