Glasgow v Treviso: Guinness PRO12 preview
Last Updated: 27/11/15 7:49pm
Chris Fusaro and Ryan Grant will make their 100th Glasgow Warriors appearances when they host Benetton Treviso in the Guinness PRO12 on Friday.
Fusaro starts at openside flanker at Scotstoun with Scotland prop Grant named among the replacements as the Warriors seek a 16th successive victory over Italian opposition.
Georgia hooker Shalva Mamukashvili makes his first start for the club and centre Alex Dunbar returns from injury, while Taqele Naiyaravoro replaces Tommy Seymour on the left wing.
Grayson Hart and Tim Swinson start at scrum-half and lock respectively, with Mike Blair and Leone Nakarawa dropping out of the match-day 23.
Former Treviso flanker Simone Favaro starts against his old club, who are on a 16-game losing streak and have not won on the road since 2013.
Jayden Hayward replaces James Ambrosini at fly-half while Filippo Filippetto comes in for Rupert Harden after the tighthead was sin-binned against Leicester.
Glasgow: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Grayson Hart; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Shalva Mamukashvili, 3 Mike Cusack, 4 Tim Swinson, 5 Jonny Gray (c), 6 Rob Harley, 7 Chris Fusaro, 8 Adam Ashe.
Replacements: 16 James Malcolm, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Sila Puafisi, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Josh Strauss, 21 Ali Price, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Sam Johnson.
Treviso: 15 Luke McLean (c), 14 Andrea Pratichetti, 13 Tommaso Iannone, 12 Sam Christie, 11 Simone Ferrari, 10 Jayden Hayward, 9 Chris Smylie; 1 Matteo Zanusso, 2 Ornel Gega, 3 Filippo Filippetto, 4 Filo Paulo, 5 Jeff Montauriol, 6 Marco Barbini, 7 Francesco Minto, 8 Braam Steyn.
Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Salesi Manu, 19 Dean Budd, 20 Marco Lazzaroni, 21 Andrea De Marchi, 22 Edoardo Gori, 23 James Ambrosini.
