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Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend has made four changes to his line-up for the visit of Treviso.
Backs Tommy Seymour, Alex Dunbar and Graeme Morrison come in for Sean Maitland, Sean Lamont and Peter Horne.
And in the second row Tim Swinson replaces Tom Ryder as the Warriors seek a third straight win.
Backs Christian Loamanu and Andrea Pratichetti and forwards Michele Rizzo, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Lorenzo Citizens and Manoa Vosawai start for Treviso.
Alberto di Bernando and Tommaso Iannone drop out of the Italian side's back-line while Luke McLean and Kris Burton switch to full-back and fly half, respectively.
Alberto de Marchi, Enrico Ceccato, Ignacio Fernandez-Rouyet and Simone Favaro are the players replaced in the pack.
"It's fantastic to have Graeme and Alex back for selection and it gives us yet more options in the midfield to add to an already deep list of talent," Townsend told Glasgow's website.
"Alex was in fine form until he suffered his injury and it will be great to see him getting back to that level of performance.
"Everyone knows exactly what kind of influence Graeme can have on a match and against a tough side like Treviso, it's great to have someone of his experience at inside-centre.
"The selection this week again highlights the quality available to us as coaches and the fact that even with three changes to the back-line, it's still a very strong line-up.
"We were disappointed not to have picked up bonus points in both our games against Edinburgh and although defensively we were superb, and our scrum was a real weapon for us, there are still areas we need to improve upon.
"Our discipline needs to be better and all the players know that there are chances we should have taken in terms of scoring tries in the last couple of games.
"We're right in the mix in the Pro12, with just a couple of points separating four teams so we know that every match from now on is a big occasion and we will relish each challenge as they come along."
Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Hogg; Tommy Seymour, Alex Dunbar, Graeme Morrison, DTH Van der Merwe; Ruaridh Jackson, Henry Pyrgos; Ryan Grant, Dougie Hall, Moray Low, Tim Swinson, Al Kellock (capt), Josh Strauss, Rob Harley, Ryan Wilson.
Replacements: Pat MacArthur, Gordon Reid, German Araoz, Tom Ryder, James Eddie, Nikola Matawalu, Duncan Weir, Peter Murchie.
Benetton Treviso: Luke McLean; Ludovico Nitoglia, Christian Loamanu, Alberto Sgarbi, Andrea Pratichetti; Kris Burton, Edoardo Gori; Michele Rizzo, Leonardo Ghiraldini (capt), Lorenzo Citizens, Francesco Minto, Corniel Van Zyl, Manoa Vosawai, Alessandro Zanni, Robert Barbieri.
Replacements: Franco Sbaraglini, Matthew Muccignat, Alberto De Marchi, Antonio Pavanello, Dean Budd, Simone Favaro, Tobias Botes, Alberto Di Bernardo.

This article was posted on 3-Jan-2013, 14:56 by Hugh Barrow.

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