ERCC: Pool 4, Round 4 - Glasgow Warriors v Toulouse

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Glasgow Warriors v Stade Toulousain
Pool 4, Round 4
Saturday 13 December 2014, KO 13:00
Scotstoun Stadium, The Land of No Salad

Live on Sky Sports / BeIN

Referee Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch Judge 1 Matthew Carley (England)
Touch Judge 2 Paul Dix (England)
Fourth Official Tom Nicol (Scotland)
TMO David Grashoff (England)

Citing Commissioner Jeff Mark (Wales)

A. Teams:

1. Glasgow Warriors

Stuart Hogg, Sean Maitland, Richie Vernon, Alex Dunbar, Tommy Seymour; Finn Russell, Henry Pyrgos; Ryan Grant, Pat MacArthur, Jon Welsh, Tim Swinson, Jonny Gray, Ryan Wilson, Rob Harley, Josh Strauss (capt).

Replacements: Fraser Brown, Gordon Reid, Euan Murray, Leone Nakarawa, Niko Matawalu, Duncan Weir, Peter Horne, Sean Lamont.

2. Toulouse

Clément Poitrenaud, Yoann Huget, Yann David, Gael Fickou, Maxime Médard; Jean-Marc Doussain, Sébastien Bézy; Gurthro Steenkamp, Corey Flynn, Census Johnston, Joe Tekori, Yoann Maestri, Yannick Nyanga, Thierry Dusautoir (capt), Louis Picamoles.

Replacements: Julien Marchand, Vasil Kakovin, Kisi Pulu, Romain Millo-Chluski, Gregory Lamboley, Luke McAlister, Vincent Clerc

B. Tournament Form:

1. Glasgow Warriors

7/12/14 - Toulouse 19 - 11 Glasgow

25/10/14 - Montpellier 13 - 15 Glasgow

18/10/14 - Glasgow 37 - 10 Bath

18/1/14 - Glasgow 8 - 15 Toulon

2. Toulouse

7/12/14 - Toulouse 19 - 11 Glasgow

25/10/14 - Bath 19 - 21 Toulouse

19/10/14 - Toulouse 30 - 23 Montpellier

5/4/14 - Munster 47 - 23 Toulouse

C. Head to Head

7 Played 7
1 Wins 6
6 Losses 1
0 Draws 0
10 Tries 24
9 Conversions 18
14 Penalties 16
1 Drop Goals 1
113 Points 204

14 out of the 15 Glasgow team are capped by Scotland - incredible.

14 out of 15 Glasgow players have been capped by Scotland, the only one not is Strauss and that is only a question of time!

That is actually a very impressive stat!

Missed tackle from Harley - had to happen sometime!

Very soft 3 points

Toulouse ....eh..."very quick up in defence"...

No yellow for that? come on this is getting beyond a joke

Really needed that 3 points : momentum was with Glasgow

Harley. Immense.

Swinson has had a good game so far - real nuisance

Toulouse reffed on reputation once again i see

Wayne Barnes is making some poor calls and has the crowd against him already

A symbolic day for rest of the season today, does anyone have a link? Stranded in Norfolk...

Theres been a couple of strange calls from barnes, but not as bad as the crowd are making out. Do they make any noise other than booing?

Definitely attracted a few football fans in - they even booed the announcer asking them not to boo!

McArthur ...the new "old" Ross Ford?

Been a bit of a non-event this half, although Glasgow haven't been great

Dont see a BP coming from this game somehow.

When is the last time Hogg actually got one of those kicks for club or country?

Really shouldn't waste the territory for him to kick just now.

I would change MacArthur and Pyrgos at half time, they have been very poor.

I also don't see what Swinson adds over Nakarawa.

Maitland the only one looking half dangerous for Glasgow.

Blunt stuff from Glasgow - Toulouse won't be overly concerned!

Not to worry, found one. Very hard to play in oppo 22 when the defending teams indiscretions at the breakdown are ignored. When will this end? Be nice to have the protection that others get sometime soon...

This one on a knife edge, neither side looked like scoring so far. It has been atrocious though and hopefully that will allow things to open up a bit in the second half. Who is going to have the biggest impact from the bench, 20-25 mins to go we need to get the Fijians on. One moment of magic could win this game!

The commentators are right, lets see the old Glasgow. The pressure does seem to have neutered them a bit at the moment. Still we are still very much in the game, it can be sorted out at half time.

Glasgow looks very hesitant with the ball...

This is a carbon copy of the game in Toulouse and i can see the similarities with the 2 games against the Blues last season, pretty poor stuff from Glasgow.

Time for the full McMatowalo?

TJ wrote:Time for the full McMatowalo?

We will see them sooner rather than later!

TJ wrote:Time for the full McMatowalo?

Certainly, also i would be quick to change Grant and MacArthur.

Glasgow needs a big, big second half.

Yikes. Need to be nailing those kicks Finn

Terrible stuff

Arse of a call from Barnes there. Tolouse clearly pushing early

These kicks are certainly costing Glasgow

Harley you are not Mccaw. You cant do that.

Glasgow really making a mess of this - Toulouse haven't done much yet 6 points ahead!

Seymour wtf!?!

You know that feeling when you can see a game slipping away...

This is pathetic, feel a bit let down by that "performance"

This has been poor, far too many mistakes to put any pressure on Toulouse.

Big kick for Weir

Not over yet. Opportunity to get after Toulouse now.

big, big call here

don't understand why Glasgow are kicking the penalty. Go for the jugular.....

Guess it takes the pressure off having to get a conversion. Tis a gamble though

doctor_grey wrote:don't understand why Glasgow are kicking the penalty.  Go for the jugular.....

Terrible decision to go for the kick, before the kick we needed a try, after the successful kick we still need a try for the win......

you just know there's a knock on coming

what a cluster Frak

To go for the 3 points was one of the most idiotic decisions I've seen in a while.

Totally headless at the end. To go from the opposition 22 to over your own dead ball line in a handful of phases...

Almost thought Medard was going to dot down and deny us anything

profitius wrote:To go for the 3 points was one of the most idiotic decisions I've seen in a while.

This.

Nakarawa and Matawalu probably came on 15 mins too late too.

Imperialbigdave wrote:Totally headless at the end. To go from the opposition 22 to over your own dead ball line in a handful of phases...

Agree. Shame. I think Toulouse was there for the taking. Just a few too many mistakes.