Team News:Kieran Campbell will start at scrumhalf for Connacht against Edinburgh in Magners League on Friday evening (7.30pm) after his return from representing Ireland in the Dubai Sevens.
Michael Bradley has also returned Michael Swift to the backrow with Andrew Browne reverting to blindside flanker.
Adrian Flavin, who recently returned from injury, must be content with a place on the bench.
Scotland captain Mike Blair will lead Edinburgh’s squad – containing 22 Scottish qualified players – for the first time since January.
Blair, alongside Chris Paterson, Nick De Luca, Phil Godman, Ross Ford and Jim Hamilton, is one of six players returning directly from Six Nations duty.
CONNACHT: T Nathan; L Bibo, G Duffy, K Matthews, F Carr; I Keatley, K Campbell; B Wilkinson, S Cronin, R Morris; M Swift, A Farley; A Browne, R Ofisa, J Muldoon (capt). Replacements: A Flavin, R Loughney, D Gannon, J O'Connor; C O'Loughlin, A Dunne, M Deane.
EDINBURGH: C Paterson; A Turnbull, B Cairns, N De Luca, S Webster; P Godman, M Blair (capt); K Traynor, R Ford, G Cross, C Hamilton, J Hamilton, S Newlands, A MacDonald, A Hogg. Replacements: A Kelly, G Kerr, S MacLeod, M Mustchin, G Laidlaw, D Blair, J Houston.
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