Guinness PRO12
Edinburgh coach Alan Solomons extends contract
ESPN Staff
May 14, 2015
Edinburgh coach Alan Solomons
Edinburgh coach Alan Solomons© Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images

Edinburgh head coach Alan Solomons has signed a contract extension, keeping him at the Guinness Pro12 club until June 2016.

This season the South African guided the club to the European Challenge Cup Final, which they lost to Gloucester, but failed to achieve a top six finish in the Pro12. Edinburgh currently sit eighth in the table but their Challenge Cup run saw them become the first Scottish team to reach a European final of any kind.

Solomons said: "We set ourselves the target, at the start of the season, of being in the top six in the league this year and although this is no longer possible we are still challenging for a play-off spot for the European Champions Cup. Reaching the final of the European Challenge Cup and winning the 1872 Cup have been equally pleasing and that's testament to the hard work of the players as well as the commitment of all our backroom staff."

Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson praised the 64-year-old's contribution at the club, saying: "From the outset, we set him the task of rebuilding the club, with Scottish players at its core, and to develop young talent. This is now generating the results we hoped for and I am delighted he will continue his progress at Edinburgh Rugby."

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