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Glasgow Warriors have made three changes for their Champions Cup quarter-final clash away to Leinster on Friday.
All three tweaks from the last-16 victory over Leicester Tigers come in the forward pack.
Scotland prop Zander Fagerson misses out with concussion and is replaced by Sam Talakai, while Alex Samuel is preferred to JP du Preez in the second row.
Henco Venter is suspended and so there's a reshuffle in the back row. Rory Darge comes into the team at openside flanker, with Sione Vailanu switching to number eight.
Max Williamson could make his long-awaited return from injury off the bench.
"Leinster are a quality outfit," head coach Franco Smith said. "They've come very close to winning this competition several years in a row and we know how much it means to them and how motivated they are going to be on Friday night.
"They have a team full of internationals and have only lost one competitive match this season, so we're aware of the challenge and excited to play against one of the best club sides in the world.
"We have prepared well and are focused on the opportunity to make our own history and will need to be the best version of ourselves to do that."
Glasgow Warriors XV to face Leinster: Rowe, Dobie, McDowall, Jordan, Steyn, Hastings, Horne; McBeth, Matthews, Talakai, Brown, Samuel, M Fagerson, Darge, Vailanu.
Replacements: Stewart, Bhatti, Schickerling, Du Preez, Williamson, Ferrie, Afshar, Cancelliere.
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All three tweaks from the last-16 victory over Leicester Tigers come in the forward pack.
Scotland prop Zander Fagerson misses out with concussion and is replaced by Sam Talakai, while Alex Samuel is preferred to JP du Preez in the second row.
Henco Venter is suspended and so there's a reshuffle in the back row. Rory Darge comes into the team at openside flanker, with Sione Vailanu switching to number eight.
Max Williamson could make his long-awaited return from injury off the bench.
"Leinster are a quality outfit," head coach Franco Smith said. "They've come very close to winning this competition several years in a row and we know how much it means to them and how motivated they are going to be on Friday night.
"They have a team full of internationals and have only lost one competitive match this season, so we're aware of the challenge and excited to play against one of the best club sides in the world.
"We have prepared well and are focused on the opportunity to make our own history and will need to be the best version of ourselves to do that."
Glasgow Warriors XV to face Leinster: Rowe, Dobie, McDowall, Jordan, Steyn, Hastings, Horne; McBeth, Matthews, Talakai, Brown, Samuel, M Fagerson, Darge, Vailanu.
Replacements: Stewart, Bhatti, Schickerling, Du Preez, Williamson, Ferrie, Afshar, Cancelliere.
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