Lineen looks for bumper backing

Lineen is looking for the Warriors show their class and to prove their standing as the top professional side in the country.

He said: "I'm looking for a big crowd to come and watch Scotland's two professional teams go head-to-head. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow are teams that are making people all around Europe stand up and take notice.

"Glasgow haven't won in Edinburgh in a long time. Andy Robinson has done a fantastic job with them and they've won their last few games at Murrayfield so they'll definitely be the favourites going into this one.

"I just want a bumper crowd along to see this game. I know there are quite a few people coming through from Glasgow and if our boys are to take anything from their experience in Biarritz, we have to win this game."

Glasgow Warriors team to compete for the 1872 Challenge Cup against Edinburgh Rugby Club in the Magners League at Murrayfield on Friday 28 December (kick-off 7:30pm)

15 Bernardo Stortoni
14 Lome Fa'atau
13 Graeme Morrison
12 Daryl Gibson
11 Hefin O'Hare
10 Dan Parks
9 Chris O'Young

1 Justin Va'a
2 Fergus Thomson
3 Moray Low
4 Andy Newman
5 Alastair Kellock CAPTAIN *
6 Kelly Brown *
7 John Barclay *
8 Johnnie Beattie *

Substitutes

16 Eric Milligan
17 Ed Kalman
18 Dan Turner
19 James Eddie
20 Sam Pinder
21 Scott Barrow
22 Thom Evans

* = Member of Scottish Institute of Sport