Scrum-half Charlie Shiel has agreed a one-year contract extension with hometown club Edinburgh.
Leinster ended Edinburgh’s winning start to the BKT United Rugby Championship season with a well-judged 36-27 bonus-point victory at the RDS Arena.
Scotland internationals Pierre Schoeman and Duhan van der Merwe will turn out for Edinburgh for the first time this season when they take on Leinster in Dublin on Saturday.
Edinburgh brought a run of four BKT United Rugby Championship defeats to an end with a last-minute try from Patrick Harrison helping them to a 24-17 win over Zebre Parma.
Edinburgh will welcome back Scotland quartet Blair Kinghorn, Mark Bennett, Sam Skinner and Luke Crosbie for tomorrow night’s 1872 Cup decider against Glasgow Warriors at BT Murrayfield.
