Treviso v Edinburgh: Teams

Scrivener: Looking for flying finish to Magners League

Edinburgh interim head coach Nick Scrivener is looking for his team to cap off a flying finish to their Magners League campaign with a win in Italy over Treviso.

The Scots head to the Stadio di Monigo on Friday looking for a second successive win on Italian soil, having beaten Aironi 10-9 in Viadana last October.

Edinburgh will also be on the trail of a fourth win in their last five matches, Ospreys, Aironi and Dragons having all been felled at Murrayfield of late.

Friday's clash is a last match at Edinburgh for Scrivener, who will return to his native Australia next week, for Scott MacLeod, who starts at second row before completing his move to Japanese outfit Kobe Steelers, and for David Blair, who is leaving the club at the end of the season.

There are three changes to the Edinburgh starting line-up from that which claimed a 27-15 triumph against the Dragons on Friday 22 April.

King return

James King, who missed out on selection for that game after injuring a shoulder, returns at inside centre, with Nick De Luca moving out one to occupy the number 13 berth.

Mike Blair injured an ankle in training this week, and so Greig Laidlaw moves to scrum-half with David Blair coming in at stand-off.

In the boiler house, meanwhile, Esteban Lozada is suspended after receiving his third Magners League yellow card, and so Steven Turnbull is selected to pack down beside MacLeod.

On the bench, David Young and Craig Hamilton return to provide cover at tight-head and lock respectively, while Alan MacDonald has recovered from his own shoulder complaint to feature for the first time since the defeat to Scarlets in February.

Treviso

Meanwhile, Treviso are looking for a second win over Scottish opposition after their previous win against Glasgow Warriors, and after losing in Cardiff last week against the Blues, the Italian side are doing their best to finish 10th in the league table.

Antonio Pavanello and his team-mates will also try to obtain their ninth win in this first and positive Magners League season.

Winning Friday's match will also mean revenge after the 21-9 defeat suffered by the Treviso team on November 5th at Murrayfield.

Franco Smith has only made a few changes to the team. In the back three we see the return of Luke McLean as full-back, together with wingers Michele Sepe and Tommaso Benvenuti.

Gonzalo Garcia and Alberto Sgarbi are playing in the centre spot, while fly-half Willem De Waal is partnering with scrum-half Tobias Botes.

In the front row, Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet is playing loose-head and Lorenzo Cittadini is playing tight-head prop.

Treviso: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Michele Sepe, 13 Alberto Sgarbi, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Tommaso Benvenuti, 10 Willem De Waal, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Paul Derbyshire, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Robert Barbieri, 5 Corniel Van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello (c), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet.
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Matteo Muccignat, 19 Benjamin Vermaak, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Francesco Minto, 22 Fabio Semenzato, 23 Brendan Williams.

Edinburgh: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Simon Webster, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 James King, 11 Tim Visser, 10 David Blair, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 David Denton, 7 Ross Rennie, 6 Stuart McInally, 5 Steven Turnbull, 4 Scott MacLeod, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Andrew Kelly (c), 1 Kyle Traynor
Replacements: 16 Alun Walker, 17 Lewis Niven, 18 David Young, 19 Craig Hamilton, 20 Alan MacDonald, 21 Jim Thompson, 22 Lee Jones, 23 Tom Brown.