Gregor Townsend has named his team to play Leinster in the 1st home game of the new season tomorrow afternoon (kick-off 15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT, 16:00 SA Time).
The Warriors will run out on the new artificial pitch at Scotstoun Stadium for the 1st time in front of a crowd in excess of 7 000.
Following last Saturday’s 41 / 5 win over Connacht in Galway, Fraser Brown replaces Pat MacArthur at hooker and Sila Puafisi comes in for Zander Fagerson at tighthead prop.
After his man of the match display last weekend, Stuart Hogg once again starts at fullback, with Leonardo Sarto named on the right wing and Tommy Seymour lining up on the opposite side.
Alex Dunbar and Sam Johnson form the centre partnership, with Peter Horne and co-captain Henry Pyrgos continuing at flyhalf and scrumhalf respectively.
Gordon Reid is once again named at loosehead prop and he’ll pack down in the front row alongside Brown and Puafisi.
Tim Swinson and co-captain Jonny Gray start their 2nd consecutive game together in the engine room.
It’s also the same loose forwards which started in Galway last Saturday, with Rob Harley, Simone Favaro and Ryan Wilson combining.
Alex Allan and Lee Jones come onto the bench, with Ryan Grant and Sean Lamont not involved this weekend. Allan could make his 1irst appearance in a Warriors shirt since February.
Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: “We were pleased with aspects of our game last weekend and it was good to start with a win, but there has been plenty to work on in training this week.
“We always have some really good contests with Leinster and they will be coming to Glasgow with confidence following their win against Treviso.
“We’re expecting a capacity crowd of more than 7 000 and we’re looking forward to being back home tomorrow afternoon, playing on the new pitch for the 1st time in front of our own supporters.”
Glasgow Warriors:
15 Stuart Hogg
14 Leonardo Sarto
13 Alex Dunbar
12 Sam Johnson
11 Tommy Seymour
10 Peter Horne
9 Henry Pyrgos (Co-captain)
8 Ryan Wilson
7 Simone Favaro
6 Rob Harley
5 Jonny Gray (Co-captain)
4 Tim Swinson
3 Sila Paufisi
2 Fraser Brown
1 Gordon Reid
Replacements:
16 Corey Flynn
17 Alex Allan
18 Zander Fagerson
19 Tjiuee Uanivi
20 Lewis Wynne
21 Ali Price
22 Rory Clegg
23 Lee Jones
Not available due to injury: Adam Ashe (hip / foot), Scott Cummings (shoulder), Chris Fusaro (knee), Ryan Grant (back), Sean Lamont (foot), Finn Russell (face) and Richie Vernon (achilles).
Leinster: (caps in brackets):
15 Rob Kearney (177)
14 Fergus McFadden (143)
13 Garry Ringrose (23)
12 Noel Reid (60)
11 Dave Kearney (103)
10 Joey Carbery (2)
9 Luke McGrath Captain(51)
8 Jordi Murphy (81)
7 Josh van der Flier (25)
6 Dan Leavy (14)
5 Ross Molony (24)
4 Mike McCarthy (64)
3 Michael Bent (64)
2 James Tracy (17)
1 Cian Healy (154)
Replacements:
16 Bryan Byrne (13)
17 Peter Dooley (22)
18 Tadhg Furlong (51)
19 Mick Kearney (9)
20 Dominic Ryan (105)
21 Jamison Gibson Park (1)
22 Cathal Marsh (14)
23 Zane Kirchner (66)
Time lapse footage of development of new artificial pitch:
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Nice footage of the artificial pitch being laid. The pitch looks good and should promote fast paced games, although the in goal area looks really short. Many games had to be moved away from Scotstoun or postponed on the old grass pitch which got waterlogged so this new pitch should mean far less disruption to the Warriors.
Werner Kruger’s Scarlets are trailing at halftime at a wet and windy Murrayfield. He tried hard to stop Edinburgh’s second try diving and trying to ankle tap number 8 Bradbury who was cantering in towards the tryline after he had picked up a loose ball which had ricocheted after an attempted clearance by Scarlets.
Halftime Edinburgh 20/6 Scarlets
Halftime telly interview with Alan Solomons Edinburgh head coach
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