Glasgow v Dragons: Teams

Glasgow fly-half Ruaridh Jackson will pull on the number ten shirt for Friday's Heineken Cup Pool Two clash with Newport Gwent Dragons.

The 21-year-old will be joined at half-back by Colin Gregor, who has been named as captain on the occasion of his 90th appearance for the club. It will be Jackson's first start of the season.

Glasgow also welcome the return of Rob Dewey to the starting XV. Together with flanker James Eddie, who is named on the bench, Dewey was due to feature in last weekend's Magners League fixture with Leinster prior to the game being cancelled.

Warriors have rested six of their international contingent: John Barclay, Chris Cusiter, Dougie Hall, Alastair Kellock, Moray Low and Graeme Morrison.

"It's fantastic to bring in players of the quality of Ruaridh Jackson and Rob Dewey as well as taking a look at Kelly Brown at 7," head coach Sean Lineen said.

"Budgie [Colin Gregor] has done well in Europe. He's a very skillful player and loves playing rugby for Glasgow. We're also very fortunate to have someone of the calibre of Mark McMillan on the bench."

Lineen added: "We've made a few changes because it's a long season for our international players.

"We're very serious about the Heineken Cup but we also have to look at our position in the Magners League."

Lydiate returns

Meanwhile, Dan Lydiate has returned from a hamstring injury to take up a starting position for the Dragons.

With Pat Palmer ineligible for the tournament, Gethin Robinson comes into the front row and Shaun Connor gets a start at fly-half.

Neither side stands a realistic chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the competition.

Glasgow: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 DTH van der Merwe, 13 Max Evans, 12 Rob Dewey, 11 Thom Evans, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Colin Gregor, 8 John Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown, 6 Calum Forrester, 5 Dan Turner, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Ed Kalman, 2 Fergus Thomson, 1 John Welsh.
Replacements: 16 David McCall, 17 Kevin Tkachuk, 18 Justin Va'a, 19 Tim Barker, 20 James Eddie, 21 Mark McMillan, 22 Dan Parks, 23 Pete Murchie.

Dragons: 15 Jason Tovey, 14 Aled Brew, 13 Rhodri Gomer Davies, 12 Tom Riley, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 Shaun Connor, 9 Danny Lee, 8 Lewis Evans, 7 James Harris, 6 Danny Lydiate, 5 Luke Charteris , 4 Rob Sidoli, 3 Gethin Robinson, 2 Tom Willis (C), 1 Hugh Gustafson.
Replacements: 16 Steve Jones, 17 Ali Mckenzie, 18 Peter Bracken, 19 Hoani MacDonald, 20 Mathew Watkins, 21 James Leadbeater, 22 James Arlidge, 23 Martyn Thomas.