| The positional switches see Stuart Moffat move from full-back to wing, Garry Law from wing to centre and Charlie Hore from centre to stand-off and have been necessitated largely because of ankle injuries sustained by Gregor Townsend and Simon Danielli against Llanelli last week.
Calum MacRae starts at full-back, Nikki Walker is restored after injury on the wing, while up front Steve Scott, Mark Blair, Andy Rennick and Andy Miller start instead of Ross Ford, Colin Stewart, Scott Gray and Wayne McEntee respectively.
Border Reivers team to play The Ospreys in the Celtic League at Netherdale on Sunday 18 September, kick-off 4pm
15 Calum MacRae*
14 Stuart Moffat
13 Ben MacDougall
12 Garry Law
11 Nikki Walker
10 Charlie Hore
9 Chris Cusiter*
1 Paul Thomson captain
2 Steve Scott
3 Bruce Douglas
4 Mark Blair
5 Opeta Palepoi
6 Andy Rennick
8 Kelly Brown*
7 Andy Miller
Substitutes
16 Ross Ford*
17 Matt Parr
18 Colin Stewart
19 Semo Sititi
20 Brendan McKerchar
21 Scott Gray
22 Lee Kibble | 
