Glasgow Warriors - CUSITER & MORRISON RETURN FOR DRAGONS TEST

CUSITER & MORRISON RETURN FOR DRAGONS TEST

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Chris Cusiter returns following a three-week lay-off due to a flu bug.

Glasgow Warriors’ international scrum-half, Chris Cusiter, and centre, Graeme Morrison, will return for tomorrow night’s (16 October) Heineken Cup clash with Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade (kick-off 7:30pm).

Cusiter resumes following a three-week lay-off due to a flu bug whilst Morrison has recovered from a shin injury sustained the last time the Warriors were in Wales.

Happy to be back in a Glasgow jersey, Cusiter said: “It’s been really frustrating to miss the last couple of games, especially with such a big match last weekend at the start of the Heineken Cup campaign.

“I’m relieved to be over the worst of the flu and I now need to repay the faith shown by the coaches for putting me straight back in the team.

“We simply have to win on Friday if we are to be serious about progressing through to the knockout stages. It’s the same situation for the Dragons so I am anticipating a very close game. It’s a ‘must win’ encounter for both sides.”

Meanwhile, Morrison replaces Rob Dewey at inside centre as the summer signing suffered a broken ankle whilst in action against Biarritz at Firhill last weekend.

Replacing the other casualty of the close defeat to the Frenchmen, DTH van der Merwe, is Scotland 7s internationalist Colin Shaw who slots straight back into the starting XV following a week-long training camp in Delhi where the national 7s squad were preparing for the IRB Sevens World Series and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital.