Cardiff v EdinburghIT'S MORE expedient given the 11 changes from the Blues team from last weekend's league match to name the four players that remain for this Heineken Cup match at Cardiff City Stadium (8pm, Sky Sports Interactive).
Casey Laulala is the only player retained behind the scrum, while captain Paul Tito, Tao Filise and Xavier Rush remain in the pack. The home side have won their last five matches against their Scottish visitors, including a double over them in last season’s tournament.
Michael Bradley’s Edinburgh have produced stunning one-point victories in their two previous outings against London Irish (20-19) and Racing Metro-92 (48-47): in the latter match even Lazarus might have balked at the script.
Cardiff will provide a more true blue hue to the washed-out version that capitulated against Leinster.
CARDIFF BLUES: L Halfpenny; A Cuthbert, C Laulala, J Roberts, C Czekaj; D Parks, L Williams; G Jenkins, T Thomas, T Filise; B Davies, P Tito (capt); M Paterson, S Warburton, X Rush. Replacements: R Tyrrell, J Yapp, S Andrews, M Molitika, J Navidi, R Rees, C Sweeney, G Evans.
EDINBURGH: C Paterson; L Jones, N De Luca, J King, T Visser; H Leonard, G Laidlaw (capt); A Jacobsen, R Ford, G Cross; S Cox, E Lozada; D Denton, R Grant, S McInally. Replacements: S Lawrie, K Traynor, J Gilding, S Turnbull, R Rennie, M Blair, J Houston, T Brown.
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England).
Verdict: Cardiff Blues.
