We made it really tough for ourselves losing to Edinburgh

and this year, at home in particular, they are formidable; they have some good players. We are going to have to be at our best to beat them.

“There are not many teams now that go there expecting to wins, you go there knowing you have to play well to get a result. We have done it in the past so we have to have the confidence we can do that.”

There is a risk that last week’s disappointment seeps into the preparations for Saturday’s match but Murray is confident this will not happen, and that his side will not be dented by a loss of morale this week.

“It is not difficult to lift them,” he said.

“They had a day to mull over it, and once we reviewed the game we were straight into preview, they are always looking ahead. We need to take what we did against Edinburgh, the key thing for us is keeping hold of the ball not turning it over when we head for Treviso. It is not hard to get them back up for the game, it is their job, they know that.”

There are likely to be a number of changes to the side that will line up on Saturday, with a number of players, most notably Adam Hastings, picking up knocks at Murrayfield which may rule them out, with others due to be rested.

However, Murray is confident that the changes to the matchday squad will not cause too much disruption.

“It won’t be an issue,” he said. “A few guys are on that limit for Scotland managed players but we plan weeks in advance. We knew for this game what the combinations were going to be so we’re well ahead.”

SUSAN EGELSTAFF

EDINBURGH have, in the past, had something of a habit of following a great performance with a disappointing one.

Or, as head coach Richard Cockerill put it in the aftermath of his side’s impressive 29-19 win over Glasgow Warriors at BT Murrayfield on Saturday, they have a habit of climbing a mountain and then falling off the cliff.

However, with a game against Southern Kings coming up this Saturday in the Guinness PRO14, there cannot be any complacency caused by their victory over Warriors.

And that, revealed Edinburgh back, Duhan van der Merwe, was hammered into him and his team-mates in the immediate aftermath of their victory on Saturday, which kept the 1872 Cup alive following Glasgow’s victory in the first leg the previous week.

“Cockers said after the game that we need to get up for the next game,” said Van der Merwe.

“If you think back to last year we lost to Kings away, Zebre away – games like that cost us and we didn’t get to the quarter-finals or into the Champions Cup.

“We want to be back there. So we can’t go this weekend and play badly.”

Van der Merwe was hugely impressive against Warriors on Saturday, with a sublime 22-to-22 run, which saw him evade three tackles, setting up team-mate Darcy Graham for his first try of the afternoon just one moment in a performance that would have been well worthy of the man-of-the-match award had Pierre Schoeman not pipped him to it.