Glasgow Warriors have been forced into making two changes to their starting XV ahead of tomorrow’s Heineken Cup opener against Biarritz (Saturday 10 October, kick-off 3:45pm).

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Rob Dewey will make his first start at inside centre, the position in which he won the majority of his 13 international caps, since signing for the Warriors as Graeme Morrison is sidelined by a shin injury.

Morrison injured his shin during the early stages of Saturday’s win over Cardiff but managed to play 78 minutes of the game.

“Graeme picked up a bad leg knock last Saturday and wasn’t a well lad at the beginning of this week,” said Warriors head coach Sean Lineen.

“We’ve given him as much time as possible to recover because he was desperate to play but we’ve got to make the call at the end of the day.

“Rob Dewey has played international rugby at inside centre so I’m confident he’ll do a good job.”

Scrum-half Chris Cusiter continues to be hampered by the affects of a flu bug and will be replaced by Colin Gregor who was at the heart of last weekend’s side that defeated Cardiff Blues (21-5) at Cardiff City Stadium.

“Chris has called off due a throat infection and no-one is more disappointed about him not playing than he is,” Lineen continued, “but we’ve got to look after the health of our players.

“However, we can now bring in a fantastic player in Colin Gregor who had a great game in Cardiff and who thrives in Europe.”

Canadian international DTH van der Merwe is promoted to the right wing as a result of Dewey’s move.

Mark McMillan and Peter Horne replace Gregor and van der Merwe on the bench respectively.

Glasgow Warriors team to play Biarritz in the Heineken Cup at Firhill on Saturday 10 October (kick-off 3.45pm)

15 Bernardo Stortoni

14 DTH van der Merwe
13 Dave McCall
12 Rob Dewey
11 Thom Evans

10 Dan Parks
9 Colin Gregor

1 Jon Welsh
2 Dougie Hall
3 Moray Low
4 Tim Barker
5 Alastair Kellock CAPTAIN
6 Richie Vernon
7 John Barclay
8 Johnnie Beattie

Substitutes
16 Pat MacArthur
17 Kevin Tkachuk
18 Ed Kalman
19 Dan Turner
20 Mark McMillan
21 Hefin O’Hare
22 Peter Horne
23 Kelly Brown