Nineteen-year-old Alex Blair will make his Edinburgh debut, beside his brother Mike, in Saturday’s clash with Leinster at The RDS (kick-off 6.05pm).
“It will be good to have Mike beside me at half-back, not just because he’s my brother, but because he’s a hugely experienced player who’ll be able to give me a few pointers when he feels it’s required.
“It’s a big game to be making my debut in, but I’m relishing the thought of going to a place like the RDS and showing what we’re all about.
Moffat’s starting line-up shows four personnel changes over and above the two at half-back. Ross Ford and Roddy Grant, rested against Ulster, return at hooker and No.8 respectively, while John Houston and Alex Grove will form a new centre pairing.
EDINBURGH (v Leinster):
15 Chris Paterson
14 Jim Thompson
13 Alex Grove
12 John Houston
11 Tim Visser
10 Alex Blair
9 Mike Blair
1 Allan Jacobsen
2 Ross Ford
3 Geoff Cross
4 Scott MacLeod
5 Fraser McKenzie
6 Netani Talei
8 Roddy Grant (captain)
7 Ross Rennie
REPLACEMENTS
16 Andrew Kelly
17 Kyle Traynor
18 David Young
19 Esteban Lozada
20 Scott Newlands
21 Greig Laidlaw
22 David Bishop
23 Mark Robertson