It was another positive milestone after a challenging 12 months for the 25-year-old.
Back in July 2022, Rowe made his Scotland debut against Argentina in Salta, but he sustained a serious knee injury that saw him miss the whole of last season.
While rehabilitating, Rowe's club side London Irish went into administration leaving the winger unattached. Fortunately, Rowe's resilience was rewarded when Glasgow Warriors offered him a contract.
"Of course it's tough," Rowe admitted in the Evening Times. "You'll be going into training and seeing the boys. You're part of the group but you're not part of the group because you're not out there training week in, week out. All you're doing is going into the gym, doing rehab then going home.
"It's obviously tough, a bit draining, a bit tedious but I got through it and I'm back now. The inspiration for me was just to get back as quickly as I could. I just want to play rugby and that was really the crux of it. I didn't get the chance when I initially came back to London Irish.
"With me not coming back last season and playing for London Irish it probably drove me on even more to want to play. I had the whole summer off, then a good pre-season here and then in that first game I was properly ready to get at it. There were no issues with the knee and the body was feeling good."
Injury deprived Rowe of the opportunity to stake his claim to be included in Gregor Townsend's squad for the World Cup. Rowe, however, he was invited to train with the Scotland squad, which helped him return to Glasgow in top condition.
"Yeah, big time," Rowe replied when asked about the importance of training with Scotland. "I've grown up with a load of these boys that were in the camp. Our season at London Irish finished before Glasgow's did so I had quite a lengthy period of time off which was good for the body but at that point, I was ready to get back into some form of training so when I got the phone call asking me to come in to train, it was great for me because I was able to come into pre-season here already fit, well conditioned and it was a nice easy transition."
Rowe highlighted his attacking and finishing ability against Connacht last week. It ended in a disappointing defeat, but Rowe is determined to bounce back with a win when the Warriors face the Stormers at Scotstoun on Friday night.
"It was good," Rowe added on his debut. "It was my first proper competitive game back since doing my knee so it was good to get the full 80 minutes, in attack and defence. Hopefully, I can feel good for this week and just rip into it basically.
"Playing Friday night under the lights with hopefully a packed out Scotstoun will be amazing, and playing one of the top teams in the competition is going to be a good test for us.
"I'm ready to get ripped into these big games. Every game's big but you've obviously got the top teams and I'm ready to show what I can do against one of the best teams.
"We obviously wanted to put out a statement against Connacht and we didn't do that but hopefully playing under the lights at home is going to give us a nice boost. I'm ready to rip into this week then rip into Friday."
Glasgow's Scotland contingent have returned to training and Rowe admits that's increased the intensity - but he says his sole focus remains on impressing Glasgow head coach Franco Smith.
"It's more about getting a good bit of game-time under my belt," Rowe said on his Scotland ambitions. "If it happens, it happens and if it doesn't I just need to keep working hard, keep playing and keep scoring tries.
"We try to replicate that intensity that the Scotland lads bring in our training, especially for the young guys coming through so if and when they do get to that stage it's not going to be a shock for them.
"With all the internationals coming back, it's good to have everyone back in the building. We are training well. In the game at the weekend, we didn't show what we are capable of but training is a very good standard at the minute."