Edinburgh v Munster: Guinness PRO12 preview

Scotland centre Matt Scott returns for Edinburgh against Munster

Edinburgh welcome back a quartet of World Cup stars as they look to reignite their Guinness PRO12 campaign against Munster on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 5 HD from 5pm.

The Scots have suffered back-to-back defeats to Zebre and Connacht but their hopes of beating Munster at Murrayfield have been boosted by the return of front-rowers Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford, WP Nel and centre Matt Scott.

Dickinson, Ford and Nel played in all five of Scotland's World Cup matches as they reached the quarter-finals.

Edinburgh head coach Alan Solomons said: "We are only too aware of the challenge that we face on Saturday and know that we need to be at our best."

Munster have just lost one game so far this season against table-toppers Scarlets and travel to the Scottish capital buoyed by their derby win over Ulster last weekend.

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Highlights of Munster's stunning victory over Ulster last weekend

Ireland duo Conor Murray and Keith Earls make their first appearances of the season as head coach Anthony Foley makes eight changes to his starting line-up.

Earls partners Francis Saili at centre for the first time while Donnacha Ryan is named at lock after coming off the bench against Ulster.

Dave O'Callaghan and Jack O'Donoghue come into the back row alongside captain CJ Stander, with Uruguay international Mario Sagario poised to make his debut after being named among the replacements.

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Highlights of Edinburgh's round six defeat at Connacht

Edinburgh: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Damien Hoyland, 13 Will Helu, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Greig Tonks, 9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; 1 Alasdair Dickinson, 2 Ross Ford, 3 WP Nel, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Alex Toolis, 6 Mike Coman (c), 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Cornell Du Preez.

Replacements: 16 Neil Cochrane, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 John Andress, 19 Roddy Grant, 20 Nasi Manu, 21 Sean Kennedy, 22 Andries Strauss, 23 Dougie Fife.

Munster: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Francis Saili, 11 Ronan O'Mahony, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Conor Murray; 1 Dave Kilcoyne, 2 Duncan Casey, 3 John Ryan, 4 Donnacha Ryan, 5 Dave Foley, 6 Dave O'Callaghan, 7 Jack O'Donoghue, 8 CJ Stander (c).

Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 James Cronin, 18 Mario Sagario, 19 Robin Copeland, 20 Jordan Coghlan, 21 Tomás O'Leary, 22 Rory Scannell, 23 Denis Hurley.

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