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Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu will make his comeback for Glasgow vs Leinster on the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening.
The powerhouse centre missed the whole thing of the Six Nations after sustaining a pectoral muscle damage in coaching on the eve of the Championship and has been out of motion for the very best a part of 4 months.
“Our medical and S&C groups have been working carefully with Sione over the previous couple of weeks to be able to put him in the absolute best place, and his enthusiasm for his return to motion has been infectious,” mentioned Warriors head coach Franco Smith.
Tuipulotu groups up with fellow Lion, Huw Jones, in midfield, whereas one other member of the 2025 touring occasion, Scott Cummings, is known as on the bench. Leinster have included six Lions – Hugo Keenan, Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, James Ryan and Jack Conan, who captains the aspect, all begin, whereas Ronan Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong are on the bench.
Glasgow’s fourth Lion, tight-head Zander Fagerson, was not out there for choice as a result of a calf damage.
In the meantime, Scotland U20 hooker Seb Stephen is about for his first skilled outing after being named to start out at hooker within the membership’s closing regular-season fixture, whereas Macenzzie Duncan is chosen at blindside for a primary begin in Glasgow colors.
GLASGOW v Leinster: 1 Jamie Bhatti, 2 Seb Stephen, 3 Fin Richardson, 4 Jare Oguntibeju, 5 Alex Samuel, 6 Macenzzie Duncan, 7 Rory Darge, 8 Euan Ferrie, 9 Ben Afshar, 10 Adam Hastings, 11 Kyle Steyn (Capt), 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 13 Huw Jones, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 15 Kyle Rowe.
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Murphy Walker, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Scott Cummings, 21 Stafford McDowall, 22 George Horne, 23 Tom Jordan.
