Steve Swindall has recovered from a finger injury to take his place in the backrow.
"We're really looking forward to the start of the Celtic League and feel we can make an impact this season," said Glasgow head coach, Hugh Campbell.
"The difference between this year and last year is that throughout the squad we have players who can step in. It's been an outstanding pre-season in terms of being able to prepare the guys physically and from a skills standpoint. It's an opportunity you only get once every so many years when Scotland do not have a summer tour."
Hugh has set targets for his squad but they are not designed to attract screaming headlines in the tabloids.
"We're not saying we will finish in the top one or two in the Celtic League or qualify for Europe. What we're saying is that we are looking to improve our defence this season by achieving certain things and we're looking to improve our attacking ability by achieving certain goals – do that and it will be reflected in our performance. If each player improves by a couple of per cent then that's a massive overall improvement in the team performance," he said.
15. Colin Shaw
14. Rory Lamont
13. Andy Craig
12. Andrew Henderson
11. Mike Roberts
10. Dan Parks
9. Sam Pinder
1. Kevin Tkachuk
2. Scott Lawson
3. Lee Harrison
4. Dan Turner
5. Craig Hamilton
6. Steve Swindall
8. Jon Petrie (captain)
7. Andy Wilson
Subs
16. Fergus Thomson
17. Stuart Corsar
18. Gregor Hayter
19. Paul Dearlove
20. Graeme Beveridge
21. Calvin Howarth
22. Scott Barrow
Officials
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
Touch Judges: David Changleng & Jim Yuille (SRU)