The revelation after the game about Alex Northam’s battle with testicular cancer overshadowed the more trivial sporting considerations. Now that the Edinburgh wing is up and running, though, he could be more than satisfied to have been one of two debutants making a telling contribution as the capital side got their European Challenge Cup campaign off to a fast start. Timisoara were outclassed and though Northam — like all the backs bar one — did not make it over the try line, he did get close a couple of times, ran hard, looked for work, and tackled willingly. Not bad for a…

Source: The Times October 16, 2016 23:03 UTC