BRITISH and Irish Lion Donncha O’Callaghan returns to Warriors’ side for their first home match of the 2016/17 Aviva Premiership tomorrow night against rivals Gloucester.
Giant lock O’Callaghan is one of three changes to the starting line-up along with tighthead prop James Johnston and flanker Alafoti Faosiliva, while Phil Dowson skippers the side from number eight.
Head coach Carl Hogg, who spent seven years at Gloucester before making the move up the M5 to Sixways, keeps the same backline that featured at Twickenham last weekend against Saracens.
Former Gloucester player Ryan Lamb starts at fly-half and is just 11 Aviva Premiership points short of the 1000-mark.
Tighthead Mike Daniels and flanker Carl Kirwan are named among the replacements as Warriors go in search of their first win of the new campaign.
Warriors
15 Jackson Willison
14 Dean Hammond
13 Wynand Olivier
12 Ben Te’o
11 Cooper Vuna
10 Ryan Lamb
9 Jonny Arr
1 Val Rapava Ruskin
2 Niall Annett
3 James Johnston
4 Donncha O’Callaghan
5 Darren Barry
6 Alafoti Faosiliva
7 Marco Mama
8 Phil Dowson (C)
Replacements
16 Jaba Bregvadze
17 Na’ama Leleimalefaga
18 Mike Daniels
19 Christian Scotland-Williamson
20 Carl Kirwan
21 Luke Baldwin
22 Tom Heathcote
23 Perry Humphreys