Another European adventure begins on Saturday at Paris’ Stade Jean-Bouin (kick off 1.35pm, live on Sky Sports via the red button) and an estimated travelling army of hundreds of Edinburgh fans will be heading across the channel to watch their favourite team take on the continent’s most colourful club, Stade Francais.
Remember it is almost exactly 12 months since we defeated Castres on French soil and head coach Rob Moffat has reintroduced Chris Paterson, Ben Cairns, Ross Ford and Roddy Grant into the starting line-up for the match against Europe’s most glamorous team. Rob Moffat spoke to BBC Scotland before the match click here to see what he had to say.
Edinburgh: Chris Paterson; Mark Robertson, Ben Cairns, John Houston, Tim Visser; Phil Godman, Mike Blair (captain); Allan Jacobsen, Ross Ford, Geoff Cross, Craig Hamilton, Scott MacLeod, Alan MacDonald, Roddy Grant, Allister Hogg.
Replacements: Andrew Kelly, Kyle Traynor, Ryan Grant, Steve Turnbull, Scott Newlands, Greig Laidlaw, Nick De Luca, Steve Jones.
Vice captain Allister Hogg, Phil Godman and Chris Paterson speak exclusively to Edinburgh Rugby TV about the forthcoming visit of Ulster on Saturday 17 October, kick off 3.45pm - call 0131 346 5180 for tickets.
Remember to take advantage of our great value AnyGame vouchers (£15 for Adult admission instead of £20 when booked in advance). Not only do AnyGame vouchers make sense financially, but they also provide greater flexibility in terms of which game you choose to attend and enable you to beat the match day queues like a Ben Cairns' line-break. Click here for more information.
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Concession tickets (senior citizens, students) are available for £10 while Junior tickets (under-18s) are priced at just £5 each. It promises to be the biggest match between Edinburgh and Ulster since the 2003 Celtic Cup Final when over 17,000 were at Murrayfield to witness an epic contest. Scotland's top team against the 1999 European champions in the nation's biggest stadium - all the traits of a classic encounter.
