EDINBURGH head coach Mike Blair has called four Scotland internationalists into his starting fifteen for tonight’s high-stakes inter-city derby match against Glasgow Warriors at Murrayfield Stadium – but he believes the real key to success will be whether the squad collectively manage to strike the right emotional balance.
He wants them pumped up so that they are able impose themselves physically on opponents who are bound to compete ferociously in a game which both teams will view as ‘must-win’, but he recognises the danger of overstepping the line and sacrificing clarity of thought.
