Fit-again Swinson swings in to face Cheetahs
SCOTLAND lock Tim Swinson will return from injury for Glasgow’s Guinness PRO14 encounter against Cheetahs.
Swinson has not played since suffering a broken hand during Scotland’s victory over Samoa on November 11. The 30-year-old will start in tonight’s game at Scotstoun.
Scott Cummings is also back in the second row after injury while centre Sam Johnson returns after suffering a broken jaw against Montpellier in December.
Warriors head coach Dave Rennie said: “Sam, Scott and Tim are all influential players for us so to have them back is a huge boost.”
Rob Harley will captain the team as he equals Graeme Morrison’s record 177 appearances for Glasgow.
Rennie added: “Although we were disappointed to only get a draw against the Dragons, we played the game in the right areas of the field and showed good attacking intent.
“The Cheetahs are a good side across the park and we know we’re going to have to be more clinical with our possession to get the result.”
Meanwhile, the oldest former British and Irish Lions player Gus Black has died aged 92.
The former Scotland scrum-half won six caps for his country during a career which included the Lions’ 1950 tour of New Zealand. Angus William Black, known as Gus, was born in 1925 and made his first international appearance on New Year’s Day 1947.
It was the first cap international match since the Second World War and Black, a medical student at Edinburgh University, was among 14 Scotland players who travelled to France to represent their country for the first time.
He played for Scotland on a further five occasions, including two wins against England in 1948 and 1950 at Murrayfield.
Black also journeyed by boat to New Zealand for the 1950 British Lions tour, playing in the 9-9 Test draw in Dunedin and the 8-0 loss in Christchurch.
Black went on to play for Leicester and Bristol during his National Service and in his career was a consultant adviser on psychiatry for the RAF.