Johnnie is on the comeback trail after injury and played in Glasgow's Magners League match with Munster last Saturday. However, the Scotsman reports that Johnnie is ineligible to play in the European fixtures as Glasgow have already used up the one permitted player-switch last month when they brought in Dave McCall, who had recovered from injury, for the departed Chauncey O'Toole. Only one change can be made to the original squad of 38 named in September throughout the pool stages.
A Glasgow spokesman told the Scotsman: "We are delighted that Johnnie Beattie is back from a long-term injury ahead of schedule but the rules of the competition are such that with one change having been made to the Glasgow squad of 38 for the Heineken Cup during the pool stages we cannot add another player at this point."
With no Magners League games until February the only opportunity for Johnnie to get some game time before the Six Nations may be for his designated club side Ayr. The Millbrae men travel south to face English Championship strugglers Birmingham and Solihull this weekend and then to Rotherham the week after, both in the British and Irish Cup