By Zippy
November 6 2003

The Celtic Warriors look to exact revenge on their Celtic Cup conquerors Glasgow at the Brewery Field on Friday, kick off 7:15pm. For team details and opinion read on

Temporary captain Jon Bryant has failed to recover from a calf injury so young Lee Thomas who started last Friday against Munster continues in the centre.

On a positive note Maama Molitika is back in the squad and earns a place on the bench but Dafydd James, who was expected to make a return to top class action this week has failed to fully recover in time to be selected for the game. James was supposed to play for Bridgend last Saturday in their 54 - 14 defeat agaisnt Pontypridd but he pulled out before the game due to injury concerns.

We once again must dominate up front in the way we did against the Dragons, the performance against Glasgow last time out was the worst all season and we must beat them convincingly this time. It may not be pretty but the result does matter, get down the Brewery Field and support the boys.

Prediction: Warriors by 6-10 points 

For those who think we will storm up the league after the world cup the Warriors are currently 16/1 with Paddy Power for the Celtic League.

Warriors Starting XV: Emyr Lewis; Gareth Wyatt, Shaun James, Lee Thomas, Aisea Havili; Neil Jenkins, Paul John; Phil Booth, Mathew Rees, Chris Horsman, Deiniol Jones (C), Nathan Budgett, Mark Lewis, Richard Parks, Cory Harris.

Reps: Chris Balshen, Geraint Morris, Huw Alford, Maama Molitika, Alan Chiltern, Matthew Nuthall, Richard Mustoe. 

Glasgow Starting XV: Rory Kerr; David Millard, Gareth Maclure, Alan Bulloch, Sean Lamont; Calvin Howarth, Sam Pinder; Euan Murray, Scott Lawson, Lee Harrison, Andy Hall, Nathan Ross, Andrew Wilson, Donnie Macfadyen, Paul Dearlove (C).

Reps: Fergus Thomson, Chris Birchall, Joe Beardshaw, Rory McKay, Mark McMillan, Daniel Parks, Jon Steel.