Pride at stake for Gunners

The Gunners have the opportunity to win four games in a row for the first time this season and, if they do, they will put a stop to Leinster's title hopes. The Irish side travel to Edinburgh trailing two points behind league leaders Ulster but they can still be crowned champions.

Todd Blackadder, in his final game in charge before he returns to his native New Zealand, is determined they won't. He said: "A lot of our motivation is not wanting Leinster to pick up the trophy at our ground. We have the opportunity to finish third in the table and we want to finish as well as we can. But, ultimately, we want to deny Leinster victory on our patch."

He has made five changes to the side which beat the Dragons two weeks ago for tomorrow's Celtic League match at Murrayfield (Friday 26 May, kick-off 7.10pm).

In the backs, Francisco Leonelli, Michael Pyke and Phil Godman come in for Hugo Southwell, Chris Paterson and Peter Jorgensen respectively while Nick de Luca replaces Simon Webster who moves onto the bench. Fergus Pringle is the only change in the forwards in place of Alastair Kellock.

Allan Jacobsen will reach a major milestone when he runs out at Murrayfield tomorrow night. It will be his 160th appearance for Edinburgh, the most any player has ever made.

Edinburgh Gunners team to play Leinster at Murrayfield in the Celtic League tomorrow (Friday 26 May), kick-off 7.10pm

15 Francisco Leonelli
14 Michael Pyke
13 Phil Godman
12 Matt Dey
11 Nick de Luca
10 Ander Monro
9 Rory Lawson (CAPTAIN)
1 Allan Jacobsen
2 Andrew Kelly
3 Alasdair Dickinson
4 Fergus Pringle
5 Scott Murray
6 Matt Mustchin
8 David Callam
7 Alasdair Strokosch

Substitutes:
16 Dougie Hall
17 Craig Smith
18 Ross Rennie
19 Alan MacDonald
20 Greig Laidlaw
21 Ben Cairns
22 Simon Webster

Unavailable through injury: Peter Jorgensen - hamstring injury; Simon Cross - broken scaphoid; Rob Dewey - shoulder; Allister Hogg - AC joint; Simon Taylor - knee.