Edinburgh forced to dig deep after raft of injuries

Ii is only the second game of the Guinness PRO12 season, but already Edinburgh
have run out of fit wingers.

With all six specialists in the squad
unavailable for the encounter tonight at home to Connacht, Alan Solomons,
the head coach, has been forced to turn to Sam Beard, a specialist centre,
and Nick McLennan, a fly half or full back, to complete the starting XV,
with Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, a scrum half, providing bench cover.



“That’s why you need strength in depth, it’s an attritional season of 28
matches, before any play-offs,” Solomons said.

“Our wings are out, but it’s…