Worcester Warriors boosted by the return of Pennell and Te'o

Worcester Warriors have received the much needed boost ahead of their European Challenge Cup clash against Brive on Saturday with Chris Pennell and Ben Te'o making a comeback.

Full-back Pennell who signed an undisclosed contract with Worcester Warriors in May missed the start of the Aviva Premiership season with a neck injury. On the other hand, centre Te'o missed most of the season with concussion.

The pair's return will be a relief to Carl Hogg's men, who lost their opening game of European Challenge Cup to Enisei by 19-12.

"Brive are a very typical French team with big, physical forwards," Worcester backs coach Sam Vesty said. "They have some really good players and are a dangerous outfit.

"We want to keep the thread of the team consistent, but there will be a few bigger names in the squad every now and then.

"(Chris) Pennell is looking really sharp, and he's a guy who is so consistent in performance and in training."

Meanwhile, Gloucester, who are entering round two with a 27-47 defeat against Bayonne have made eight changes to their line-up with Charlie Sharples, Billy Burns, Greig Laidlaw, Matt Kvesic and Ross Moriarty all making a comeback while Motu Matu'u has been given his first start.

"It's never easy to go and play in France, and to come away with a pretty comprehensive win is great and boosts morale," Gloucester defence coach Jonny Bell said.

"We just want a really strong, professional performance (on Saturday). We've got a duty to deliver for our fans at home.

"Moving from a good performance against Bayonne, making improvements and putting in a strong performance against Treviso will set us well, going back into the Aviva Premiership."

Harlequins will look to build their momentum from the win in the first game with Danny Care named in the replacement while Nick Evans will take the number 10 role.

Quins rugby director John Kingston said: "We are well aware of the tough challenge that Edinburgh will present.

"That said, we had an excellent start to our European campaign last week at home to Stade, and are now very keen to back that up this weekend in a competition which we hold in very high regard."