Scarlets v Edinburgh: Teams

Shaun Knight: On loan from Gloucester

Edinburgh will be looking to build on last week's upset of champions Munster when they face the Scarlets on Friday night.

The Gunners triumphed 29-14 at Murrayfield to end Munster's 14-match unbeaten run and register just their second league success of the season.

Now they will hope to get off the mark on the road, with coach Michael Bradley making just one change for the game at Parc y Scarlets.

Prop Shaun Knight, who is on loan from Gloucester, comes into the front-row as a straight swap for Lewis Niven, who begins the match on the bench.

Two other changes have been made amongst the list of replacements - Jack Gilding and Alan MacDonald, who returns to the fold for the first time since May, have replaced Robin Hilsop and Hamish Watson.

"Beating Munster was great and the manner in which we played was very rewarding, keeping the pace of the game up and producing two fantastic tries," said Bradley.

"We also defended exceptionally well and showed a lot of physicality in attack which gave us space going forward; something we've been bringing into our game and is a key element of our plans going forward.

"It's very important that we continue that form and that approach away against Scarlets this weekend."

Injury issues

Scarlets, meanwhile, have a number of injury issues to contend with as they bid to end a run of four-straight losses in the RaboDirect PRO12.

Winger Andy Fenby, full-back Dan Evans and second-row duo Dominic Day and Aaron Shingler have all been named in the 22 but must pass late fitness tests before Friday.

Current skipper Iestyn Thomas (calf strain), Nick Reynolds (ankle), Lou Reed second row (knee), Josh Turnbull back row (shoulder) are definitely ruled out.

Fly-half Aled Thomas has retained his place at number 10 after a strong performance in the 20-10 defeat away to Treviso last weekend. He will start alongside Rhodri Williams, who gets the nod at scrum-half after impressing in training.

At least Scarlets will soon have some of their World Cup stars back; Fiji's Deacon Manu has returned but has picked up a shoulder injury and will not play, while Sean Lamont is being rested after his efforts with Scotland.

Wales and Scarlets captain Matthew Rees has returned to his first week of training and conditioning after his recent neck operation and is making excellent progress. He is expected to return to action at the end of this month.

"We've had a short turnaround for this game, it's been a very focused week for us and despite the squad being stretched with injuries and bumps," said Scarlets Defence Coach Simon Easterby.

"We know that we've got to improve our position in the league, but there's been no dent in confidence here, its been more about getting the best out of our performance and if we get that right the results will come."

Scarlets: 15 Dan Newton, 14 Lee Williams, 13 Rhodri Gomer Davies, 12 Gareth Maule (capt), 11 Andy Fenby, 10 Aled Thomas, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Ben Morgan. 7 Richie Pugh, 6 Rob McCusker, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Aaron Shingler 3 Rhys Thomas, 2 Emyr Phillips, 1 Phil John.
Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Peter Edwards, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Johnathan Edwards, 21 Ruki Tipuna, 22 Adam Warren, 23 Liam Williams.

Edinburgh: 15 Jim Thompson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Matt Scott, 12 James King, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Gregor Hunter, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 Stuart McInally, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 David Denton, 5 Sean Cox, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Shaun Knight, 2 Steven Lawrie, 1 Kyle Traynor.
Replacements: 16 Alun Walker, 17 Lewis Niven, 18 Jack Gilding, 19 Esteban Lozada, 20 Alan MacDonald, 21 Chris Leck, 22 Phil Godman, 23 Tom Brown.