Along with fellow 19-year-old John Beattie, John finds himself thrown in at the deep end for the game in the intense atmosphere of Stade Pierre Rajon due to Glasgow's crippling injury list. "I know I am only in because other players are injured but one player's misfortune is another's fortune," John said in The Times. "I see this as my chance to make a case for myself to the coaches so that they find it hard to leave me out when everybody is fit again."