Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E manako ana a Edinburgh ki te hoki mai o ngā kaitākaro o Aotearoa e toru mō te whakataetae a te kapa Pākehā Challenge Cup ā te Rātapu ki te kapa London Irish. I okioki katoa a Dougie Fife, Alasdair Dickinson me Ross Ford i te wikitoria o Guinness Pro12 26-15 i runga i a Scarlets i Llanelli i muri i a raatau mahi mo te Dark Blues i te RBS Six Nations. Engari kua whakahoutia te tokotoru e te kaiako matua a Alan Solomons mo te tukinga o Madejski Stadium ki nga Exiles i te mea e titiro ana te Awherika ki te Tonga ki te ingoa ko te tino kaha XV. Ko Dougie Fife tētahi o te tokotoru o ngā kaitākaro Scottish e hoki mai ana ki Edinburgh i muri i te tūranga o Ngā Whenua e Ono. Ko Courtney Lawes o Ingarangi (maui) e whakaekehia ana e Ross Ford o Scotland (pokapū) me David Denton. Ka mea ia: 'Ki te tae te tangata ki te wāhanga tākaro o tētahi whakataetae, he kēmu kotahi ia kēmu. Kei te mōhio pai mātou ki tērā, ā, e mōhio ana mātou me tino pai mātou i te Rātapu.' Ka hoki a Fife ki te parirau matau i te mea kei te noho tonu te toenga o te raina o muri i muri i te wikitoria o te Rahoroi o mua i Wales. Ka tīmata a Jack Cuthbert ki te taha o muri, me Tim Visser i te parirau maui. Ko te takirua pokapū o Andries Strauss me Phil Burleigh ka mau tonu, i te wa e whai ana a Sam Hidlago-Clyne - te kaitakaro nui o te whakataetae me nga tohu 53 - me te tuuturu a Greig Tonks e haere tonu ana i to raatau haurua. Kua tapaina e te kaiako o Edinburgh a Alan Solomons tana kapa tino kaha e 15 e anga ana ki te tukinga nui ki London Irish. I roto i te kohinga, ka whakahoki a Dickinson me te wahine kairau a Ford i o raatau waahi, me Willem Nel e noho tonu ana i te upoko. Ka tīmata a Anton Bresler rāua ko Ben Toolis i te rārangi tuarua. Ka ngaro a Kapene Mike Coman i muri i tana whiu i te upoko ki a Scarlets, no reira ka neke a Roddy Grant mai i te paepae ki te tiimata hei kaitiaki matapo. Ko Hamish Watson me David Denton e pupuri ana i o raatau waahi i te taha tuwhera me te nama waru, ka waiho a Ford hei rangatira mo te taha.
Ka hoki a Dougie Fife, Alasdair Dickinson rāua ko Ross Ford ki Edinburgh. I okioki te tokotoru i muri i te pakanga a Scotland Six Nations. Ka tūtaki a Edinburgh ki a London Irish i te whakataetae European Challenge Cup hauwhā whakamutunga.