Scotland's South African powerhouses are back in action this weekend

Scotland internationals Pierre Schoeman and Duhan van der Merwe will turn out for Edinburgh for the first time this season when they take on Leinster in Dublin on Saturday.

Prop WP Nel and scrum-half Charlie Shiel also come in, the latter replacing Ben Vellacott who missed out for personal reasons.

Tom Dodd comes in at blindside flanker for Viliame Mata, who has a shoulder injury.

Head coach Sean Everitt is looking to build on two wins in his first two matches in charge.

“Leinster are a quality side and a team we have a lot of respect for from one to 23,” he said.

“We do however travel to Dublin with a lot of confidence after two hard-fought wins to start the season, and we can take a lot of positives from the resilience we’ve shown in closing out both victories.

“We’re delighted to welcome back both Pierre and Duhan to the squad. They are quality players with a lot of experience at the very top. They’ve trained really hard this week and are both excited to represent the club once again this weekend.”

Edinburgh team:

B Kinghorn; W Goosen, M Bennett, M Currie, D van der Merwe; B Healy, C Shiel; P Schoeman, D Cherry, W Nel, G Young, G Gilchrist©, T Dodd, H Watson, L Crosbie.

Substitutes: E Ashman, B Venter, J Sebastian, M Sykes, C Boyle, H Patterson, J Lang, C Dean.