LINEEN ISSUES RALLYING CALL AHEAD OF 1872 CUP DERBY

Speaking from the Greaves Sports store on Gordon Street in Glasgow's city centre, Lineen said: "These games are huge and I would urge as many people as possible to come along and enjoy a great game of rugby between the Magners League's top two sides.

"We're not usually at home for the first leg, but that gives us no real advantage, it's what we make of it.

"There are some terrific match-ups all over the field, but it's not about individuals, but about how we work as a team."

Lineen has made just one change to the side that faced Gloucester in the Heineken Cup at Kingsholm last weekend.

Thom Evans returns from a knee injury and replaces Dave McCall on the wing, swapping back to his preferred left side. DTH van der Merwe moves to the right wing.

Glasgow Warriors team to play Edinburgh in the Greaves Sports 1872 Cup at Firhill on Sunday 27 December (kick-off 3.05pm)

15 Bernardo Stortoni

14 DTH van der Merwe
13 Max Evans
12 Graeme Morrison
11 Thom Evans

10 Dan Parks
9 Chris Cusiter

1 Jon Welsh
2 Dougie Hall
3 Moray Low
4 Alastair Kellock CAPTAIN
5 Richie Gray
6 Kelly Brown
7 John Barclay
8 Richie Vernon

Substitutes from: Fergus Thomson, Kevin Tkachuk, Dan Turner, Johnnie Beattie, Mark McMillan, Colin Gregor, Colin Shaw, Hefin O'Hare, Rob Dewey

Tickets for the eagerly anticipated 1872 Cup derby against Edinburgh on Sunday 27 December (kick-off 3.05pm) - priced at £15 for adults in advance (£20 on match days), £10 for students and senior citizens and just £5 for under 18s - can be purchased now by calling the Ticket Hotline on 0844 800 3490, by logging onto www.glasgowwarriors.org or by visiting Greaves Sports (located on Gordon Street and Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow's city centre).