United Rugby Championship: Glasgow Warriors v Cardiff (Fri) - Four Wales players back

Mason Grady played in all five of Wales' Six Nations games as a replacement for a total of 285 minutes, scoring one try

Cardiff are boosted by the return of four Wales internationals for Friday's United Rugby Championship trip to Glasgow, including centre Mason Grady.

Number eight Mackenzie Martin also comes straight back into the starting XV as does Teddy Williams, while fellow lock Seb Davies is on the bench.

Blind-side flanker Ben Donnell returns to complete four changes.

Glasgow also make four changes to the starting XV that won 19-9 at Benetton earlier this month.

Matt Fagerson and Jack Dempsey both return from Scotland duty to start in the back row, coming in for Thomas Gordon and Henco Venter.

In the backs, Duncan Weir is preferred to Ross Thompson at fly-half, while Kyle Steyn returns to captain the side from the wing in place of Facundo Cordero.

Duncan Munn could make his professional debut from the bench.

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Cardiff remain without Wales squad members Cameron Winnett, Alex Mann and Evan Lloyd who are all rested after the Six Nations campaign in which 21-year-old full-back Winnett in particular impressed.

Liam Belcher continues to captain the side, which includes 17 players to have progressed through the Blue and Blacks pathway and academy.

Glasgow start round 12 third in the table, four points behind leaders Leinster.

Their only defeat at Scotstoun in any competition this season came in the European Champions Cup against Northampton and they were last beaten by a Welsh region in October 2022 - away at Ospreys.

Cardiff, in 12th place, have lost their last three league games including a 20-33 home defeat to Leinster earlier this month.

Their only away win this season in URC was at Dragons and they have have never won in their nine previous visits to Scotstoun.

Glasgow Warriors head coach Franco Smith said: "Everyone is looking forward to being back at home tomorrow night.

"We know that we will need to be at our best, Cardiff will pose a strong challenge, with a powerful pack of forwards and some high-quality backs that will test us around the park."

Cardiff head coach Matt Sherratt said: "It's great to get a few of the Wales boys back and they have had a really positive impact in training this week.

"The intensity and quality of the sessions have been great and we are looking forward to a big challenge this weekend against Glasgow.

"They are one of the form teams in the competition. Franco Smith has done a good job there and you can see the traits of him in the team.

"They attack the short sides, they are good on the counter-attack, have some innovative strike plays and all of that is combined with one of the best defences in the URC."

Glasgow Warriors: Josh McKay; Sebastian Cancelliere, Stafford McDowall, Tom Jordan, Kyle Steyn (capt); Duncan Weir, Jamie Dobie; Nathan McBeth, Johnny Matthews, Lucio Sordoni, Max Williamson, Alex Samuel, Euan Ferrie, Matt Fagerson, Jack Dempsey.

Replacements: Gregor Hiddleston, Allan Dell, Oli Kebble, Sintu Manjezi, Ally Miller, Henco Venter, George Horne, Duncan Munn.

Cardiff: Jacob Beetham; Mason Grady, Max Clark, Ben Thomas, Aled Summerhill; Tinus d Beer, E Bevan; Rhys Carre, Liam Belcher, Will Davies-King, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Teddy Williams, Ben Donnell, Thomas Young, MacKenzie Martin.

Replacements: Efan Daniel, Rhys Barratt, Ciaran Parker, Seb Davies, Ellis Jenkins, Matthew Aubrey, Willis Halaholo, Owen Lane.

Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

Assistant referees: Mike Adamson & Sam O'Neil (SRU)

TMO: Colin Stanley (IRFU)