Sam has been out for eight weeks with a damaged finger and will make just his second Glasgow appearance since arriving in the summer. He displaces Kenny Sinclair with Mark McMillan remaining among the replacements as back-up scrum-half.
Alan Bulloch returns at inside centre in a shuffled threequarter line, while Nathan Ross and Scott Lawson are back in the pack. With Bulloch's recall, Graeme Morrison switches to his more accustomed role at outside centre, and Sean Lamont moves to the right wing in place of Jon Steel. Ross replaces Joe Beardshaw at lock, and Lawson takes over as hooker from Simon Gunn, who has a knee injury.
Glasgow have enlisted Fergus Thomson, Glasgow Hawks' Scotland under-21 hooker, for duty among the replacements. Fergus was called in as back-up for seven games last season, playing as a substitute in the Heineken Cup match against Sale Sharks at Heywood Road in January.
Another recent absentee, Gareth Maclure, returns on the bench after an elbow injury.
Glasgow Moffat">Stuart Moffat, Sean Lamont, Graeme Morrison, Alan Bulloch, Rory Kerr, Daniel Parks, Sam Pinder, Euan Murray, Scott Lawson, Lee Harrison, Andy Hall, Nathan Ross, Roland Reid, Paul Dearlove (captain), Donnie Macfadyen.
Replacements Fergus Thomson, Andy Kelly, Rory McKay, Andrew Wilson, Mark McMillan, Calvin Howarth, Gareth Maclure.