Chris Harris, making his debut for Glasgow at Edinburgh. Picture by Ian Adam

Glasgow captain Chris Harris will make his debut on Friday at arch rivals Edinburgh Monarchs as Tigers defend a ten-point lead in the Scottish Cup.

Former Grand Prix winner Harris had to pull-out of Glasgow’s opening clash with Edinburgh as his wife went into labour and he made a difficult dash back to the Midlands in a van losing power.

Harris said: “Amara-Mae was born at 3am but it was a stressful day.”

Meanwhile, the former Great Britain international said: “I heard rumours that Edinburgh hoped I would take a fortnight off with paternity leave. No chance. I’ve had a week with the family and now I’ll be back, I have a job to do.

“I was gutted to miss the opening meeting but family comes first and the management and riders of Glasgow were very supportive and that means a lot.

“They even took a great picture with a Cornish flag at Ashfield to say they were thinking of us. That was nice.”

Harris added: “We have a really good spirit at Glasgow and I’m looking forward to getting on the bike and racing at Edinburgh.

“I have the chance to pick up a trophy on my debut racing for Glasgow as captain so that would be great, but it’s going to be a tough meeting for us.

“I’m a winner though. We are not going there to defend a ten-point lead, we are going to win.

“For me this tie is now starting at nil-nil, we go to win. We have a side capable of that.”

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