Ruaridh Jackson gets Ayr time as Glasgow Warriors prepare for Connacht GLASGOW'S midfield experiment will continue against Connacht tomorrow night, but Scotland stand-off Ruaridh Jackson will this weekend turn out for Ayr as Warriors coach Gregor Townsend looks to build on a morale-boosting first league win last week. The Warriors returned to Scotland with their confidence buoyed by a comfortable 28-10 win over Ospreys, the reigning league champions, but acutely aware that they still have ground to make up with home supporters after a limp display in defeat to the Scarlets marked the first game at their new Scotstoun Stadium ground. Townsend sticks with the new centre pairing of Peter Horne in the 12 jersey and Alex Dunbar at 13, while Duncan Weir retains the stand-off reins. Ruaridh Jackson, who struggled to find his form in the Scarlets match, came off the bench in Swansea but drops out of the squad altogether this week and will play for Ayr in the Premiership. Both he and Townsend prefer that he has 80 minutes to improve his ability to control games rather than 20 minutes off the bench tomorrow, and the coach is keen to reward Scott Wight for his pre-season work and form with a squad place. Townsend insisted that the Scotland stand-off was comfortable with turning out for his draft club team instead of sitting on the Warriors bench. He [Jackson] is looking forward to it because he would rather play for longer and this week the opportunity for him is to play at club level, and he was very positive about it. In a number of positions, especially ten, you need game-time to make decisions and get a good run, and I'm hoping that Ruaridh gets involved this weekend for Ayr and that will put him in a good position for our game against Zebre. But Scott Wight has been pushing hard for an opportunity and we've made it clear from the start of pre-season that it's very much a three-way battle between him, Duncan and Ruaridh for the number ten jersey. Sean Lamont is also back in the starting line-up this week, replacing Tommy Seymour on the right wing, in what is another competitive position, while Henry Pyrgos comes in for shoulder injury victim Chris Cusiter at scrum-half, bidding to prove that new Fijian scrum-half Niko Matawalu is not needed. Tighthead prop Moray Low has recovered from a calf injury to take over from Mike Cusack in the front row and Ryan Wilson, who missed the Ospreys game to be present at the birth of his daughter Ava, resumes at No 8, with flanker Chris Fusaro rested this week. Tim Swinson, a key summer signing from Newcastle, could make his competitive Warriors debut off the bench after recovering from a facial injury suffered in the pre-season friendly against Sale, while Wight and centre Troy Nathan are poised for their first action of the campaign, having been included among the replacements. Townsend warned against taking Connacht lightly, the Irish province having soundly beaten Zebre in Italy and only lost narrowly to Cardiff and the Scarlets. They have also only lost once in their last four meetings with the Warriors. "We have two home games coming up and we want to produce a winning performance," said Townsend. But we know we're playing against a tough team so we're approaching this the same as we did the Ospreys game, so there are areas we have to improve, and areas in which Connacht will be very strong against us.