Ayr v Heriot's preview

It's the penultimate home game of the calendar year at Millbrae on Saturday as Ayr welcome Heriot's in the BT Premiership, kicking off at 3pm.

After two weeks of away games, Ayr will be glad of home comforts as they take on the much improved Goldenacre side who have overcome a shaky start to their assault on the league to scramble to fourth place in the table.

Ayr head coach Calum Forrester has been keeping an eye on the Edinburgh side's recent results.

"Heriot's have hit their form over the last month, coming into this match off the back of four consecutive wins."

But Ayr are buoyed by a tenacious win against Currie last Saturday.

"We (the coaching team) were pleased with the reaction from our players last week," said Forrester. "and we know that we will need to raise our performance again in order to get a result this weekend."

There is only one change to the starting line-up, with Blair Macpherson moving up from the bench to the blindside flanker spot.

Adam Prentice and Cameron Taylor return to the squad, taking their place amongst the substitutes.

With this the only fixture in November and just one more to follow at Millbrae in 2016 (Ayr v Hawick on Saturday 10th December), fans will be out in force, as they have been all season.

Ayr
15. Grant Anderson; 14. Richard Dalgleish, 13. Archie Russell, 12. Ross Curle, 11. Craig Gossman; 10. Frazier Climo, 9. David Armstrong; 1. George Hunter, 2. David Young, 3. Steven Longwell; 4. Robert McAlpine, 5. Scott Sutherland; 6. Blair Macpherson, 7. Will Bordill, 8. Pete McCallum (c).

Replacements
16. Lewis Anderson, 17. Adam Prentice, 18. Craig Stevenson, 19. Cameron Taylor, 20. Stafford McDowall.

Heriot's
15. Glenn Bryce; 14. John Rae, 13. Josh Laird, 12. John Semple (c), 11. Gavin Parker; 10. Alex Hagart, 9. Andrew Simmers; 1. Gavin Cameron, 2. Michael Liness, 3. Rhuaridh Mitchell; 4. Callum Marshall, 5. Russell Nimmo; 6. Michael Maltman, 7. Jack McClean, 8. Struan Dewar.

Replacements
16. George Turner, 17. Struan Cessford, 18. Clarke Smith, 19. Tom Wilson, 20. Ewan Fox.

Kick-off 3pm! Follow the scores on Twitter.

Ayr 2nd XV v Heriot's 2nd XV kicks off at 2pm at Rozelle. You can follow the scores via the Ultimate Rugby app.