Guinness PRO12: Wales fly-half Dan Biggar boosts Ospreys
Sunday 1 November 2015 12:35, UK
International fly-halves Dan Biggar and Johnny Sexton return to club duty on Sunday as the Ospreys visit Glasgow and Leinster face Treviso.
Glasgow Warriors v Ospreys (2.30pm)
Glasgow welcome back five of their World Cup stars for the visit of the Ospreys to Scotstoun.
Scotland trio Tommy Seymour, Peter Horne and Gordon Reid and Fiji lock Leone Nakarawa are all named in the starting line-up alongside Tonga prop Sila Puafisi, who makes his Warriors debut.
USA international Greg Peterson makes his first start after coming off the bench in the last two games.
Wales fly-half Dan Biggar starts for the struggling Ospreys, who have lost four of their opening five Guinness PRO12 fixtures this season.
Justin Tipuric replaces Dan Baker in the back row while World Rugby Player of the Year nominee Alun Wyn Jones is named on the bench.
Glasgow: 15 Tommy Seymour, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Richie Vernon, 12 Peter Horne, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Mike Blair; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Pat MacArthur, 3 Sila Puafisi, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 6 Rob Harley (c), 7 Simone Favaro, 8 Ryan Wilson.
Replacements: 16 James Malcolm, 17 Alex Allan, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Chris Fusaro, 21 Ali Price, 22 Sam Johnson, 23 Taqele Naiyaravoro.
Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Tom Grabham, 13 Ben John, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Eli Walker, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Brendon Leonard; 1 Paul James, 2 Sam Parry, 3 Aaron Jarvis, 4 Lloyd Ashley (c), 5 Rory Thornton, 6 Dan Lydiate, 7 Justin Tipuric, 8 James King.
Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Dmitri Arhip, 19 Alun Wyn Jones, 20 Dan Baker, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Jonathan Spratt.
Benetton Treviso v Leinster (3pm GMT, live on Sky Sports 3 HD)
Johnny Sexton returns to Leinster colours at the Stadio Monigo against a Treviso side that are on a 12-game losing streak.
A host of Ireland internationals have been named in the starting line-up, including Luke Fitzgerald and Eoin Reddan, while New Zealander Hayden Triggs makes his debut alongside Mike McCarthy in the second row.
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Treviso picked up their fourth losing bonus point of the campaign at the Dragons last week and they have named a new centre partnership in Andrea Pratichetti and Sam Christie.
Luke McLean is partnered by fellow Italy international Edoardo Gori at half-back.
Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Andrea Pratichetti, 12 Sam Christie, 11 Simone Ragusi, 10 Luke McLean, 9 Edoardo Gori; 1 Matteo Zanusso, 2 Davide Giazzon, 3 Rupert Harden, 4 Marco Fuser, 5 Teofilo Paulo, 6 Francesco Minto, 7 Alessandro Zanni (c), 8 Abraham Steyn.
Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Jeff Montauriol, 20 Robert Barbieri, 21 Chris Smylie, 22 James Ambrosini, 23 Tommaso Iannone.
Leinster: 15 Isa Nacewa (c), 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Ben Te'o, 12 Luke Fitzgerald, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan; 1 Jack McGrath, 2 Sean Cronin, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Hayden Triggs, 5 Mike McCarthy, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Jordi Murphy, 8 Jack Conan.
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Marty Moore, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Cathal Marsh, 23 Noel Reid.
