Round six of the Gallagher Premiership promises to deliver another thrilling weekend of action, with teams looking to solidify their positions ahead of a break before the Test rugby returns in November.
The PA news agency looks at the 10 runners and riders, including player signings and departures
The 31-year-old front-rower has spent seven years at Scotstoun and accumulated all of his 45 international caps in that time.
Sebastian Cancelliere returns from injury to start for Glasgow in Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship clash with Benetton Treviso in Italy.
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith expects to face an Edinburgh side out to rectify their Scotstoun errors when they clash again in the Scottish capital.
Scottish URC side Glasgow Warriors have issued a squad update that has implications for two of their front-line players.
A first-half Johnny Matthews hat-trick helped Glasgow Warriors coast to a 50-8 BKT United Rugby Championship victory over Zebre.
At the end of his fourth-ever game of professional rugby, Thomas Gordon wandered to the Scotstoun touchline exhausted, jubilant and dizzied by the fervour erupting all around him, a fervour he had gone a long way to creating.
