Monarchs will be tough to overthrow: Edwards

SIDELINED Redcar rider Jason Edwards believes that Edinburgh could prove harder to overcome than many people realise, especially after their shock win at Oxford on Wednesday.

- By KEITH MCGHIE

The multi-national Scottish side are the visitors to the ECCO Arena tonight and track the same septet that built a nine-point lead at the halfway stage at Cowley, before eventually scraping home 45-44.

Edwards will be absent recover-ing from a broken shoulder sustained in a crash at King’s Lynn last week and could be out of the saddle for the next month.

Having been an integral part of the Bears team which has made such a successful start to the season, he is resigned to watching on television at his home in Essex but said: “I’ve always regarded Edinburgh as among the top clubs, although they may have been overshadowed by Glasgow's achievements north of the border recently.