“We are making some progress but as anyone who has seen our last two matches will see, we still have a lot to do. We have a couple of weeks to get it Hamish Watson: ‘We came off the pitch probably feeling a bit like we lost’
Hamish Watson admits Edinburgh still have a lot of work to do despite making it five wins in seven in Friday’s 19-15 home win over the in-form Ospreys.
The veteran flanker scored his side’s only try on 17 minutes and team-mate Ben Healy kicked three penalties as the Scots raced into a 16-3 lead. However, the Welsh side came back strongly after the break, with tries from forwards Sam Parry and Morgan Morris piling pressure on Edinburgh, who eventually held on to win.
“It was a weird game,” Watson said. “The plan was there in the first half, we executed the game-plan well, played games in their half and kicked points when they were on offer.
We started the 2nd half well but we knew the Ospreys wouldn’t go away. They’re a really good team and they’re on a five-game winning streak so we knew they’d be in the game.
“They played better than us in the second half so we probably came off the pitch feeling like we had lost. We’ve got four points and we’re sitting in the right half of the table so it was a good before we go to South Africa for two tough games (against the Stormers and Sharks).”
Before that, Watson is set to rejoin the Scotland squad on Monday to prepare for the last six nations matches away to Italy and Ireland.
The 32-year-old was left out of Gregor Townsend’s preliminary pool for the Championship but received a late call-up in the build-up to the third match against England.
“It was better to be back in the Scotland team playing in England. The boys are definitely going pretty well so it’s good to be back in the team. We are coming back on Monday.”
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