LONDON – Edinburgh head coach Alan Solomons has tipped Sam Hidalgo-Clyne to excel in the 2015 RBS 6 Nations.
Solomons’ prediction comes after the scrum-half scored 28 points as Edinburgh beat Bordeaux Begles 38-20 at BT Murrayfield. Hidalgo-Clyne’s total is the most scored by any Edinburgh player in a European match.
The record-breaking performance came just days after Hidalgo-Clyne was called up to Vern Cotter’s RBS 6 Nations squad. It will be Hidalgo-Clyne’s first cap for Scotland, but his coach is confident he will impress in the Championships.
“Sam is an absolutely outstanding player. He is genetically gifted as well,” Solomons told the Edinburgh Evening News.
“He has everything and is electric around the field. It is a racing certainty he will play for Scotland.”
“For a lad who has come to scrum-half late in life he has just been fantastic. I would not be surprised to see him get a run in the RBS 6 Nations coming off the bench. He has a lot of versatility and has had a stunning season, as has Ben Toolis. Sam is very, very fiesty as he showed when he scored a try by ripping the ball away.”