Ford fed up with Glasgow Warriors' dominance

Alan Solomons' side are behind at the halfway stage after Glasgow Warriors recorded a 16-6 victory at Scotstoun last weekend.

Hooker Ford is determined to turn the tables, not just to lift the cup but also to remind their GUINNESS PRO12 rivals that Edinburgh are still a force to be reckoned with.

The Warriors have risen to prominence in recent instalments of the competition, reaching last year's final and beginning 2015 second in the table, and Ford is keen to show there is not a gulf between the adversaries.

"It is frustrating," he told the Scotsman. "For a number of years we were top dog and had a settled squad.

"Now Glasgow are there and doing very well for themselves, so it is up to us to turn that around.

"Glasgow are maybe further down the track than us. They have had a settled squad and coaching set-up for a while. But we have that now and we need to kick on from here.

"We have had some good performances but we need to speed it up. There is no good waiting for it to happen next month, or a month after that - we just need to be a lot quicker in getting into that position.

"We can only do that as a squad, as Edinburgh Rugby. We can beat anybody on our day but we need to find consistency.

"It annoys me - that we can do it sometimes and then other times we drop off. It does frustrate me not being the top team in Scotland and really performing well in the league."

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