New deal for Edinburgh's Grant Gilchrist '˜a no brainer'
The 28-year-old has signed a new three-year contract which will keep him at the club he will represent for a 130th time against Glasgow today until at least 2022.
Gilchrist was linked with a move to France a couple of years ago before another injury setback put paid to any chance of that and he said the decision was a “no brainer” as the “grass isn’t always greener”.
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Hide Ad“I believe in what we’re doing and I think it is on the cards if we keep working hard and we keep developing and we keep improving as a group and individually,” he said.
“There’s no reason why we can’t have some real success here.
“I wouldn’t have wanted to be here for the time I had and then move away and feel like I missed out on the years that I knew were coming.”
The 28-times capped second row added: “You can look around and there’s other opportunities and trying something new, but when you’re really enjoying your rugby and you feel like you’re playing your best rugby, I didn’t see any reason to change that.
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Hide Ad“I love the city. I’m settled here. Me and my wife are really happy in the city. So I think the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
“The big thing for me rugby-wise is that we’ve done a lot of building and I feel like we’re really getting to the point where this club is going to kick on and we’ve got a chance to really achieve something in the next few years.
“Having been here for eight, nine years, I don’t want to leave and miss out on that, because I really care about the club.
“I grew up supporting Edinburgh, and to play my first game was a huge honour, so to have been here for the length of time I have was a really big honour.
“And I’m really excited about the next three years.”