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New signing 1 of 3 injured Edinburgh players replaced for Bulls
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Magnus Bradbury will make his first start since returning to Edinburgh after being named in the number eight jersey for Saturday’s United Rugby Championship match away to the Bulls.
The 29-year-old back-rower returned north in the summer for a second stint in the Scottish capital after spending the past two seasons with Bristol.
Bradbury, who won the most recent of his 19 Scotland caps in July 2022, came on as a second-half substitute in the campaign-opening 33-31 home defeat by Leinster last Friday.
However, he has been added to the starting XV in place of Ben Muncaster, who drops out with a hip injury. The only other two changes to the team come at centre, where Matt Scott and Mark Bennett replace injured duo Mosese Tuipulotu and Matt Currie.
Saturday’s match at Loftus Versfeld is the first of a South African double-header for Edinburgh, who are away to the Lions next weekend.
“We’ve been able to have a consistent line-up after the first game,” head coach Sean Everitt told the Edinburgh website. “There are a couple of small injuries, but the players in the side deserve their shots, with Magnus and Matt both putting in good displays last week.
“We know the challenge that awaits us at Loftus. It will be a tough match but we’ve had a good week and are ready for the fight.”
Edinburgh vs Bulls:
1 Pierre Schoeman
2 Dave Cherry
3 Paul Hill
4 Marshall Sykes
5 Grant Gilchrist
6 Jamie Ritchie
7 Hamish Watson
8 Magnus Bradbury
9 Ali Price
10 Ross Thompson
11 Duhan van der Merwe
12 Matt Scott
13 Mark Bennett
14 Darcy Graham
15 Wes Goosen
Substitutes
16 Ewan Ashman
17 Boan Venter
18 D'Arcy Rae
19 Jamie Hodgson
20 Tom Dodd
21 Ben Vellacott
22 Ben Healy
23 Ross McCann
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Agreed. As a Saffa I have much respect for the ABs. I also have to say given any option I would ONLY prefer to lose to ABs. To lose to England is probably the most embarrassing think to happen to either of us.
There was a time when both of us lost to England and we both hated it. Thankfully those days are behind us. Kudos to you guys, kudos to ABs. But dear old BS seems to hate us Boks. No idea why.
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