Edinburgh lose 3 Scotland internationals ahead of Saracens clash

Edinburgh will be without the injured Jamie Ritchie, Darcy Graham and Blair Kinghorn for their European Challenge Cup clash with Saracens in the Scottish capital.

Edinburgh had previously confirmed that Viliame Mata and Damien Hoyland faced lay-offs with knee injuries.

Charlie Savala comes in at stand-off after Kinghorn was ruled out with a head injury, while Jaco van der Walt makes a timely return from injury to be named among the replacements.

Mark Bennett, Pierre Schoeman, Stuart McInally, WP Nel and Marshall Sykes all return to the starting line-up.

Head coach Mike Blair said: “This is a real challenge for the club. Saracens are one of the best teams in Europe and it will give us a really good measure of where we’re at.

“We’ve been really pleased with some of things we’ve been able to achieve in the URC so far, but this week has a different feel to it and we’re just looking forward to the challenge.”

EDINBURGH TEAM:

15. Emiliano Boffelli

14. Jack Blain (

13. Mark Bennett

12. James Lang

11. Ramiro Moyano

10. Charlie Savala

9. Ben Vellacott

1. Pierre Schoeman

2. Stuart McInally

3. WP Nel

4. Marshall Sykes

5. Grant Gilchrist CAPTAIN

6. Luke Crosbie

7. Hamish Watson

8. Nick Haining

Replacements

16. Dave Cherry

17. Boan Venter

18. Lee-Roy Atalifo

19. Jamie Hodgson

20. Magnus Bradbury

21. Henry Pyrgos

22. Jaco van der Walt

23. Cammy Hutchison