Edinburgh will have to do without new Scotland cap Freddy Douglas for at least the next month after the flanker suffered an ankle injury on his first senior start for the club.
.Ospreys moved off the bottom of the United Rugby Championship table with a hard-fought 22-13 victory over Edinburgh in Bridgend.
As far as the 34-year-old is concerned, nothing has quite lived down to the first half of last Saturday’s URC fixture against the Lions in Johannesburg.
Edinburgh have confirmed they expect to be without full-back Emiliano Boffelli for a large chunk of the season as the Argentine star prepares for further surgery on a longstanding back problem.
Magnus Bradbury will make his first start since returning to Edinburgh after being named in the number eight jersey for Saturday’s United Rugby Championship match away to the Bulls.
Scotland wing Darcy Graham is set to make his return to action this weekend after eight months out.