Edinburgh coach Sean Everitt makes 4 modifications to his crew for Friday’s Problem Cup round-of-16 playoff towards the Lions at Hive Stadium.
Scotland hooker Dave Cherry makes his first begin for the reason that Six Nations, with England tighthead prop Paul Hill additionally returning and Bull-turned-Scot Pierre Schoeman retaining the No 1 jersey.
Sam Skinner is again from his relaxation interval to start out within the second row alongside co-captain Grant Gilchrist, whereas the unfastened trio of Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson and Magnus Bradbury is unchanged.
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Duhan van der Merwe’s ankle damage sees Ross McCann begin on the left wing as the one alteration to the backline, with Darcy Graham on the correct and fullback Wes Goosen set to earn his fiftieth cap for the membership.
Co-captain Ben Vellacott and Ross Thompson stay the halfback pairing, whereas James Lang and Matt Currie keep within the midfield.
EDINBURGH – 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Ross McCann, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott (c), 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Paul Hill, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Bench: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Glen Younger, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Ali Value, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Jack Brown.
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