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No Scotland concerns about Edinburgh form - Steve Tandy

Scotland defence coach Steve Tandy says he has no concerns about the confidence of Edinburgh players ahead of the Autumn Nations Series despite the capital club’s poor start to the URC season.

Sean Everitt’s men have lost four of their opening six matches, including a humiliating thrashing at the hands of the Lions in Johannesburg and a dispiriting loss to an Ospreys side who had been bottom of the league table going into Saturday’s match in Bridgend.

Glasgow Warriors, conversely, are riding high after collecting seven points from 10 from their double-header in South Africa, including an outstanding bonus-point victory over the Stormers in Stellenbosch.

Tandy says does not believe Edinburgh’s struggles will affect their players when they pull on the blue of Scotland for the matches against Fiji, South Africa, Portugal and Australia.

"I think with the boys, they just get excited to come back into (Scotland) camp," Tandy said.

"It is not so much a fresh start, but everyone's energised to see and get a group back together, so I don't have any concern around that.

"Obviously the Glasgow boys fly in great coming off the back of the win, it does probably help your recovery a little bit, winning games, but the (Edinburgh) boys, I can't see any issue with them and they're just excited to be back and can't wait for Saturday".