Gordon's fellow-Warrior Ryan Grant has not recovered from a calf injury sustained against South Africa last week. His place in the starting XV will be taken by Kyle Traynor with Gordon on the bench. It will be the uncapped Gordon's first involvement in a match-day 23.
Tongan front-rower Ofa Fainga'anuku will now start for the Warriors, with Elite Development prop George Hunter taking his place on the bench.
14 Tommy Seymour
13 Alex Dunbar
12 Peter Horne
11 DTH van der Merwe
10 Ruaridh Jackson
9 Sean Kennedy
1 Ofa Fainga'anuku
2 Pat MacArthur
3 Michael Cusack
4 Tim Swinson
5 Tom Ryder
6 Robert Harley
7 Chris Fusaro (Captain)
8 Josh Strauss
Substitutes
16 Finlay Gillies
17 George Hunter
18 Moray Low
19 James Eddie
20 Ryan Wilson
21 George Graham
22 Scott Wight
23 Byron McGuigan