London Irish v Edinburgh: European Challenge Cup preview
Last Updated: 03/04/15 5:18pm
London Irish bring in record try-scorer Topsy Ojo in their only change for the European Challenge Cup quarter-final with Edinburgh.
The winger replaces Tom Fowlie in an otherwise unchanged team from that which beat Newcastle Falcons in their last outing.
Head coach Glenn Delaney is hoping Ojo's experience can help his side as they look to progress to the last four.
“We have only made the one change from last weekend as Topsy Ojo comes into the starting team,” he told the club’s official website. “He has played in plenty of big games so it is fantastic to draw on a man of his experience.
“The squad performed well last weekend and have earned the right to go again on Sunday. Preparation has been thorough and hopefully we will be good enough to get across the line against a strong Edinburgh side.”
The Scottish side make four changes with Tim Visser starting on the left wing as he prepares to play for the first time since announcing this week that he will leave for Harlequins at the end of the season.
Dougie Fife returns on the right wing with Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford and Roddy Grant coming into the pack.
Mike Coman is out having sustained a concussion in the match with Scarlets last week meaning Ford will captain the side in his absence.
London Irish: 15 Andrew Fenby, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Eoin Griffin, 12 Eamonn Sheridan, 11 Alex Lewington, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Scott Steele; 1 Tom Court, 2 David Paice, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 George Skivington (c), 5 Nic Rouse, 6 Conor Gilsenan, 7 Blair Cowan, 8 Tom Guest.
Replacements: 16 Jimmy Stevens, 17 Matt Parr, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Luke Narraway, 21 Darren Allinson, 22 Chris Noakes, 23 Tom Fowlie.
Edinburgh: 15 Jack Cuthbert, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Phil Burleigh, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Greig Tonks, 9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; 1 Alasdair Dickinson, 2 Ross Ford (c), 3 WP Nel, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Ben Toolis, 6 Roddy Grant, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 David Denton.
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 John Andress, 19 Fraser McKenzie, 20 Tomas Leonardi, 21 Nathan Fowles, 22 Tom Heathcote, 23 Sam Beard.
