Edinburgh take on Ulster at Ravenhill tonight in their third Magners League match of the season. The game kicks off at 8.05pm and can be watched live on BBC ALBA (Sky 168, Freesat 110) and on BBC iPlayer, where footage will be available for seven days after the fixture.
Rob Moffat’s side have won on two of their last three Magners League visits to Belfast. The Edinburgh starting line-up for the game features two changes from the side that ran out against Munster at Murrayfield seven days ago.
Captain Roddy Grant returns to the fold after missing out last week with a knee injury, while Craig Hamilton renews acquaintances with Scott MacLeod in the second row.
Esteban Lozada, who partnered the Borderer last week, is recovering well after receiving a blow to the head midway through the first half of the game. Having been discharged from hospital that same night, the Argentina international has taken part in light training this week.
Dave Denton, the promising Scotland under-20 back-five forward, has been included among the replacements and is in line to make his Edinburgh debut.
LAST SIX MAGNERS LEAGUE CLASHES
25 Apr 2010 Edinburgh 25 Ulster 37
18 Sep 2009 Ulster 13 Edinburgh 16
9 Jan 2009 Edinburgh 21 Ulster 15
3 Oct 2008 Ulster 13 Edinburgh 9
30 Nov 2007 Ulster 14 Edinburgh 20
28 Sep 2007 Edinburgh 24 Ulster 10
TEAMS
Ulster: J Smith; P Emerick, D Cave, I Whitten, A Trimble; N O’Connor, P Marshall; B Young, A Kyriacou, T Court, J Muller (captain), R Caldwell, S Ferris, C Henry, R Diack
Replacements: R Best, P McAllister, BJ Botha, T Barker, P Wannenburg, I Porter, I Humphreys, D McIlwaine
Edinburgh: C Paterson; M Robertson, B Cairns, A Grove, T Visser; P Godman, M Blair; A Jacobsen, R Ford, G Cross, S MacLeod, C Hamilton, S Newlands, R Grant (captain), N Talei
Replacements: A Kelly, K Traynor, J Gilding, S McInally, D Denton, G Laidlaw, D Blair, J Houston
REF: A Falzone (FIR)
ASSISTANTS: David Keene, John Carvill (both IRFU)
TMO: Simon McDowell (IRFU)
