Glasgow Warriors head coach Sean Lineen has said he wants to go one step further and come away from Friday's trip to Liberty Stadium with more than the bonus point gained from their last meeting against the Ospreys.
The last time the sides faced each other in Wales, the hosts emerged 16-13 victors but following last week's 25-0 win over Border Reivers, Glasgow are looking to step up their game yet again. Sean said: "This week's game will be very physical. The Ospreys have a real aggressive defence and it'll be a big challenge for us. This'll be a particularly big game for Andy Newman in the second row as it's the first time he'll be facing his former team-mates."

Glasgow travel with the same 22 but one change in the starting XV as Andy Henderson and Scott Barrow swap places, meaning Scott starts and Andy is on the bench. Sean added: "The centre is still an area that I'm looking at as we want to develop it, particularly given the exciting back three we have. Looking towards the Autumn Tests too, we need to make sure our players are fresh."

HAWKS RELATED PLAYERS@

15 Rory Lamont@

14 Hefin O'Hare
13 Graeme Morrison@
12 Scott Barrow
11 Thom Evans

10 Colin Gregor
9 Graeme Beveridge

1 Justin Va'a
2 Fergus Thomson*@
3 Euan Murray*@
4 Andy Newman
5 Alastair Kellock* CAPTAIN
6 Andrew Wilson*
8 John Beattie*
7 John Barclay*

Substitutes
16 Scott Lawson*
17 Kevin Tkachuk
18 Dan Turner
19 Donnie Macfadyen
20 Sam Pinder
21 Dan Parks
22 Andrew Henderson@

Unavailable for selection due to injury: James Eddie (ankle), Francisco Leonelli (ribs), Sean Marsden (hamstring), Mike Roberts (knee), Colin Shaw (ankle).

The following National Academy players are being made available to play for their clubs this weekend:
Willie Brown**, Jamie Hunter** (both Hillhead-Jordanhill), Moray Low** (Aberdeen GSFP), Colin White** (Ayr), Ruaridh Jackson** (Cartha QP), Allan Kelly** (Glasgow Hawks), Calum Forrester** (GHA) and Ben Addison** (Stirling County) in the following fixtures: Dundee High v Aberdeen GSFP, Ayr v Glasgow Hawks, Stirling County v Cartha QP, GHA v Gala and Hillhead-Jordanhill v Stewart's Melville FP.

This article was posted on 12-Oct-2006, 11:23 by Hugh Barrow.