Sau is set for capital debut

FIJIAN winger Eroni Sau will make his Edinburgh debut against Scarlets tonight, while Scotland full-back Blair Kinghorn will start, following his World Cup return. Sau is named in the starting line-up, having had to wait for a visa, following his summer move from Perpignan. Edinburgh head coach Richard Cockerill said: ‘Scarlets are a good side. They’ve got good players and they’ve had as many missing as ourselves. They’re unbeaten. They have got a new coach (Brad Mooar), who has a very expansive way of playing. ‘They are pretty much like ourselves. They’re fairly functional, look to get the ball wide and are very hard off the line in defence. We know what’s coming. ‘We need to bounce back from an average performance in parts at Leinster (which ended in a 40-14 defeat). ‘It should be a great contest and we’re really looking forward to getting back in front of our home support at Murrayfield.’

EDINBURGH: Kinghorn; Sau, Bennett, Scott, Van der Merwe; Hickey, Groom (capt); Schoeman, Willemse, Ceccarelli, McKenzie, Douglas, Miller, Crosbie, Haining. Replacements: Fenton, Bhatti, McCallum, Thomson, Bradbury, Pyrgos, Van der Walt, Taylor. SCARLETS: McNicholl; Conbeer, Hughes (capt), Nicholas, James; D Jones, Hardy; R Evans, Davies, Lee, Cummins, Kruger, Phillips, Macleod, Cassiem. Replacements: M Jones, P Price, Kruger, Helps, Davis, J Evans, O’Brien, Fonotia. Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland). TV: LIVE on Premier Sports 2. Kick-off: 7.35pm.