Joe Taufete’e will make his Club debut when Warriors travel to Stade Amedee-Domenech to take on Brive in the penultimate pool stage game of this season’s European Challenge Cup on Saturday (kick-off 9pm CET).
The USA international, who moved to Sixways in December, will start at hooker alongside Biyi Alo and captain Ryan Bower.
Warriors are also boosted by the return of exciting prospect Perry Humphreys, who makes his first appearance since October’s trip to Leicester Tigers.
Warriors have named a blend of youth and experience for the trip to France as Marco Mama and December’s Player of the Month Matt Cox are named in the back row, while Luke Baldwin makes his first start since the reverse game with Brive at Sixways.
Will Spencer partners Andrew Kitchener in the second row, while Huw Taylor will start at six.
Jamie Shillcock gets another opportunity to impress at fly-half in a backline which also includes Dean Hammond, Connor Braid, Max Stelling and Ben Howard.
Warriors have named a strong bench as Jonny Arr could be set for his first appearance in over a month, while Val Rapava Ruskin, Darren Barry and Ryan Mills are also included.
Head Coach Carl Hogg said: “Brive are a big side who have a big physical scrum. So we’ve got to get some tempo in the game and get them moving about.
“We’ve named a more senior squad than we previously have in Europe. Obviously we have to find some form and we’ll use the next month to do that.
“We need to get some confidence back in the side, build momentum and turn it around.”
Warriors
15 Ben Howard
14 Perry Humphreys
13 Max Stelling
12 Connor Braid
11 Dean Hammond
10 Jamie Shillcock
9 Luke Baldwin
1 Ryan Bower (C)
2 Joe Taufete’e
3 Biyi Alo
4 Andrew Kitchener
5 Will Spencer
6 Huw Taylor
7 Marco Mama
8 Matt Cox
Replacements
16 Jack Singleton
17 Val Rapava Ruskin
18 Mike Daniels
19 Darren Barry
20 Sam Betty
21 George de Cothi
22 Jonny Arr
23 Ryan Mills