Daryl Gibson, Hefin O'Hare, Sam Pinder, and Dan Turner have been recalled to Glasgow Warriors’ starting XV for the Heineken Cup match against Biarritz Olympique at Firhill Arena on Sunday (ko 1.00pm).
However, two of the changes, following Glasgow’s Magners League defeat by Connacht in Galway last week, have been enforced by injuries. Alastair Kellock, Warriors’ captain, damaged an elbow in the Galway match, and Tom Evans is out with a hamstring injury.

Turner returns at lock in place of Kellock, O'Hare takes over on the left wing for Evans, Pinder replaces Chris O'Young at scrum half, and Gibson will be at inside centre. To accommodate Gibson at No.12, Andrew Henderson moves to outside centre instead of Graeme Morrison. Dan Parks captains the team in Kellock's absence.

“We know how hard it will be against one of the best teams in Europe,” Sean Lineen, Warriors’ head coach, said in looking ahead to Sunday’s match. “But it’s time we delivered, and I know the boys are up for it.”

Glasgow Warriors

15 Bernardo Stortoni

14 Lome Fa'atau
13 Andrew Henderson
12 Daryl Gibson
11 Hefin O'Hare

10 Dan Parks (captain)
9 Sam Pinder

1 Justin Va'a
2 Fergus Thomson *
3 Moray Low
4 Andy Newman
5 Dan Turner
6 Kelly Brown*
7 John Barclay*
8 John Beattie*

Substitutes

16 Eric Milligan
17 Ed Kalman
18 Opeta Palepoi
19 James Eddie
20 Chris O'Young
21 Scott Barrow
22 Graeme Morrison

This article was posted on 7-Dec-2007, 19:47 by Hugh Barrow.