Backs Sam Smith and Alex Grove have been restored to the Warriors starting line-up ahead of Saturday’s Greene King IPA Championship semi-final first leg with London Scottish at the Athletic Ground (kick-off 1.45pm).
Grove comes in for Max Stelling who picked up a knock in last weekend’s clash with Bristol while former Harlequins man Smith steps in for Tom Biggs.
The back three also includes Australian international Cooper Vuna and Supporters’ Young Player of the Season Ben Howard at full-back, who replaces the injured Chris Pennell.
Ryan Lamb and Ryan Mills maintain their partnership at fly-half and inside-centre respectively while Charlie Mulchrone is recalled at number-nine.
The front five remain unchanged while Argentinian international Leonardo Senatore comes into the back-row for Jonathan Thomas.
The replacements bench sees just two backs including scrum-half Jonny Arr and versatile 22-year-old Dean Hammond who can play at centre or on the wing.
Warriors will also have the powerhouses of Agustin Creevy, Ofa Fainga’anuku, Joe Rees and James Percival to call upon, while recent signing from Ospreys Sam Lewis is named as replacement back-row.
Director of Rugby Dean Ryan said: “We’re not going to have 15 people for the upcoming games. We have to keep making sure that we’ve got people coming in.
“We’ve got a number of positions where things are tight and we’ve got a couple of changes – some of them forced, some of them not.
“Scottish have changed some different things. The one time we played them it was wet and the other it was sunny so we’ll wait and see what challenge they’ve got for us on Saturday.
“All I see is the next two weeks so let’s try and get that challenge sorted first. We have to weather it at the weekend and come back here to try and do the business on the Friday night.”
Warriors
15 Ben Howard
14 Sam Smith
13 Alex Grove
12 Ryan Mills
11 Cooper Vuna
10 Ryan Lamb
9 Charlie Mulchrone
1 Ryan Bower
2 Niall Annett
3 Nick Schonert
4 Mike Williams
5 Darren O’Shea
6 Leonardo Senatore
7 Sam Betty
8 GJ van Velze (C)
Replacements
16 Agustin Creevy
17 Ofa Fainga’anuku
18 Joe Rees
19 James Percival
20 Sam Lewis
21 Jonny Arr
22 Dean Hammond