Dale Rasmussen is also promoted to the team and paired with Sam Tuitupou in the centre as Scotland international Alex Grove moves to the replacements bench.
Fly half Willie Walker will face Gloucester for the first time since leaving Kingsholm on a permanent basis to move to Sixways in the summer and prop Tevita Taumoepeau makes his 100th start for Warriors in the front row.
Warriors vs Gloucester Rugby
15 Chris Latham
14 Rico Gear
13 Dale Rasmussen
12 Sam Tuitupou
11 Miles Benjamin
10 Willie Walker
9 Jonny Arr
1 Adam Black
2 Chris Fortey
3 Tevita Taumoepeau
4 Greg Rawlinson
5 Craig Gillies
6 Tom Wood
7 Pat Sanderson (c)
8 Kai Horstmann
Replacements
16 Matt Mullan
17 Aleki Lutui
18 Olivier Sourgens
19 Graham Kitchener
20 James Collins
21 Ryan Powell
22 Matthew Jones
23 Alex Grove
