Connacht make eight changes

The Connacht team to play Edinburgh on Friday night at Meadowbank shows eight changes from that which went down to Celtic Warriors at the weekend, as coach Michael Bradley and his assistant John McKee continue their squad rotation system.

Five of the changes are up front with Dan McFarland and Bernard Jackman returning to the front. Damian Browne comes back into the second row, while John Muldoon and Tom Carter start in the backrow.