Glasgow Warriors v Ulster Rugby, 18 April

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Glasgow Warriors v Ulster Rugby  

Friday 18 April 2014, KO 19:35
Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

Referee: John Lacey (IRFU, 34th competition game)
Assistant Referees: David Changleng, Graeme Marshall (both SRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Montgomery (SRU)
TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)

Live on BBC ALBA/NI

A. Teams:

I. Glasgow

15 Murchie
14 Maitland
13 Bennett
12 Horne
11 Seymour
10 Russell
09 Cusiter

08 Wilson
07 Fusaro
06 Strauss
05 Gray
04 Swinson
03 Welsh
02 Hall
01 Reid

16 MacArthur
17 Grant
18 Cross
19 Nakarawa
20 Harley
21 Matawalu
22 Jackson
23 Vernon

II. Ulster

15 R Andrew
14 T Bowe
13 D Cave
13 L Marshall
11 A Trimble
10 P Jackson
09 P Marshall

1 T Court
2 R Herring
3 R Lutton
4 J Muller (Captain)
5 I Henderson
6 C Henry
7 S Doyle
8 N Williams

16 N Annett
17 A Warwick
18 D Fitzpatrick
19 L Stevenson
20 M McComish
21 M Heaney
22 J McKinney
23 C Gilroy

B. Form - head to head:

28 Played 28
12 Wins 15
15 Losses 12
1 Draws 1
44 Tries 49
30 Conversions 31
66 Penalties 75
7 Drop Goals 2
499 Points 538
25 Avg. Age 25

C. Form - this season & last:

Fri 31 August 2012, 19:05
Ulster Rugby 18 - 10 Glasgow Warriors
Ravenhill

Fri 22 February 2013, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors 20 - 14 Ulster Rugby
Scotstoun

Fri 13 September 2013, 19:05
Ulster Rugby 12 - 13 Glasgow Warriors
Ravenhill

That's a very attacking team in the backs - Russell, Horne and Bennett at 10,12 and 13.

Great to see Horne back in the starting XV.
Looks a decent team, especially the backs, but I think the front row on the bench is probably better than the one starting.

That is a good looking team, with a very impressive bench!

Tonnie definitely got some balls, showing he is not afraid to drop Weir who did not have a great game last week. That is kind of how it should be, play poorly and you don't play the following week. Weir needs to get his form back and quick or he could be getting left behind by Russell and Horne as well. A couple of good games over the next few weeks and Russell will tour over the summer.

I am assuming that Dunbar and Hoggy are still injured, but minus those two this has got to be our best team at the moment. I have got no issues with Murchie and Bennett replacing them either as both have been playing really well.

Its going to be a hell of a game, bring it on!

Weegie Wizard wrote:Great to see Horne back in the starting XV.
Looks a decent team, especially the backs, but I think the front row on the bench is probably better than the one starting.

That is going to be to our advantage in the second half when they come on then. To be fair Welsh and Reid have really stepped up the past few weeks and I am very confident in them. Dougie Hall always does a job. To win the league you really need the depth and we seem to have it now.

For anyone reading remotely and unable to access the Toonie picture, the Glasgow team is:

15 Murchie
14 Maitland
13 Bennett
12 Horne
11 Seymour
10 Russell
09 Cusiter

08 Wilson
07 Fusaro
06 Strauss
05 Gray
04 Swinson
03 Welsh
02 Hall
01 Reid

16 MacArthur
17 Grant
18 Cross
19 Nakarawa
20 Harley
21 Matawalu
22 Jackson
23 Vernon

Absolutely amazing to see Peter Horne back. Two specialist centres in specialist positions - well, I never. Big shout putting Finn Russell in at 10 - let's see what he's made of. Am also assuming that Dunbar is injured or rested and Hoggy is too busy choosing his new flat in Belfast.

The team is selected so that the game is won in the second half as most of what is conventionally Glasgow's first string is on the bench. Smart, as that's where Ulster may be struggling with the injuries that they've got.

Swinson had a bad 6 Nations by his standards, so I'm looking forward to him stepping up again. Also secretly delighted that Kellock is nowhere near this 23. Nakarawa far too talented not to feature. Strauss, Fozzy and Wilson was a firecracker loose forward trio against Munster, so it's quite right that they get to step up again. Nice to see Ryan Grant back too.

No Ulster team at the time of posting this, I don't think.

