Summary
When Tim Visser raced across the Murrayfield turf to score his first try for Edinburgh against the Ospreys last month, the most convenient cliche available was to hail the Flying Dutchman. When he scored his second, two minutes later, the scenario demanded some reference to Double Dutch. But what were we to do three minutes later when he scored a third to complete his hat-trick?
Reach for the record books, that's what. Three tries in one match is a rare enough feat for any player, but to cram the achievement into such an improbably short space of time simply had to be unprecedented. And so it proved, the previous fastest in the Magners League having been the almost sluggardly nine minutes it took Rhys Williams to collect his three - against Edinburgh, as it happens - in April 2007.See the full content of this document
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Edinburgh Go Dutch in Bid to Make Points
Visser's triple strengthened his lead as the Magners League's top try-scorer this season, and helped Edinburgh to a bonus point in their 33-17 victory over the Welsh side. It should also have set up the capital side to make a convincing pitch for a place in the competition's inaugural play-o...
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