Edinburgh v Aironi: Teams
Edinburgh have included a number of their Scotland internationals for Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 match against Aironi at Murrayfield.
Last Updated: 01/12/11 1:48pm
Edinburgh have included a number of their Scotland internationals for Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 match against Aironi at Murrayfield.
Nick De Luca, Greig Laidlaw, Geoff Cross, Ross Ford and Allan Jacobsen are among those recalled by Edinburgh coach Michael Bradley for the visit of the Italians.
Lee Jones, Tim Visser, Harry Leonard, Esteban Lozada, Grant Gilchrist and David Denton are also named in the side following the 34-17 loss to Munster.
"This is a big match for us because we lost to Aironi over in Italy. They played better than we did on the day and their set-piece dominated us," said Bradley.
"We do not want to lose twice to Aironi in a single season. We have to back up our European performances.
"With 25 minutes to go in the Racing Metro match the crowd were off their feet, they were clapping and roaring on the boys and to us on the sideline it was almost inevitable that we would get the try we needed.
Crucial
"They all shared in a fantastic day and were a crucial part of that win. This is exactly what we need to impose our home advantage when teams come to Murrayfield."
Aironi have made just the three changes to their line-up with hooker Roberto Santamaria and centres Gabriel Pizarro and Matteo Pratichetti back in action.
Aironi, whose only win this season came with the 25-19 victory over Edinburgh, also make a positional switch with Sinoti Sinoti shifting to the wing.
Salvatore Perugini and Marco Bortolami will start among the replacements following their involvement with the Barbarians.
Edinburgh: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 James King, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Harry Leonard, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 David Denton, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Sean Cox, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Esteban Lozada, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Steven Lawrie, 17 Kyle Traynor, 18 Lewis Niven, 19 Netani Talei, 20 Ross Rennie, 21 Chris Leck, 22 Tom Brown, 23 Phil Godman.
Aironi: 15 Ruggero Trevisan; 14 Sinoti Sinoti, 13 Matteo Pratichetti, 12 Gabriel Pizarro, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Naas Olivier, 9 Tito Tebaldi; 8 Josh Sole, 7 Filippo Ferrarini, 6 Nicola Cattina, 5 George Biagi, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (c); 3 Fabio Staibano, 2 Roberto Santamaria, 1 Alberto De Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Tommaso D'Apice, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Lorenzo Romano, 19 Marco Bortolami, 20 Frans Viljoen, 21 Tyson Keats, 22 Gilberto Pavan, 23 Giulio Toniolatti.
