Cockerill’s magnificent men come of age

By GARY HEATLY

EDINBURGH head coach Richard Cockerill believes their thumping of Toulon is the start of his team coming of age.
The Scots, who had picked up a losing bonus point at Montpellier in round one, were superb from start to finish at BT Murrayfield to blow away the French giants with a bonus point in the bag.
“We spoke all week about this team coming of age and hopefully this is the start,” Cockerill said.
“I think it will be hard for us to come out of this group but we will give it a good shot.
“We were really decisive and we were the better team. We shou...

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