The teams are all in for this weekend's round two action in the Guinness PRO14 following a week in which Ireland, Wales and Italy named Six Nations squads.
The recent defeat to Ulster was the fourth knockout stage Edinburgh defeat on Richard Cockerill’s watch, a habit that must be broken in France on Saturday.
Alan Tait identified some gems for the Scotland rugby set-up during his time as an SRU scout, but he is worried about shortcomings in the system.