Morris sees red after cameo appearance

Melrose’s Harri Morris was red-carded during Edinburgh’s 40-19 United Rugby Championship defeat at home to Ulster on Friday, leaving his team a man short for the last quarter of an hour.

The 24-year-old, a 61st-minute replacement for hooker Dylan Richardson, was only on the Hive Stadium’s pitch for two minutes before being sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on Cormac Izuchukwu, that sanction being upgraded to a 20-minute sending-off soon afterwards.

Melrose’s Harri Morris at full-time after watching Edinburgh’s 40-19 United Rugby Championship defeat at home to Ulster at the capital’s Hive Stadium last Friday (Photo: Ross Parker/SNS Group/Edinburgh)

placeholder image — Melrose’s Harri Morris at full-time after watching Edinburgh’s 40-19 United Rugby Championship defeat at home to Ulster at the capital’s Hive Stadium last Friday (Photo: Ross Parker/SNS Group/Edinburgh)

Morris was one of two Borderers fielded by head coach Sean Everitt, the other being Jedburgh’s Glen Young at lock.

That eighth defeat of the season leaves the capital city side 12th in the table, on 23 points from 12 fixtures ahead of a trip to South Africa this Saturday to take on Johannesburg’s Lions, with kick-off at 12.45pm.