THERE’S A good reason why Edinburgh fans are so excited whenever the ball goes in the general direction of Ben Vellacott. Normally that means something daring is about to happen. If there’s a gap – or a suggestion of a gap – the scrum-half goes for it. When he says “my mindset is all-out attack”, he’s not exaggerating. Scalded cats have moved slower than him.
From Surrey, with a mum from Peterhead, Vellacott has spent years looking for the kind of scene he now has with Edinburgh. He was with Gloucester from 2016-19 but had Greig Laidlaw and Willi Heinz ahead of
