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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 477282" data-attributes="member: 48703"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bgdMjc4Kvm4/TyavrbbZH8I/AAAAAAAAAWU/knkpDae07HU/s1600/Untitled.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center">Just read some rare news that Edinburgh might sign a player</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2012/01/edinburgh-to-sign-georgian-number-8.html" target="_blank">http://rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2012/01/edinburgh-to-sign-georgian-number-8.html</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div><p><strong>News of <a href="http://rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2011/09/edinburgh-2012-13.html" target="_blank">Edinburgh</a> potentially signing players is rare, news of Edinburgh potentially signing a foreign player is even rarer. But according to <a href="http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/11/26/1225071-on-ne-lachera-pas-dimitri-basilaia.html" target="_blank">La Dépêche</a> Edinburgh have made an inquiry about signing Dimitri Basilaia from Valence d'Agen who play in Fédérale 1.</strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>Basilaia was a key ball carrier for Georgia in the World Cup where he very much impressed and notably scored a try against England. His handling needs to improve but when he does have ball in hand he is a very effective ball carrier, and was bashing defenders about during the World Cup.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Basilaia <a href="http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/10/18/1195018-dimitri-basilaia-impressionne-deja.html" target="_blank">has continued to win rave reviews playing for Valence d'Agen</a>, who signed him before the World Cup, if they hadn't a much bigger team would have been interested.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The possibility that Edinburgh could sign a Georgian could stem from the fact that the current Edinburgh coach Michael Bradley served briefly on a advisory role to Georgian head coach Richie Dixon before the World Cup.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Basilaia would be a fantastic signing for Edinburgh, and despite being unknown to many fans Edinburgh may have found themselves a gem of a ball carrier. Basilaia would be the first Georgian to play in the RaboDirect Pro12. It has been common for Georgians to play professionally in France for some time, but now the rest of Europe beginning to look at Georgian talent. Gloucester and Saracens have both played Georgians in their A teams this season.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>[media=youtube]_a4muTyjL-o[/media]</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 477282, member: 48703"] [CENTER][IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bgdMjc4Kvm4/TyavrbbZH8I/AAAAAAAAAWU/knkpDae07HU/s1600/Untitled.png[/IMG] Just read some rare news that Edinburgh might sign a player [URL]http://rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2012/01/edinburgh-to-sign-georgian-number-8.html[/URL] [/CENTER] [B]News of [URL="http://rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2011/09/edinburgh-2012-13.html"]Edinburgh[/URL] potentially signing players is rare, news of Edinburgh potentially signing a foreign player is even rarer. But according to [URL="http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/11/26/1225071-on-ne-lachera-pas-dimitri-basilaia.html"]La Dépêche[/URL] Edinburgh have made an inquiry about signing Dimitri Basilaia from Valence d'Agen who play in Fédérale 1. [/B][B]Basilaia was a key ball carrier for Georgia in the World Cup where he very much impressed and notably scored a try against England. His handling needs to improve but when he does have ball in hand he is a very effective ball carrier, and was bashing defenders about during the World Cup. Basilaia [URL="http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/10/18/1195018-dimitri-basilaia-impressionne-deja.html"]has continued to win rave reviews playing for Valence d'Agen[/URL], who signed him before the World Cup, if they hadn't a much bigger team would have been interested. The possibility that Edinburgh could sign a Georgian could stem from the fact that the current Edinburgh coach Michael Bradley served briefly on a advisory role to Georgian head coach Richie Dixon before the World Cup. Basilaia would be a fantastic signing for Edinburgh, and despite being unknown to many fans Edinburgh may have found themselves a gem of a ball carrier. Basilaia would be the first Georgian to play in the RaboDirect Pro12. It has been common for Georgians to play professionally in France for some time, but now the rest of Europe beginning to look at Georgian talent. Gloucester and Saracens have both played Georgians in their A teams this season. [/B][B][media=youtube]_a4muTyjL-o[/media][/B] [/QUOTE]
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