Preview: Glasgow v Dragons

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07 Oct 2010 12:27 PM

Glasgow Warriors have made just one change to the starting XV for Friday's Heineken Cup opener against the Dragons at Firhill.

Glasgow Warriors have made just one change to the starting XV for Friday's Heineken Cup opener against the Dragons at Firhill.

Ruaridh Jackson, who shot to the attention of many during a Heineken Cup game against Bath at The Rec back in 2008, is preferred to Duncan Weir at fly-half.

“I'm really excited to be back,” said Jackson, on returning to the starting XV.

“I've sat on the bench the last couple of weeks so I'm looking forward to taking this opportunity in the first game of the Heineken Cup.”

His first European experience saw the then 20-year-old make his debut starting appearance for Glasgow which he also marked with his first try for the club. But although his initial Heineken Cup memory was an exciting one, he is determined to create another tomorrow.

“I suppose I look forward to the Heineken Cup because it holds fond memories for me,” he added.

“I guess it made my name at the time, but that is in the past now and I have to focus on playing well this year, starting with a tough game against our well known rivals, the Dragons.”

The only other change to the matchday 23 sees the return of hooker Dougie Hall to the replacements bench in place of Pat MacArthur.

More to follow…

The teams:

Glasgow: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 DTH van der Merwe, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Federico Aramburu, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Colin Gregor, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay (c), 6 Robert Harley, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Tom Ryder, 3 Moray Low, 2 Fergus Thomson, 1 Jon Welsh
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Ed Kalman, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Calum Forrester, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Rob Dewey.

Dragons: 15 Will Harries, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Tom Cheeseman, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Aled Brew, 10 Matthew Jones, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Andrew Coombs, 7. Robin Sowden-Taylor, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Robert Sidoli,4 Scott Morgan, 3 Ben Castle, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Phil Price.
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Hugh Gustafson, 18 Nigel Hall, 19 Adam Jones, 20 Lewis Evans, 21 James Leadbeater, 22 Tom Riley, 23 Matt Evans.

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