Wales international fly-half Owen Williams will make his first start for Warriors in more than 11 months in Sunday’s Gallagher Premiership match against Exeter Chiefs at Sixways (3pm).
Williams suffered a serious hamstring injury attempting to kick a conversion against former club Gloucester on his third appearance for Warriors last October.
Having returned as a replacement against Harlequins in January Williams then missed the remainder of the season but he has now returned to full fitness.
He kicked two conversions when he came off the bench against London Irish last Saturday and starts against Exeter in place of Billy Searle who has been named as a replacement having recovered from the head injury he suffered last week.
Williams is one of three changes to Warriors’ starting XV with Curtis Langdon, who scored a try on debut when he came off the bench last week, starting at hooker and Tom Dodd at number eight.
Dodd also came on in the second half at London Irish and switches places with Matt Kvesic who he replaced last week.
Sunday’s match goes ahead after Warriors met a midday deadline set by the RFU to provide assurances in relation to the receipt of a General Safety Certificate from the local authority and written confirmation of medical provision.
Warriors | 15 Jamie Shillcock, 14 Perry Humphreys, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Francois Venter (C), 11 Alex Hearle, 9 Gareth Simpson, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Gareth Simpson, 1 Valeriy Morozov, 2 Curtis Langdon, 3 Murray McCallum, 4 Joe Batley, 5 Andrew Kitchener, 6 Fergus Lee-Warner, 7 Cameron Neild, 8 Tom Dodd.
Replacements | 16 Hame Faiva, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Jay Tyack, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Matt Kvesic, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Billy Searle, 23 Noah Heward.
Exeter Chiefs | 15 Joe Simmonds, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Rory O’Loughlin, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Stu Townsend; 1 Alec Hepburn, 2 Jack Yeandle (C), 3 Marcus Street, 4 Jack Dunne, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 Jannes Kirsten, 7 Christ Tshiunza, 8 Richard Capstick
Replacements | 16 Jack Innard, 17 James Kenny, 18 Patrick Schickerling, 19 Ruben Van Heerden, 20 Dave Ewers, 21 Jack Maunder, 22 Solomone Kata, 23 Facundo Cordero