Second meets third within the United Rugby Championship (URC) on Friday night time when Glasgow Warriors welcome the Bulls to Scotstoun in what must be a blockbuster recreation.
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith has named a beginning XV displaying eight adjustments from final weekend’s victory over Zebre Parma, as his facet prepares for his or her closing house match of the common season.
Having secured a house quarter-final with victory final weekend, attentions now flip to the race for a top-two place and residential benefit in any potential semi-final, with the third-placed Bulls firmly within the hunt alongside Smith’s squad.
Gregor Hiddleston retains his place at hooker after coming back from damage final outing, as Nathan McBeth and Patrick Schickerling are available in to the beginning line-up to hitch him within the front-row.
Max Williamson makes his first begin since his personal damage lay-off, coming into the engine room to associate former Scotland U20 team-mate Alex Samuel.
The back-row sees Jack Mann retained at quantity eight, while Gregor Brown and Rory Darge are named on the flanks for this eagerly anticipated conflict.
Behind the scrum, George Horne wants only a single level to succeed in 500 in a Glasgow jersey, the scrum-half becoming a member of Tom Jordan in a well-recognized half-back mixture.
Kyle Steyn swap
Kyle Steyn strikes into the midfield to captain the facet from outdoors centre, as Stafford McDowall – a try-scorer in Parma final weekend – continues within the quantity 12 jersey.
Ollie Smith strikes to full-back within the absence of Josh McKay, in a back-three accomplished by Sebastian Cancelliere and Kyle Rowe on the wings.
There’s a welcome return to motion for Scott Cummings after the Scotland worldwide was named amongst the replacements, the 28-year-old set for his first outing since January’s conflict with Harlequins on the Twickenham Stoop.
Jamie Bhatti rotates to the bench after beginning final outing, becoming a member of Johnny Matthews and Sam Talakai because the front-row cowl for this encounter.
Euan Ferrie and Sione Vailanu additionally transfer to the bench after being a part of the beginning XV per week in the past, in a six-two cut up of forwards and backs amongst the replacements.
The back-line is roofed by Jamie Dobie and Adam Hastings, the latter set for his first assembly with the Bulls in a Glasgow Warriors jersey.
In the meantime, Bulls director of rugby Jake White has stored religion with the identical backline that helped to safe a priceless URC victory over Munster final weekend.
Nevertheless, he has made adjustments up entrance with Johan Grobbelaar coming in at hooker as he swaps locations with the benched Akker van der Merwe.
JF van Heerden is known as at lock, which suggests there’s a positional swap for Ruan Nortje, who skippers the facet from flank alongside Jannes Kirsten and the returning Marco van Staden.
One in every of final week’s heroes, Marcell Coetzee, shifts to bench obligation this week whereas Springboks veteran Willie le Roux returns to motion in jersey quantity 22.
The groups
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Kyle Steyn (c), 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Mann, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Gregor Brown, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Patrick Schickerling, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Euan Ferrie, 21 Sione Vailanu, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Adam Hastings
Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sebastian de Klerk, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Marco van Staden, 7 Ruan Nortje (c), 6 Jannes Kirsten, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels
Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Jaco Grobbelaar, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Willie le Roux, 23 Stedman Gans
Venue: Scotstoun Stadium
Kick-off: 19:35 BST (18:35 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Ru Campbell (SRU), Finlay Brown (SRU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
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