IF Edinburgh fail to qualify for the last-16 in the European Cup, good riddance. By putting out a severely weakened team against Bath on Friday at The Rec, and taking a nine-try 63-10 battering, they don’t deserve to be there. The European Cup is being devalued as the premium club competition in the world by coaches, like Edinburgh’s South African import, Sean
Everitt, who are determined to “manage their squads” rather than go full tilt.
Any team demeaning the competition should be fined, and put on a red card warning of being ejected by EPCR if they offen...