Edinburgh

Prop Alasdair Dickinson has handed Edinburgh a derby boost ahead of the New Year's Day clash with Glasgow by signing a new two-and-a-half-year deal.

Edinburgh have brought in South African stand-off Carl Bezuidenhout on an extended trial basis until the end of the season.

David Denton has rejected the advances of a host of Aviva Premiership clubs to sign a two-year contract extension with Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Rugby today confirmed that highly-rated Northampton Saints back Greig Tonks is the latest player to commit to the exciting future being forged at the Murrayfield club.

After this weekend there is a strong 14 points that separates Leinster at the top of the leader board from Welsh side Ospreys who narrowly beat Edinburgh this weekend.

During a busy Six Nations, the Celtic and Italian sides are in action this weekend, with squads being stretched due to the unavailablity of international stars.

Edinburgh's run of defeats extends to seven games after a second half come back at Murrayfield was not enough to secure a win

The scoreboard ticked early on as the home side gave Chris Paterson an easy penalty which gave the visitors the first points on the board