Following an impressive 36-18 victory over the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-final at Scotstoun on Friday, here are the player ratings for Glasgow Warriors. 15 Josh McKay: Always a threat with ball in hand, taking some outstanding lines off the shoulder of Glasgow’s key playmakers, while also looking to create with his … Read more
Following a 36-18 win for Glasgow over the Stormers in Friday’s United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-final, here’s our five takeaways from Scotstoun. The top line Franco Smith’s outfit booked their ticket to the semi-finals of the competition as they pulled clear from the Stormers in the second half in a thoroughly deserved victory. Scores from … Read more
Following a disappointing 36-18 defeat to Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-final at Scotstoun on Friday, here are the player ratings for the Stormers. 15 Warrick Gelant: Tried his hardest in a losing cause, attempting some intelligent chip kicks through and winning a breakdown turnover, but Gelant was well shackled. 5 14 … Read more
British & Irish Lions centre Huw Jones has been ruled out of Glasgow Warriors’ fixture against the Stormers due to an Achilles injury, it has been confirmed. Jones was not named in the Warriors squad for the United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-final at Scotstoun on Friday night in a huge blow to the Scottish side’s … Read more
URC: Leinster 13 Glasgow Warriors 5 Leinster will meet Welsh side Scarlets at home in the quarter-finals of the United Rugby Championship in two weeks after a laboured win over Glasgow at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night. The Scarlets lost in South Africa to the Sharks and finish eighth on the table to Leinster’s … Read more
After an embarrassing 52-0 defeat against Leinster in their Investec Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium, here’s how the Glasgow Warriors squad performed on Friday. Backline fail to fire 15 Kyle Rowe: The Scotland flyer was solid under the high ball and went on some attacking runs but made little headway as he was … Read more
Following a dominant 52-0 victory over Glasgow Warriors in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium on Friday, here are the player ratings for Leinster. 15 Hugo Keenan: Brilliant lines, superb passing and a player who ultimately showed his class in all aspects of the game. 8 14 Tommy O’Brien: Made his first … Read more
It’s quarter-final time in the Investec Champions Cup and blockbuster matches are set to take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as teams battle to make the last four. Leinster v Glasgow Warriors kicks off the weekend on Friday evening before Bordeaux-Begles host Munster and Northampton Saints meet Castres in Saturday’s two fixtures. Then on … Read more
Leinster have dropped Ireland captain Caelan Doris to the bench in a surprising move ahead of the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final on Friday. The number eight started their round-of-16 match against Harlequins last weekend but he has been selected among the replacements for their match with Glasgow Warriors. That means Jack Conan has shifted from … Read more
Leinster sold 17,000 tickets for Friday’s Champions Cup quarterfinal against Glasgow in Aviva Stadium to season ticket holders before they went on public sale at 2pm on Monday. Since, then sales have been brisk for the knockout match and were edging towards 20,000 since the sales opened. Leinster will have what they call the “lower … Read more