Grand Slam heroes Tom Shanklin, Gethin Jenkins and Martyn Williams all return for the Cardiff Blues as they take on Edinburgh this Friday.
Edinburgh Rugby v Cardiff Blues
Friday 28 March 7.30pm, Murrayfield, Magners League
Grand Slam heroes Tom Shanklin, Gethin Jenkins and Martyn Williams all return for the Cardiff Blues as they take on Edinburgh this Friday.
The Blues travel to Scotland to face an in from Edinburgh side that have lost just one of their last seven games in the Magners League: 7-11 at home to Munster on 15 February.
Edinburgh won 11-10 when the two teams met at the Arms Park in January and the Blues will be looking to reverse that result to keep themselves in the top 5 of the Magners League, with many of the teams above them still to play each other.
Blues flyer Tom James also returns to the starting line up, having had an operation to remove his appendix. Outside half Dai Flanagan also returns having recovered from a broken bone in his hand, and is joined in the twenty two by Nick Robinson. Robinson sustained a hip muscle injury against Leicester in November.
15 Ben Blair
14 Jamie Roberts
13 Tom Shanklin
12 Gareth Thomas
11 Tom James
10 Dai Flanagan
9 Jason Spice
8 Xavier Rush (c)
7 Martyn Williams
6 Mamma Molitika
5 Paul Tito
4 Deiniol Jones
3 TaufaÂ’ao Filise
2 Gareth Williams
1 Gethin Jenkins
16 John Yapp
17 T Rhys Thomas
18 Scott Morgan
19 Ben White
20 Richie Rees
21 Nicky Robinson
22 Marc Stcherbina