Edinburgh field a reasonable strength team to travel to Munster this weekend including a number of international squad players released back into Andy Robinson’s care. Although the Munster team has not been announced it will probably make up for a lack of the core Ireland players with the likes of Doug Howlett, and Mafi and Tupoki in the centre so it will still represent a tough challenge for Ally Hogg and his men. This one is live on Setanta Sports 2, Saturday 7.15pm (7.30 k.o).
Edinburgh: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Andrew Turnbull, 13 Ben Cairns, 12 Nick De Luca, 11 Mark Robertson, 10 David Blair, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Allister Hogg (captain), 7 Alan MacDonald, 6 Simon Cross, 5 Ben Gissing, 4 Craig Hamilton, 3 Ryan Grant, 2 Andrew Kelly, 1 Kyle Traynor.
Replacements: 16 Steve Lawrie, 17 Bruce McNeil, 18 Scott MacLeod, 19 Scott Newlands, 20 Ben Meyer, 21 Jim Thompson, 22 Roland Reid.
UPDATE: Glasgow team to face Cardiff. This one’s on BBC Wales if you have Sky, kickoff 1905hrs. See our TV page as usual for channel details. Again, decent team but might struggle against Cardiff’s overseas talent (Tito, Rush). Low, Kellock and Brown should be out to make an impact while McMillan will be looking for form ahead of the arrival later in the year of rejuvenated Chris Cusiter… good to see Fergus Thomson coming back, you’d think after his decent season last year he’d be in with a shout ahead of Dougie Hall if he got form and fitness back…
Glasgow: Bernardo Stortoni, Hefin O’Hare, Jose Nunez Piossek, Ruaridth Jackson, Colin Shaw, Dan Parks, Mark McMillan; Justin Va’a, Dougie Hall, Moray Low, Dan Turner, Alastair Kellock (c), Stevie Swindall, Kelly Brown, Johnnie Beattie.
Replacements: Fergus Thomson, Ed Kalman, Opeta Palepoi, Calum Forrester, Colin Gregor, Chris Kinloch, Peter Horne.
