Glasgow v Dragons: Teams
Glasgow Warriors have made just one change to their line-up for the Heineken Cup opener against the Dragons at Firhill.
Last Updated: 07/10/10 1:23pm
Glasgow Warriors have made just one change to their line-up for the Heineken Cup opener against the Dragons at Firhill.
Ruaridh Jackson, who shot to the attention of many during a Heineken Cup game against Bath at The Rec back in 2008, is preferred to Duncan Weir at fly-half.
"I'm really excited to be back," said Jackson, on returning to the starting XV.
"I've sat on the bench the last couple of weeks so I'm looking forward to taking this opportunity in the first game of the Heineken Cup."
The only other change to the matchday 23 sees the return of hooker Dougie Hall to the replacements bench in place of Pat MacArthur.
The Dragons have made two changes to their side for the trip to Firhill.
Skipper Tom Willis is replaced at hooker by Steve Jones, with Ashley Smith coming into the centres for Tom Riley.
There is a further change on the bench with James Leadbeater included.
Glasgow: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 DTH van der Merwe, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Federico Aramburu, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Colin Gregor, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay (c), 6 Robert Harley, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Tom Ryder, 3 Moray Low, 2 Fergus Thomson, 1 Jon Welsh
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Ed Kalman, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Calum Forrester, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Rob Dewey.
Dragons: 15 Will Harries, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Tom Cheeseman, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Aled Brew, 10 Matthew Jones, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Andrew Coombs, 7. Robin Sowden-Taylor, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Robert Sidoli, 4 Scott Morgan, 3 Ben Castle, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Phil Price.
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Hugh Gustafson, 18 Nigel Hall, 19 Adam Jones, 20 Lewis Evans, 21 James Leadbeater, 22 Tom Riley, 23 Matt Evans.
