'Confident the guys will bounce back' - Everitt

Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt says the mood among his players in one of optimism despite heading into the second leg of the 1872 Cup against Glasgow Warriors trailing by 19 points.

The capital side were well beaten at Hampden Park on Sunday, but Everitt has not dwelled on that performance over the Christmas break.

With a crowd of more than 35,000 expected at Murrayfield on Saturday, Everitt has faith his side will "bounce back".

"The guys are upbeat," Everitt said. "Obviously, in sport you get a second chance to make amends for what happened last week. The mistakes that we made on the pitch on Sunday are all fixable, so the guys are pretty upbeat.

"Obviously, playing at Murrayfield in front of our fans brings energy to the squad and we were able to work really hard on the things that let us down against Glasgow on Sunday.

"We've seen responses from this team over the last, I don't know how many years, even before I got here.

"So I'm confident that the guys will bounce back and also confident that they want to make the spectators proud."

Everitt dismissed the idea of a gung-ho approach as Edinburgh try to regain the 1872 Cup, insisting that his primary focus is on the United Rugby Championship and securing points for the league.

Edinburgh are ninth in the URC, while champions Glasgow sit second.

"For us, it's about the URC and then obviously trying to get that 1872 Cup," Everitt added. "I got a message the other day from a mate, he said 'you just got to win both halves 10-0 and then you win the 1872'.

"So, we can be optimistic about it, but we're not going to take risks to lose the game to get more points (for the aggregate score) when the URC is so important."