CAMI Brown believes his Glasgow side could face their toughest test of the season so far against Plymouth on Friday.
The Gladiators travel north aiming to inflict a first home defeat of the season on the Tigers.
Brown’s side scraped a 46-44 win over Edinburgh on Sunday but have won their other two home meetings with comfort.
However, Plymouth bring with them Ashfield specialist Ben Barker, former Grand Prix winners Chris Harris (guest) and Hans Andersen and talented Dane Michael Palm Toft.
Glasgow will have their own guests with Edinburgh’s Kye Thomson and former favourite Paul Starke stepping in for Ben Basso and Tom Brennan, who are overseas for a world under-21 qualifier.
Brown said: “I think this will be our toughest test yet because they will have a very strong top four.
“It is never ideal to be going into a big meeting without two of our own riders, but the calendar has worked against us.
“Nevertheless we bring in two good guests. Paul knows Ashfield well and Kye had an excellent meeting for Edinburgh on Sunday, so we know he can get round our track.
“We took a maximum seven points from the weekend’s matches so it is vital we don’t undo our good work by getting a win against Plymouth.
“Three points would really help us to start establishing ourselves towards the top of the SGB Championship table.”
Tickets are on sale now for Friday’s match, which starts at 7.30pm.