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Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings is ready to begin for reigning champions Glasgow Warriors in opposition to Leinster within the United Rugby Championship semi-final on Saturday.
The 28-year-old, who began on the bench in opposition to the Stormers within the quarter-final, has shifted final week’s No.10 Tom Jordan to inside centre, and Sione Tuipulotu, in flip, to outdoors centre. Stafford McDowall will now take one of many two again locations on the bench after beginning final week.
The one different change Franco Smith has made to the beginning XV is within the front-row, the place tighthead prop Murphy Walker has did not get better from a pressure in opposition to the Stormers, and is changed by fit-again Fin Richardson for the journey to the Aviva Stadium.
The ultimate change to the squad will see Rory Sutherland begin because the substitute loosehead prop as a substitute of Nathan McBeth.
Scotland and British and Irish Lions centre Huw Jones stays out along with his Achilles challenge.
“Leinster are the usual setters on this competitors,” Smith stated to glasgowwarriors.org.
“They completed high of the standings for a cause, and have persistently out-performed groups throughout the course of this season whereas displaying their energy in depth.
“It’s a problem that we all know we are going to must be at our greatest to fulfill, and the gamers are targeted on the duty at hand.
“Coaching this week has been sharp and aggressive, with each participant working onerous for one another to place this squad in the absolute best place for tomorrow afternoon.”
Glasgow Warriors XV
1 Jamie Bhatti (124)
2 Gregor Hiddleston (26)
3 Fin Richardson (7)
4 Alex Samuel (39)
5 Scott Cummings (141)
6 Euan Ferrie (38)
7 Rory Darge (66)
8 Henco Venter (35)
9 George Horne (138)
10 Adam Hastings (69)
11 Kyle Rowe (36)
12 Tom Jordan (70)
13 Sione Tuipulotu (67)
14 Kyle Steyn (C) (91)
15 Josh McKay (63)
Replacements
16 Johnny Matthews (96)
17 Rory Sutherland (11)
18 Sam Talakai (20)
19 Max Williamson (30)
20 Jack Mann (14)
21 Macenzzie Duncan (3)
22 Stafford McDowall (93)
23 Jamie Dobie (87)
