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Full-back Santi Carreras inspired Gloucester to a win over reigning Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton Saints at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday.

The Argentina international scored two tries as the Kingsholm outfit secured a 25-17 victory, taking them up to fifth in the league table.

Meanwhile, Edinburgh resisted a second-half fightback from Italian side Benetton, eventually triumphing 50-33 in the Scottish capital.

Sean Everitt's side are seventh in the United Rugby Championship with three wins from their seven games.

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Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt makes eight changes to the side that beat Benetton in the URC last weekend for tonight's game.

Ross McCann and Nathan Sweeney replace Scotland duo Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe as the Scottish side's wingers, and Ben Vellacott is preferred to Ali Price at scrum-half against his former club.

In the forwards, lock Sam Skinner makes his first start of the season after undergoing knee surgery in the summer, and there is a first senior start for flanker Freddy Douglas after the 19-year-old made his club debut against Benetton.

Boan Venter and Paddy Harrison come into the front row for Pierre Schoeman and Ewan Ashman, while Tom Dodd joins Douglas and Magnus Bradbury in the back row. Jamie Ritchie (rested) and Ben Muncaster (illness) both miss out.

Youngsters Rob Carmichael and Liam McConnell could both make their club debuts off the bench.

Hosts Gloucester are without number eight Zach Mercer and wing Ollie Thorley after they both sustained knee injuries against Northampton last weekend.

However, they are still able to name a strong side for their European opener.

Josh Hathaway replaces Thorley, and joins Christian Wade and Santi Carreras in the back three.

Scotland international Chris Harris comes into the side in the centres, while Gareth Anscombe and Caolan Englefield continue as the half-backs.

Matias Alemanno starts in the second row alongside Arthur Clark, which sees Freddie Thomas shift to the blindside flank.

Meanwhile, there could be a potential debut off the bench for former Worcester Warriors centre Will Butler, who only signed yesterday.

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The Shed is normally populated by early comers, but there's hardly anyone in at the moment.

It's becoming increasingly windy and wet here in Gloucester with Storm Darragh sweeping in.

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Gloucester: Carreras, Wade, Harris, Llewellyn, Hathaway, Anscombe, Englefield; Rapava-Ruskin, Blake, Gotovtsev, Clark, Alemanno, Thomas, Ludlow (c), Ackermann.

Replacements: Singleton, Knight, Fasogbon, Taylor, Tuisue, Chapman, Butler, Barton.

Edinburgh: Goosen, McCann, Currie, Tuipulotu, Sweeney, Thompson, Vellacott (c); Venter, Harrison, Hill, Sykes, Skinner, Dodd, Douglas, Bradbury.

Replacements: Cherry, Jones, Rae, Carmichael, McConnell, Shiel, Healy, Lang.

European rugby is back on this rather miserable Friday night.

Put your feet up, fix yourself a drink of your choice, and stick with us for all the updates from the Challenge Cup match between Gloucester and Edinburgh at Kingsholm.

Kick-off is 30 minutes away, so let's get to it...

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