Glasgow Warriors head coach, Sean Lineen, has made only one change to the side that beat Edinburgh at Firhill last weekend. However, this single alteration has been forced due to the injury to lock Tim Barker.

Barker was stretchered off with knee damage during the Warriors’ 25-20 win over their inter-city rivals and will be replaced this week by Opeta Palepoi who makes his 20th appearance for the club.

On his selection, Lineen said: “The players have a chance to prove that last week’s result wasn’t a one-off. They deserve another chance.

“Once again, our last result will mean nothing if we don’t win tomorrow night.”

On the substitutes’ bench, Dan Turner will be hoping to get some action as he waits to make his 100th appearance for the Warriors.

Last season, Turner broke into the Scotland ‘A’ team and was ultimately selected for their summer tour to the Barclays Churchill Cup in North America where he started both pool matches against Canada and Argentina ‘A’ and the final against England Saxons.

Ahead of such a landmark game, Turner said: “I’ve never played this many games for a team before so I’d like to think it shows how much Glasgow means to me.

“I also think it’s a reflection on the team spirit here. I really enjoy playing, training and generally hanging out with all the guys here because of the camaraderie in the squad.”

With such a big year behind him, Turner hopes to build on his achievements of the past 12 months.

“Playing for Scotland ‘A’ was a real honour but first and foremost, I’m aiming to get some more starts for Glasgow and hopefully some more caps with the ‘A’ team. Then, who knows.”

Glasgow Warriors team to play Dragons in the Magners League at Firhill on Friday 9 January (kick-off 7:30pm)

15 Bernardo Stortoni

14 Hefin O’Hare
13 Max Evans
12 Graeme Morrison
11 Thom Evans

10 Dan Parks
9 Sam Pinder

1 Justin Va’a
2 Fergus Thomson
3 Moray Low
4 Opeta Palepoi
5 Alastair Kellock CAPTAIN
6 James Eddie
7 John Barclay
8 Kelly Brown

Substitutes
16 Dougie Hall
17 Kevin Tkachuk
18 Dan Turner
19 Richie Vernon
20 Colin Gregor
21 Andrew Henderson
22 Ruaridh Jackson

Tickets for Friday night’s game – priced at £15 for adults, £10 for concessions and £5 for under 18s – can be purchased by calling the ticket hotline on 0844 800 3490 (open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) or by clicking here.

Tickets are also available to purchase from the ticket centre at Firhill, located behind the Jackie Husband Stand, from 6pm on match night.