Ayr hit the road this week to take on Edinburgh Accies at the historic Raeburn Place for a chance to lift the Bill McLaren Shield. After last Saturday's narrow win over Heriot's, Ayr will be looking for an improved performance but know that Accies will be full of confidence in the wake of their high-scoring victory against Dundee.
Ayr's head coach Kenny Murray knows the opposition will be no pushover.
"They have proved difficult to beat at home, and we expect another quick game," he said, "but we go into this with the best defensive record in the league and will be looking to maintain it."
Murray acknowledges that last week's performance wasn't Ayr's best.
"We were disappointed with how we played. Heriot's made us work for everything and we did well to hold on. Although we scored three well worked tries, we squandered several opportunities of getting a bonus point. We also let ourselves down in terms of discipline."
There are several changes to the team this week. Winger Kerr Gossman broke his arm and dislocated his wrist during the Heriot's match. He has had surgery and won't play until December. He is replaced by Gavin Lowe, who was called up to the Scotland under-18s squad this week, with Cammy Taylor taking his place on the bench.
Scrum-half Peter Jericevich is on Scotland Sevens duty and is replaced by Sylvain Diez. Nick Campbell, a Glasgow Warriors Elite Development player, returns to the bench after injury, and D'Arcy Rae takes over as substitute prop from Denford Mutamangira.
Team (subject to change on match day):
Anderson, C Gossman, Fergusson, Dalgleish, Lowe; Curle, Diez; Cox, Wisnewski, Hunter; White, Sutherland; Fisken, Dunlop, Forrester (capt).
Replacements: Rae, Fenwick, Doneghan, Campbell, Taylor.
Score updates will be available on twitter.com/OfficialAyrRFC.
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