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  3. Edinburgh v Ulster postponed due to Storm Amy

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    Hive Stadium in Edinburgh was due to host Friday's game

    Friday's planned United Rugby Championship (URC) fixture between Edinburgh and Ulster has been postponed due to adverse conditions.

    The sides were due to meet at Hive Stadium with the initial kick-off time of 20:05 BST brought forward to 19:00 BST to avoid the worst of Storm Amy.

    However, worsening conditions in Scotland has prompted the URC to postpone the game with forecast storm winds making it unsafe to move the game to another venue.

    Edinburgh managing director Douglas Struth said: "We were set to welcome a capacity crowd for tonight's game.

    "However, the safety of supporters, players, partners, and everyone associated with this weekend's fixture is of the utmost importance so, while disappointing, it is absolutely the right decision to postpone tonight's game considering the escalating weather reports overnight.

    "This decision has not been taken lightly. We have worked closely with the URC, Scottish Rugby, the Met Office and local authorities to ensure it is the best-informed choice."

    The URC said it will now consider available dates with broadcasters and both clubs to reschedule the game.

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  5. Returning Graham will energise Edinburgh - Everitt

    Andy Burke
    BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter

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    Darcy Graham starts for Edinburgh after returning from injury

    Head coach Sean Everitt says Edinburgh will be energised by the return of Darcy Graham as his side look to bounce back from defeat by Zebre when they face Ulster on Friday.

    It is a game that has had its kick-off brought forward by just over an hour to 19:00 BST to avoid the worst of Storm Amy.

    Edinburgh opened their United Rugby Championship campaign with a disappointing loss in Italy, although Everitt denied it had been "a lacklustre, or a heartless, performance" from his team.

    The South African admits, though, that his side must get league points on the board early to avoid last season's late scramble to reach the play-offs.

    Everitt hopes the return of Scotland wing Graham, who has recovered from the ankle injury he suffered in his single appearance for the Lions in the summer, will help Edinburgh bounce back against Ulster.

    "It's great to have Darcy back with his experience, number one," Everitt said.

    "Number two, he's a world-class player. He's very creative in his style of play and he does give the team energy.

    "The team will take a lot of confidence out of having him on the right wing."

    Everitt does not wish to dwell on Edinburgh's poor start to the season and wants his side to put the defeat by Zebre behind them for their first home game of the campaign.

    "It is frustrating because it's not the start that you had planned and were hoping for," he said.

    "I'd rather those mistakes happen in round one than in round 16. So the guys are positive and we know that Edinburgh always fight back after disappointment."

    Paul Hill faces a late fitness test on a calf injury and Angus Williams will replace the prop on the bench if he is ruled out.

    Edinburgh: Wes Goosen, Darcy Graham, Piers O'Conor, James Lang, Duhan van der Merwe, ⁠Ben Healy, Ben Vellacott; Pierre Schoeman, ⁠Ewan Ashman, ⁠D'arcy Rae, ⁠Marshall Sykes, Grant Gilchrist, ⁠Liam McConnell, ⁠Hamish Watson, ⁠Magnus Bradbury (capt).

    Replacements: Paddy Harrison, James Whitcombe, Angus Williams/Paul Hill*, ⁠Sam Skinner, Freddy Douglas, ⁠Charlie Shiel, ⁠Findlay Thomson, ⁠Harry Paterson.

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  7. A red open-top city tour bus in Edinburgh. The buildings of the Royal Mile can be seen in the background. There are a few passengers on the top deck of the bus, and a man in an orange hi-vis in the driver's seat.

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  11. Edinburgh and head coach Sean Everitt

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  13. Angus Young and Brian Johnson of AC/DC perform on stage infront of a drum kit and a wall of speakers during a concert for the Power Up tour at Murrayfield Stadium on 21 August in Edinburgh.

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  15. Ulster 'haven't forgotten' Edinburgh rout - Doak

    Jonathan Bradley
    BBC Sport NI Senior Journalist

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    Nathan Doak kicked 10 points in Ulster's win against Dragons in Belfast on Friday

    Ulster scrum-half Nathan Doak says the side want to give Edinburgh a "right performance" on Friday night after their heavy defeat at the Hive Stadium last season.

    The northern province were beaten 47-17 by their United Rugby Championship rivals in May to bring their disappointing 2024-25 campaign to a bruising close.

    Richie Murphy's side began the new season in better shape with a six-try win over Dragons at home on Friday but Doak said attention quickly turned to the trip to the Scottish capital.

    "Edinburgh are a very different side. What they did to us last year, we haven't forgotten that either," he said.

    "That was said in the changing room after the game there, so we'll all be dusting ourselves down.

    "We want to go over there and we want to give them a right performance and we'll take it to them."

    Doak started the season opener against Dragons and was impressive with the boot as he went five-from-five off the tee in the 42-21 win.

    After John Cooney departed for Brive in the summer, the 23-year-old will be expected to be Ulster's first-choice in the number nine jersey this season but says he is expecting competition from the likes of David Shanahan and Conor McKee.

    "We all want to push each other, even with John gone," he added.

    "John set a really good precedent of trying to get the best out of ourselves at scrum-half. That's definitely stayed on, even though he's left.

    "Nothing's changed in that department. We're all pushing each other to try and make each other better."

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  19. Edinburgh's Sean Everitt

  20. Alan Marshall smiling at the camera. He has dark hair. He is standing and is holding a pint glass. He is wearing a dark jacket.

  21. A mural on the side of a building showing a woman in a red dress and heels kissing a man in a dark suit as they fall through the air.

  22. A row of fire appliances parked by the side of a moorland road. The vehicles are brightly painted yellow and red. Grey smoke drifts overhead.

  23. A rhino behind a fence at a zoo in Edinburgh.