Ulster team;

http://www.ulsterrugby.com/News/LatestNews/TabId/149/ArtMID/793/ArticleID/1432/Anscombe-changes-three-for-Glasgow-clash.aspx

(15-9): R Andrew, T Bowe, D Cave, L Marshall, A Trimble, P Jackson, P Marshall;
(1-8): T Court, R Herring, R Lutton, J Muller (Captain), I Henderson, C Henry, S Doyle, N Williams;

Replacements (16-23): N Annett, A Warwick, D Fitzpatrick, L Stevenson, M McComish, M Heaney, J McKinney, C Gilroy.

Very much a weakened pack. Down to the bare bones in the back row.

Ferris out with an ankle injury? Not something we want to be reading

Deccie back after a concussion, after geoff telling us he was out of favour shows what he knows    

I don't like that bench. Only Gilroy can come on and offer impact. Too many good players missing for Ulster- Black, Best, Afoa, Tuohy, Ferris, Diack, Wilson, Pienaar, Olding, Wallace, Payne...

It's not a game we can afford to lose so I hope that team is ready to go out and empty the tank tomorrow night. If we lose I'll be disappointed, but to be honest it's our own fault for not beating Cardiff a few weeks ago and for letting Glasgow escape with 4 points at Ravenhill in Round 2. We shouldn't be in the position we are in where we need a win as much as we do and the reason we are is because we've taken our eyes off the ball too many times this season.

We're truly flogging Muller and every last ounce he has left in him before he departs

I suspect he wouldn't have it any other way. That said we doing have a bench to change things. Those 15 guys are going to have to be on top of their game to get something from Scostoun

That's a very exciting backline from a Scotland perspective, and a great bench for Glasgow from an impact perspective.

Still, Muller and Henderson is a serious lock combination and Henry and Williams are both excellent players, plus the Ulster backline is about as good as it gets at club level.

This should be a very exciting match.

stand I agree about Muller and we don't have much choice in the matter, the man keeps rising the the occasion I just hope hes something left in the tank with two big games to come after Glasgow and hopefully another two after that

Is Hogg being further punished by Glasgow? Should he not be back by now?

Actually, just noticed on the Glasgow website he has a hamstring problem.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Actually, just noticed on the Glasgow website he has a hamstring problem.

Yes, tripped coming out of a restaurant in Belfast....

While I am somewhat pleased that the veteran Hornee-Furra gets a run at IC, when looking at the 10, 12, 13 axis he does stand out a bit as ....well...not at all being from Ayr. Not sure how that slipped through but I suppose you have to take some selections risks now and again. 

Argybargy wrote:While I am somewhat pleased that the veteran Hornee-Furra gets a run at IC, when looking at the 10, 12, 13 axis he does stand out a bit as ....well...not at all being from Ayr. Not sure how that slipped through but I suppose you have to take some selections risks now and again. 

Nobody's perfect, Argy. Nobody's perfect.  

Horne actually played for Hawick against Ayr at the end of March, so he will have benefitted from close exposure to that sort of brilliance.

Well let's just hope he was paying attention.  

I once had a dream that I came from Ayr.

Then I woke up and I was crap at rugby, but people could understand me when I shouted at them.

IanBru wrote:I once had a dream that I came from Ayr.

Then I woke up and I was crap at rugby, but people could understand me when I shouted at them.

  

IanBru wrote:I once had a dream that I came from Ayr.

Then I woke up and I was crap at rugby, but people could understand me when I shouted at them.

 

Captain_Sensible wrote:That's a very attacking team in the backs - Russell, Horne and Bennett at 10,12 and 13.

Hornee Furra Linee.  
I think the Warriors have the advantage in the Front and Back rows. The impact subs are all on the Glasgow bench. If Russell plays to his potential it could be a 5pointer.
C'mon Glasgow.

Actually, if Toonie brings on 16-20 against a tiring, makeshift Ulster pack it could be carnage in the second half.
Can't wait till tomorrow it should be a cracker, and Ulster will fight for every last inch and could turn us over if we don't front up.

Come on Jimbo, it's either a 5pointer or it isn't! So many bases covered I think the Yankees will be on the phone soon!!!

Could turn you over... we will turn you over!   

We'v got the advantage in the back line, we've still got the firepower so it'll just be about whether our starting pack can last without tiring but we'll be up for this one alright. We know how to go away to good teams and win and our discipline and defence is right up there with anybody in the league.

Feels like I have logged into a pre-match thread of the All Blacks v Worcester Warriors with the level of optimism/confidence coming from the Weedgery.
Well I am sorry but it's all very un-Scottish and I think we need an urgent Private Fraser "doomed ah tell ye" post for the sake of balance. There are plently to copy from the 6 nations threads. 

