WORCESTER Warriors have made seven changes ahead of their Greene King IPA Championship play-off semi-final second leg against London Scottish at Sixways tomorrow (7.45pm).
Dean Ryan's men have a five-point cushion going into the clash after last weekend's 27-22 win in Richmond.
The backline sees a first Championship start of the season for scrum-half Jean-Baptiste who deputises for the injured Charlie Mulchrone (broken foot) and the suspended Jonny Arr.
Winger Dean Hammond is poised for his first Championship appearance since scoring in February's win over Rotherham Titans.
Ben Howard, Alex Grove, Ryan Mills and Ryan Lamb keep their places in the backs.
Cooper Vuna also starts and will be looking to build on his tryscoring tally which has seen him score seven times in just six appearances.
In the front-row, Val Rapava Ruskin and Argentina captain Gus Creevy return to partner tighthead Nick Schonert.
The experience of James Percival and Jonathan Thomas are given the nod in the second-row.
Versatile forward Mike Williams switches to the back-row while recent signing Sam Lewis starts at openside next to skipper Gerrit-Jan van Velze.
Warriors
15 Ben Howard
14 Dean Hammond
13 Alex Grove
12 Ryan Mills
11 Cooper Vuna
10 Ryan Lamb
9 Jean-Baptiste Bruzulier
1 Val Rapava Ruskin
2 Gus Creevy
3 Nick Schonert
4 James Percival
5 Jonathan Thomas
6 Mike Williams
7 Sam Lewis
8 Gerrit-Jan van Velze (C)
Replacements
16 Niall Annett
17 Ofa Fainga'anuku
18 Joe Rees
19 Matt Cox
20 Jamie Shillcock
21 Ravai Fatiaki
22 Tom Biggs
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