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Saturday, 7 April 2012

Edinburgh v Tolouse - Preview


Edinburgh head coach Michael Bradley has made one change to his line-up for Saturday's Heineken Cup quarter-final against Toulouse.

Netani Talei replaces Stuart McInally at number eight as Edinburgh bid to reach their first semi-final.

Greig Laidlaw continues to captain the side at fly-half.

Toulouse name a strong line-up full of international experience with Lionel Beauxis and Luke Burgess forming the half-back partnership.

"It's a great opportunity for Edinburgh to show our wares and we have Toulouse coming, who are obviously synonymous with winning this competition and they're the most successful side in this competition so it should be a fantastic day," said Bradley.

"All season when we've competed in the Heineken Cup, there's some aspects of our game which are very attractive and very difficult to cope with by the opposition and there are some elements that we get caught on so obviously we've got to promote the former and reduce the latter.

"We seem to have got the breaks in the Heineken Cup. That sort of stuff is positive for us.

"We have a huge advantage in the sense that Toulouse are not travelling strong with their supporters."

Burgess told the ERC website : "The Edinburgh squad is packed with international players and we know it is going to be a really tough and physical match.

"Murrayfield is a great historical ground, known all over the world, so it will be great playing the quarter-final there."

Edinburgh: Tom Brown; Lee Jones, Nick De Luca, Matt Scott, Tim Visser; Greig Laidlaw (capt), Mike Blair; Allan Jacobsen, Ross Ford, Geoff Cross, Grant Gilchrist, Sean Cox, David Denton, Ross Rennie, Netani Talei.
Replacements: Andrew Kelly, Kyle Traynor, Jack Gilding, Stuart McInally, Roddy Grant, Chris Leck, Phil Godman, Jim Thompson.

Toulouse: Yannick Jauzion; Timoci Matanavou, Florian Fritz, Yann David, Yves Donguy; Lionel Beauxis, Luke Burgess; Jean-Baptiste Poux, William Servat, Census Johnston, Yoann Maestri, Patricio Albacete, Jean Bouilhou, Thierry Dusautoir (capt), Louis Picamoles.
Replacements: Christopher Tolofua, Daan Human, Yohan Montes, Grégory Lamboley, Jean-Marc Doussain, Clément Poitrenaud, Yannick Nyanga, Gillian Galan.