Glasgow Warriors have submitted their 38-man squad for the pool phase of this season’s Heineken Cup to tournament organisers ERC.

Comprising 17 backs and 21 forwards, the squad will tackle Pool 4 fixtures against Northampton Saints, Ulster and Castres.

Head coach Gregor Townsend told www.glasgowwarriors.org: “It’s a sign of the level of strength in depth we have that 13 players who will have a massive role to play for us across the season aren’t included in this squad.

“The Heineken Cup is a great competition and we’ll be going all out to hit the ground running in our pool when the time comes. For now, though, the focus is firmly on continuing our positive form in the RaboDirect PRO12 in our next two games against Zebre and Cardiff Blues.”

Fraser Brown, the Heriot’s player who was previously attached to Edinburgh Rugby, will provide additional hooker cover in the squad.

Having named their 38-man squads, clubs may select one additional player during the course of the pool stages. The nominated additional player will replace a registered member of the club's squad and no club will exceed 38 players at any time during the pool stages.

The de-registered player may return to the squad at a later date during the pool stages and replace the additional player.

The Warriors’ Pool 4 campaign begins with an away game against Northampton Saints on Sunday 14 October (kick-off 12.45pm), before 2012 finalists Ulster come to Scotstoun Stadium on Friday 19 October (kick-off 8pm).

Tickets for both games are on sale now HERE.

BACKS

Chris Cusiter – scrum-half
Alex Dunbar – centre
Stuart Hogg – full-back/centre
Peter Horne – centre
Ruaridh Jackson – stand-off
Sean Kennedy – scrum-half
Rory Lamont – full-back
Sean Lamont – wing
Niko Matawalu – scrum-half
Byron McGuigan – centre
Graeme Morrison – centre
Peter Murchie – full-back
Henry Pyrgos – scrum-half
Tommy Seymour – wing
DTH van der Merwe – wing
Duncan Weir – stand-off
Scott Wight – stand-off

FORWARDS

John Barclay – back-row
Fraser Brown - hooker
Nick Campbell - lock
Michael Cusack - prop
James Eddie – back row
Ofa Fainga’anuku - prop
Chris Fusaro – back row
Finlay Gillies – hooker
Ryan Grant – prop
Dougie Hall – hooker
Rob Harley – back-row
George Hunter – prop
Al Kellock – lock
Moray Low – prop
Angus Macdonald – back-row
Gordon Reid – prop
Tom Ryder – lock
Fergus Scott – hooker
Josh Strauss – back-row
Tim Swinson – lock
Ryan Wilson – back-row

This article was posted on 26-Sep-2012, 14:02 by Hugh Barrow.