The Warriors, who currently lie in second spot in the Magners League table, are unbeaten in their last four away encounters in the Magners League and have never before managed a sequence of five league away games without losing.
However, Glasgow's only win in Connacht since the 2001 quarter-final was 40-23 at the Sportsground on 13 April 2007.
Glasgow Warriors team to play Connacht in the Magners League at the Galway Sportsground on Friday 5 March (kick-off 8pm)
15 Bernardo Stortoni
14 Colin Shaw
13 Peter Murchie
12 Peter Horne
11 DTH van der Merwe
10 Ruaridh Jackson
9 Mark McMillan CAPTAIN
1 Jon Welsh
2 Dougie Hall
3 Ed Kalman
4 Tim Barker
5 Dan Turner
6 James Eddie
7 Calum Forrester
8 Richie Vernon
Substitutes
16 Fergus Thomson
17 Kevin Tkachuk
18 Richie Gray
19 Chris Fusaro (Heriot's)
20 Colin Gregor
21 Chris Kinloch
22 Hefin O'Hare
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