'Very sore to score five tries and lose' - Everitt

Edinburgh coach Sean Everitt said it was "very sore" to score five tries and still lose 33-31 to Leinster in their URC opener.

Everitt's side led 19-12 after Dave Cherry's try at the start of the second half, but conceded 21 unanswered points in a disappointing collapse and despite a late rally, were unable to haul the Irish side back in.

"It is very sore because we've been criticised for not scoring tries," said Everitt, after losing to the under-strength province.

"To score five tries against Leinster is a good effort from the boys but we've also got to keep teams out. We weren't able to do that. I think if we had got more positions in the 22 we might have been better.

"Maybe we would have got six which would have won us the game. But we couldn't do that and it wasn't down to discipline. It was a disciplined performance from us. We gave away five penalties when most of the game we spent in our own half. The guys are to be commended for that."

Everitt bemoaned the Edinburgh lineout on the night: "I think our lineout execution let us down. Set-piece is also a major contributing factor to winning rugby games.

"I think we lost four and we got held up in the maul. You're not making life easy for yourself. We were out-kicked and they kept on turning us which put us under the pump."