Webster returns for Gunners

Scotland international wing Simon Webster has been named in the starting line-up for Edinburgh for Saturday's Heineken Cup clash at home to Perpignan.

Webster returns after two months on the sidelines with a nasty knee injury.

"I'm very pleased to be back,"said Webster. It's great to have a game at the end of the week to look forward to. I've been out for a while and I'm more than ready to play again."
 
His inclusion is one of eight changes made by Frank Hadden in the aftermath of Edinburgh's 48-5 whipping at the hands of the Dragons last weekend.

In the backs, Hugo Southwell moves from wing to fullback, Craig Joiner returns on the opposite wing to Webster, and Brendan Laney moves from stand-off to centre, with Phil Godman pulling on the number ten shirt.
 
In the forwards, Alastair Kellock returns in place of Fergus Pringle at lock. Todd Blackadder returns to the back row to captain the side and Alasdair Strokosch switches to openside. 
 
"We have got a bit of an injury concern at scrum-half but both Mike [Blair] and Rory [Lawson] trained today so we are going to wait until Saturday to make a decision on who goes into battle,"said Hadden.
 
"Our concentration this week has been on training well. We've done a lot of work on our defence and we've looked closely at our lineout," said captain Todd Blackadder.

"Last week was very disappointing so it was just back to the drawing board and to put in a lot of hard work at training. It is important that we go out there on Sunday and play well and get a win in the Heineken Cup.

Perpignan have named a squad of 24 players for the game, which includes all of last week's starters and subs except prop Vincent Debaty, who suffered an ankle strain in the win over Newcastle. His place is taken by Rudy Cheron.

Edinburgh: 15.Hugo Southwell, 14.Craig Joiner, 13.Brendan Laney, 12.Ben MacDougall, 11.Simon Webster, 10.Phil Godman, 9.Mike Blair/Rory Lawson, 8.Allister Hogg, 7.Alasdair Strokosch, 6.Todd Blackadder (c), 5.Scott Murray, 4.Alastair Kellock, 3.Craig Smith, 2.Andrew Kelly, 1.Allan Jacobsen
Replacements: 16.Dougie Hall, 17.Alasdair Dickinson, 18.Fergus Pringle, 19.David Callam, 20.A N Other, 21.Marcus Di Rollo, 22.Derrick Lee

Perpignan: Forwards: Rudy Chéron, Perry Freshwater, Nicolas Mas, Nicolas Grelon, Tjoppie van den Heever, Rimas Alvarez-Kairelis, Colin Gaston, Christophe Porcu, Bernard Goutta, Jérôme Labat, Grégory Le Corvec,Ovidiu Tonita,Scott Robertson     
Backs: Nicolas Durand, Ludovic Loustau, Manny Edmonds, Pascal Bomati, Dan Luger, Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, Gavin Hume, Christophe Manas, David Marty, Frédéric Cermeno, Diego Giannantonio

Date: Saturday 15 January
Venue: Murrayfield
Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Referee: Chris White (England)
Touch judges: Roy Maybank, Andy Melrose (both England)
Match commissioner: Rob Flockhart (Scotland)
Weather: 10°C, showers