Wilkins hoping to take another step towards emulating Connacht's best ever start to season

Wilkins though has made eight changes to the side which pipped understrength Ulster 22-20 last weekend as he returns to a club where he spent a couple of seasons as defence coach before moving to Galway in 2018.

ANOTHER STEP FORWARD: New Connacht boss Pete Wilkins is hoping to make it Connacht’s second best start to a season by notching their fourth win on the spin in Edinburgh this Saturday evening. Pic: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

New Connacht boss Pete Wilkins is hoping to make it Connacht’s second best start to a season by notching their fourth win on the spin in Edinburgh this Saturday evening.

And in the process he hopes they will take another towards matching the five-match winning run achieved under South African Steph Nel back in 2002-03.