Late change to the Edinburgh side as Ross Ford fails a late fitness test meaning Aleki Lutui comes in at hooker and James Hilterbrand fills in on the bench.

Good afternoon and welcome to this Heineken Cup fixture between Edinburgh and Gloucester at Murrayfield. Each team in pool 6 have a win each after two rounds, Edinburgh won at home to Munster but suffered a heavy loss away to Perpignan, While Gloucester defeated Perpignan at home and lost away to Munster. Edinburgh field a strong team with 9 Scottish internationals. Gloucester have lost their captain Tom Savage meaning Billy Twelvetrees takes over the captaincy.