Notch, talking sense as ever.  
Stand...  
The key word is IF.
Ulster are a very good side. IF you don't turn up against them they will make you suffer.
Russell-Horne-Bennett has the potential to rip any defence apart IF they get quick ball and IF Russell plays to his, undoubted, potential.

The Yankees have been on the phone already but as long as both my sons are turning out for our local club and I can still get into the seconds, I'm going nowhere. (See Your Match thread if you're feeling insomnia coming on)

I recall this fixture last season, you know the one where Niko strolled up to Ruan and pinched the ball at the back of the Ulster scrum. Try time.   

More of the same please...  

Manky-Flanker wrote:I recall this fixture last season, you know the one where Niko strolled up to Ruan and pinched the ball at the back of the Ulster scrum. Try time.   

More of the same please...  

2 mins 31 seconds  :

Hear that Ulster fans, "Bamboozled" was Ruan.   

In all honesty though, I expect this is going to be a cracker of a match to watch for both sets of fans. May the best team win - can't wait.   

WARRIORS - WE ARE GLASGOW - trying this tbh but i love it !   

dare to say it but is matawalu the most exciting player in the rabo ?  

Most exciting for sure imo.
Which exact definiton of exciting varies minute by minute through a game.
I prefer the:
"mercurial rugby genius who constantly keeps oposition thinking and can produce something from nothing".
But to be honest I feel this season we have had just a little bit too much:
"going down the pub drinking with a murderer" type of exciting.

Notch wrote:WE FEAR NO-ONE EITHER!

Except, perhaps, Jerome Garces?

We are glad, very glad that Garces never officiate in the rabo.

clivemcl wrote:Carlin, was the flag in the OP done as a WUM, or a genuine mistake???   

Just think lads... this time next year you can put a Union Jack beside Glasgow's name and that will really wind ASBO up (one way or t'other)   

Asbo, fine man that you are, good luck on your sponsored paddle doon the watter. Don't forget to paint the white lines down the middle as you go. (I almost said "do the white lines" but that would be highly inappropriate and inaccurate).

Notch - apparently, Gregor Townsend has arranged for 23 miner's lamp helmets and a small submarine to be delivered to the away dressing room tonight.

When you 're going down as badly as Ulster is going to tonight, it's only fair to make sure that you're comfortable down there.  

Stand, no Yankees contract for Mr Carlin.  

Wahoooo! It's GAME DAY, BABY!!!

This is me: https://youtu.be/5HOsbbD4IKc

jimbopip wrote:Asbo, fine man that you are, good luck on your sponsored paddle doon the watter. Don't forget to paint the white lines down the middle as you go. (I almost said "do the white lines" but that would be highly inappropriate and inaccurate).

Thanks, J-Pip

Although I am working today, I am doing so from home. I just discovered a newly opened coffee shop really close to my flat, a bit hipster but coffee is good. All I need is a win for the warriors tonight and today will have been a good day.

Going to be the biggest crowd (6,600+) for a Glasgow game since we moved to Scotstoun. Would think its going to our biggest crowd for a non derby match.

Gonna be a lot of drunk sunburnt weegies rocking up at Scotstoun tonight!

(yes I know it's only 13 degrees but that's more than enough for us!)

RDW_Scotland wrote:Gonna be a lot of drunk sunburnt weegies rocking up at Scotstoun tonight!

(yes I know it's only 13 degrees but that's more than enough for us!)

Taps aff!

Haha, can't wait for tonight game. If Glasgow get the win Scotstourn will be bouncing like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnmPzs2DEkY

And the night will finish like this:

https://youtu.be/7Z08kiQ-5hI

Don Alfonso wrote:And the night will finish like this:

https://youtu.be/7Z08kiQ-5hI

 Legendary clip.

Very, very difficult to play a convincing drunk. Gregor Fisher is amazing at it. Simon Pegg explains here (at 2:41):

I have that overwhelming tingly feeling of anticip ation.
Win tonight, slaughter the effeminates and a home berth in the semis awaits.
Lose and Toonie morphs into the Great Gatsby, "as he stood by that blue lawn his dream seemed so close he could hardly fail to grasp it. It eluded him then as it eludes us now" (quoting fromory so forgive any errors).
C'mon Glasgow WHATEVER IT TAKES     

p.s. just heard Asbo has been spotted heading west on the Grand Canal asking for directions to Hemel Hempstead.

Thats it dudes. Back from a long days toil and ready for some rugger action. Robust pants on and raring to go. Ulster team staying in Menzies Hotel btw - wee bit downmarket tbh. They should be in 1 Devonshire Gdns but times may be tough even for them   

WARRIORS - WHATEVER IT TAKES