Ahead of tomorrow's play off match here is the Chieftains side to face Ayr and thoughts from head coach Ben Cairns.

TEAM NEWS |

With Ratu Tagive, Luke Crosbie and Ruchie Vernon all released there is a bit of a reshuffle since our last outing a few weeks ago. Vincent Wright returns from international duty to start in the 2nd row. Mike Vernel shifts back to his preferred position of 6 and Luke Crosbie comes in at 8. Stephen Ainslie and Scott McGinley shift to the bench. The backline sees Richie Vernon start at 13 with Harvey Elms moving to fullback and Ben Robbins to the wing. Cammy Gray moves to the bench.

1Kris Burney15Harvey Elms2Fergus Scott ©14Ratu Tagive3AP McWilliam13Richie Vernon4Hamish Bain12Robbie Nelson ©5Vince Wright11Ben Robbins6Mike Vernel10Jamie Forbes7Thomas Gordon9Charlie Shiel8Luke Crosbie Replacements16Graeme Carson20Rhys Davies17Callum MacKintosh21Matt O’Neil18Stephen Ainslie22Cammy Gray19Scott McGinley

BEN CAIRNS |

'With almost a full squad to pick from and a few pros released there have been some real selection headaches and some difficult conversations this week. Having not played for a few weeks we have made the most of the preparation time and we hope this pays dividends on the day. Ayr are a side who have a track record of performing in big games and have already beaten us on our own patch this season, so I am sure they will travel with every belief they can make another playoff final. For us, it’s great to be in another playoff semi-final and even better to be at Malleny but the aim is to make history and reach our first playoff final. These days are usually pretty special occasions at Malleny, the pre-match lunch sold out in record time, the weather forecast is good and I am sure Ayr will bring a vocal travelling support. Its set up to be a cracker so hopefully the whole rugby community turn out and we can put on a worthy show.'