Eight changes have been made to the first XV squad for Saturday’s match against Glasgow Hawks.

Experienced winger Ali Rowe and former Scotland under-19 stand-off Ross Aitken, pictured, are added to the backs. They replace Grant Somerville and Andrew Skeen and Aitken could make his debut.

Front-rows Dougie Orr, Garret Walsh and Nick Hart join the squad along with second-row Donald Seed and back-rows Jonny Pelter and Niall Dennis. Craig Owenson, Gregor Wood, Andy Fisher, Ed Hunter, Will Rowley and Sam Paulo are out.

First XV squad: Alan Nash, Richard Minto, Ali Rowe, Marcus Di Rollo, Jamie Forbes, Craig Sorbie, Ross Aitken, Mike Ker, Jamie Blackwood, Kian Coertze, Scott Laird, Garret Walsh, Dougie Orr, Nick Hart, Sergiu Ursache, Donald Seed, Mike Fedo, Niall Dennis, Duncan Finnie, Jonny Pelter.

This article was posted on 26-Aug-2010, 22:35 by Hugh Barrow.