ALEX DUNBAR, the Scotland centre, will make his long-awaited comeback for Glasgow tonight seven months after rupturing knee ligaments.
The 25-year-old suffered the devastating injury on the eve of Scotland's RBS 6 Nations match against England back in March, ending his hopes of featuring at the World Cup.
But he is now ready to return to action and will start at 13 as the Warriors face the Dragons in Guinness Pro12 action at Scotstoun.
Australia international winger Taqele Naiyaravoro will also make his debut for Gregor Townsend's side.
The Fijian-born 23-year-old, who has been training with his new team-mates for the last couple of weeks, goes straight into the Warriors starting XV.
Townsend, the head coach, said: "It's great to welcome back Alex Dunbar from injury and also see Taqele Naiyaravoro make his debut for the club. Both players will no doubt have a big part to play this season.
"The games between ourselves and Dragons are normally very competitive and they have played very well in their last two visits to Scotstoun.
"The Dragons have a very settled squad, so we're expecting another tough encounter tomorrow evening.
"We're expecting another capacity crowd at Scotstoun, which is a real boost and shows just how much rugby is growing in the city."
Following the narrow defeat to Munster a fortnight ago, Rory Hughes keeps his place at full-back and Lee Jones continues on the left wing, with Naiyaravoro coming in to make up the back-three.
Dunbar partners Fraser Lyle in midfield, with Rory Clegg and Grayson Hart continuing their half-back partnership.
Zander Fagerson comes in for D'arcy Rae at tight-head, with Alex Allan named at loosehead and Pat MacArthur at hooker.
Rob Harley and Scott Cummings are once again in the Warriors engine room, with Harley continuing to captain the side.
Hugh Blake moves into the back-row and starts at blindside flanker, with Chris Fusaro and Adam Ashe remaining at open-side and No.8 respectively.
New signings Greg Peterson and Simone Favaro have been named among the replacements and could make their competitive debuts for the club.
While Glasgow have had a mixed start to their defence of the trophy they won in May, Edinburgh have made a flying start. To that end, Alan Solomons has urged his high-flying Edinburgh team to continue their hot streak after opening the Guinness Pro12 with three straight wins.
The Murrayfield outfit are among three teams who still have a 100 per cent record this season and lie second in the table with only points difference keeping Scarlets on top.
They now host Ulster at Murrayfield, a side they recently toppled during a pre-season warm-up clash.
Head coach Solomons said: "We showed, in August, that if we deliver a good performance we can win the game and I think that's important for us from a confidence perspective.
"Obviously a competitive match is a different kettle of fish and we'll have to be at the top of our game in order to get the result.
"We know we've got a massive game tomorrow night against Ulster – they've been one of the top teams in Europe over the last four or five years and we're really going to have to deliver a performance here.
"But it's really important that we keep the momentum going because the more we're able to do that the more confidence it generates within the team and the better that is for us."
Solomons has made three changes to the starting XV that beat Ospreys last time out to maintain Edinburgh's position at the top of the table.
Greig Tonks retains his place at full-back with Tom Brown and Damien Hoyland remaining on the right and left wings respectively.
The centre pairing of Chris Dean and Andries Strauss keep their slots while scrum half Nathan Fowles moves up from the bench to form the half-back partnership with stand-off Phil Burleigh.
In the pack, the front row of Rory Sutherland, Neil Cochrane and John Andress is retained, with locks Anton Bresler and Fraser McKenzie again donning the number 4 and 5 jerseys.
In the back row, captain Mike Coman stays on the blindside while Hamish Watson moves up from the bench to openside and Nasi Manu returns from injury at no 8.
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