WING Marcel Garvey returns to the Worcester Warriors team as the club launches its LV= Cup bid against Newcastle Falcons at Sixways tomorrow (12.30pm).
Speedster Garvey is back in the starting line-up for the first time since injuring his hand against Montpellier in early October.
New Zealand ace Rico Gear moves to outside centre to join forces with Sam Tuitupou, with Alex Grove not considered for selection after an intensive three-day training camp with Scotland this week.
Full-back Chris Latham returns to the side after being ruled out for the league game in Newcastle last week with illness.
Three changes in the pack hands recalls for back row Netani Talei, before he links up with Fiji for international action, lock Will Bowley and prop Jack Gilding.
Academy prop Michael Hill and talented young scrum-half Ollie Frost are two new faces on the replacements bench for Mike Ruddock's men.
However, French prop Olivier Sourgens is still recovering from the knee injury picked up on the opening day of the season at Northampton Saints.
Worcester Warriors: Latham; Garvey, Gear, Tuitupou, Benjamin; Walker, Powell; Black, Lutui, Gilding, Rawlinson, Bowley, Wood, Sanderson (capt), Talei. Reps: Hill, Fortey, Black, Gillies, Abbott, Frost, Crook, MacRae.
Newcastle Falcons: Catterick; Williams, Tait, Bobo, Oduoza; Miller, Charlton (capt); Ovens, Walker, Ward, Levi, Sorenson, Browne, Wilson, Balding. Reps: Vickers, Shiells, Brookes, Swinson, Afu, Pilgrim, Biggs, Amesbury.
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