Six Nations stars named by Young for Magners action in Edinburgh

Mar 27 2008 by Delme Parfitt, South Wales Echo

CARDIFF Blues have included Grand Slam stars Tom Shanklin, Gethin Jenkins and Martyn Williams in their starting line-up to face Edinburgh tomorrow night.

The trio return for the Magners League clash at Murrayfield in a side that is unlikely to change significantly for the big Heineken Cup clash with Toulouse on Sunday week.

There is also a return for wing Tom James who has been out after having an appendix removed and fly-half Nicky Robinson returns to the bench after a five-month thigh injury absence.

Meanwhile Llanelli Scarlets prop Deacon Manu has been banned for two weeks by the Welsh Rugby Union after his challenge on Blues flanker Robin Sowden-Taylor in last Friday’s match at Stradey Park was deemed dangerous by a disciplinary panel.

The offence was considered to be at “the lower end of the scale” by the governing body, but it could yet keep Sowden-Taylor out for some time, with the Blues man waiting on the results of a scan to determine the damage.

Cardiff Blues (v Edinburgh, a): B Blair, J Roberts, T Shanklin, G Thomas, T James; D Flanagan, J Spice, G Jenkins, G Williams, T Filise, D Jones, P Tito; M Molitika, M Williams, X Rush (c).

Reps: J Yapp, R Thomas, S Morgan, B White, R Rees, N Robinson, M Stcherbina.