Summary

  • Jamie Ritchie adds eighth Edinburgh try late on

  • Lucas Martin and Baptiste Germain score tries for Bayonne in second half, but Darcy Graham scores either side of Duhan van der Merwe for Edinburgh before Tom Dodd crosses twice to extend lead further

  • Edinburgh centre Matt Currie scores game's first try before Mosese Tuipluotu scores his first Edinburgh try

  • Both sides have players sin-binned in opening 20 minutes - Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh) & Esteban Capillo (Bayonne)

Live Reporting

George O'Neill

  1. Kick-off

    Edinburgh 0-0 Bayonne

    Referee Morne Ferreira peeps his whistle, Ross Thompson launches a kick downfield and away we go...

  2. The visitors

    Edinburgh v Bayonne (20:00)

    Bayonne are fifth in France's Top 14 with seven wins from 11, and will fancy their chances tonight.

    They edged past Scarlets in their European opener last weekend, but are without England centre Manu Tuilagi, who is not involved in the visitors' 23 this evening.

    France international Camille Lopez captains the French side from fly-half.

  3. Last time out

    Edinburgh v Bayonne (20:00)

    A much-changed Edinburgh team were beaten 15-10 at Gloucester last week in their European opener.

    In stormy conditions, they never truly threatened to win the game and will want to bounce back in front of their own fans.

    Tuisue celebrates his try for Gloucester against EdinburghPA Media

  4. Edinburgh welcome back Scotland stars

    Edinburgh v Bayonne (20:00)

    Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt welcomes back eight Scotland internationals for tonight's game.

    Everitt had rested several big names for Edinburgh's European opener - a 15-10 defeat by Gloucester at Kingsholm last week.

    Pierre Schoeman and Ewan Ashman are back in the front row, while Grant Gilchrist, Luke Crosbie and Jamie Ritchie also come into the forward pack.

    Ali Price replaces Charlie Shiel at scrum-half, and Duhan van der Merwe - who signed a new deal with Edinburgh earlier this week - is named in the back three along with fellow Scotland flier Darcy Graham.

    Ali Price warms upSNS

    Ali Price starts at scrum-half for Edinburgh

  5. Line-ups from Hive Stadium

    Edinburgh v Bayonne (20:00)

    Edinburgh: Goosen, Graham, Currie, Tuipulotu, Van der Merwe, Thompson, Price, Schoeman, Ashman, Hill, Sykes, Gilchrist (c), Ritchie, Crosbie, Bradbury.

    Replacements: Cherry, Venter, Sebastian, Skinner, Dodd, Shiel, Healy, Lang.

    Bayonne: Tiberghien, Callandret, Erbinartegaray, Martocq, Spring, Lopez, Germain; Bordelai, Martin, Cotet, Marchois, Poloniati, Capilla, Heguy, Bruni.

    Replacements: Van Jaarsveld, Cormenier, Scholtz, Bourdeau, Traversier, Machenaud, Segonds, Megdoud.

  6. Hello

    Edinburgh v Bayonne (20:00)

    Good evening sports fans.

    We've got Friday night rugby from the Scottish capital for you, as Edinburgh host Bayonne in the Challenge Cup.

    Kick-off is just 20 minutes away, so let's get stuck in...

    Challenge Cup flag at Hive StadiumSNS