Glasgow Warriors
Full name | Glasgow Warriors | ||
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Founded |
amateur 1872 professional 1996[1] | ||
Location | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Ground(s) | Scotstoun Stadium (Capacity: 7,351[2] using additional temporary seating) | ||
Chairman | Charles Shaw | ||
Coach(es) | Gregor Townsend | ||
Captain(s) |
Jonny Gray Henry Pyrgos | ||
Most caps | Graeme Morrison (176) | ||
Top scorer | Tommy Hayes (1131) | ||
Most tries | D.T.H. van der Merwe (31) | ||
League(s) | Guinness Pro12 | ||
2015–16 | 3rd | ||
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Current season |
Glasgow Warriors are one of the two professional rugby teams from Scotland. The team plays in the Pro12 and the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments along with its oldest rivals, Edinburgh Rugby. The Glasgow Warriors team plays its home games at Scotstoun Stadium.[3][4] In May 2015 they won the Pro12 title and became the first Scottish team to win a major trophy in rugby union's professional era.[5]
History
Glasgow Warriors are a continuation of the amateur Glasgow District side founded in 1872.
For the history of Glasgow as an amateur district side see:
Reshaped as a professional club in 1996, Glasgow Warriors were originally known as Glasgow Rugby before rebranding as Glasgow Caledonians in 1998 by a merger with the Caledonian Reds. They dropped the Caledonians to become Glasgow Rugby in 2001 again and finally rebranded as the Glasgow Warriors in 2005.
Originally based at Hughenden till 2007, the Warriors moved to Firhill in 2007–08 season (with a brief sojourn there also in 2005–06.) In the summer of 2012 Glasgow Warriors moved from Firhill to Scotstoun, which had previously been the club's training base.[6]
District Sides
Scotland had four District Sides:- North and Midlands; South; Glasgow District and Edinburgh District. Glasgow and Edinburgh were formed in 1872 and played the world's first ever inter-district match in that year.[7] The professional sides Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby are a continuation of these district sides and to mark the world's oldest derby they play for the 1872 Cup every year (since season 2007–08; when the collapse of the Border Reivers left Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby as Scotland's only two professional teams).
The district sides capped the best amateur players from their area's club sides to play inter-district matches and matches against touring sides. Unlike the Scottish clubs (and Ireland's provincial sides), the Scottish district sides had no settled home and were not members of their Rugby Union.[7] This meant when Scottish rugby embraced professionalism it was not clear if a model based on districts or clubs would be used.
Professional model: Club or District
It was not clear which route professionalism would go in Scotland. This created a turbulent start for professionalism in Scotland and left Scotland far behind fast-embracing Ireland in the set up of its professional structure. The first season of the Heineken Cup in 1995–96 was run without any Scottish teams in European competition.
An EGM was held by the SRU for its member clubs to debate the matter and try and settle the issue on the 8 February 1996. The SRU management was in favour of districts and its Vice-President Fred McLeod and Jim Telfer argued for the proposal. In favour of the clubs to be represented in Europe were former Scotland internationalists Gavin Hastings and Keith Robertson. Critically a speech from the floor from Brian Simmers of Glasgow Academicals – arguing that Hastings and Robertson didn't have the best interests of Scottish rugby at heart and they were arguing only for their own clubs – swung the debate and the District model won by 178 to 24.[7]
The four amateur district teams Glasgow, Edinburgh, South of Scotland and North and Midlands were to become the professional sides Glasgow Warriors, Edinburgh Rugby, Border Reivers and the Caledonia Reds.
Formation of Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Rugby was created in 1996 to compete in the Heineken Cup, because the Scottish Rugby Union did not think that Scottish club sides would be able to compete against the best teams from France and England.[8] Glasgow, however, did not compete in the Heineken Cup until the 1997–98 season.
Glasgow and the other three Scottish districts competed in the Scottish Inter-District Championship to determine their European Qualifying; the leagues positions determining whether they entered the Heineken Cup or the Challenge Cup.
Merger with Caledonia Reds
Because of the SRU's high debt, partly as a result of the redevelopment of Murrayfield there was a recognised need for further reorganisation. After two seasons, Glasgow merged with the Caledonia Reds to form a team that would be known as Glasgow Caledonians.[9]
The forced merger came just after Glasgow had shown some signs of progress by qualifying for the Heineken Cup quarter-final play-offs, in which they suffered their heaviest defeat (90–19) to Leicester Tigers.[10] The intention was that the combined strength of the new teams would build on such modest progress and initially some very successful results were achieved, including a 1999 win against Leicester (30–17), but overall the team lacked consistency.
Celtic League formation
Concerns about attendances at games became a concern again at the time of the 1999 World Cup, by which time a Welsh-Scottish League had been announced. In essence, this would be the Welsh Premier Division augmented by the two Scottish sides.[11]
The 'Caledonian' label was dropped at the start of the 2001–02 season, with the team name becoming once again Glasgow Rugby.[12]
The Celtic League began in the autumn of 2001 with the addition of the four Irish provincial teams; Glasgow reached the semi-finals of the inaugural competition, but struggled thereafter.
In 2004–05 Glasgow had been fifth in the Celtic League, the best placing of the three Scottish teams that existed at that time.[13]
Starting with the 2005–06 season, the team was again rebranded, this time as the Glasgow Warriors.[8]
Pro12
The Celtic League was rebranded as the Pro12 league in season 2011–12. This was to better reflect the entry of the Italian sides into the Celtic League.
The Pro12 league format has a top four play-off system to decide the champions.
Since the Pro12 started in season 2011–12, Glasgow Warriors are the only team that have made the play-offs in every year.
Records and Achievements
For Amateur era see:
Honours
- Pro12
- 1872 Cup (founded 2007–08)
- Winners: 6 (2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14)
- Melrose 7s
- Winners: 2 (2014, 2015)
Season standings
Competing as Glasgow Warriors unless stated.
Competing as ᵜ Glasgow Rugby.
Competing as ᵝ Glasgow Caledonian Reds.
League competitions
Scottish Inter-District Championship | Welsh-Scottish League | Celtic League | Pro12 |
Season Pos Pld W D L F A +/- BP Pts Notes 1996–97 ᵜ 2nd 3 2 0 1 63 51 +12 - 4 1997–98 ᵜ 2nd 3 2 0 1 66 29 +37 - 4 (second on tries scored) 1998–99 ᵝ 2nd 3 1 0 2 32 97 -65 - 2 (Edinburgh won Tri-series 2-1) 1999–00 ᵝ 10th 22 8 1 13 488 621 -133 - 25 2000–01 ᵝ 7th 22 12 0 10 645 608 +37 - 36 2001–02 ᵜ 8th 20 8 1 11 475 527 -52 - 25 2001–02 ᵜ 3rd in Pool A 7 4 1 2 204 172 +32 - 13 (lost semi-final to Leinster) 2002–03 ᵜ 3rd 8 2 1 5 144 210 -66 1 11 2002–03 ᵜ 2nd in Pool B 7 5 0 2 216 166 +50 3 23 (lost quarter-final to Ulster) 2003–04 ᵜ 11th 22 6 1 15 442 614 -172 6 32 2004–05 ᵜ 6th 20 8 1 11 465 466 -1 11 45 2005–06 11th 22 5 0 15 371 439 -68 9 37 (All deemed + 2 games: 8 pts) 2006–07 7th 20 11 0 9 434 419 +15 5 49 2007–08 5th 18 10 1 7 340 349 -9 4 46 2008–09 7th 18 7 0 11 349 375 -26 9 37 2009–10 3rd 18 11 2 5 390 321 +69 3 51 (lost semi-final to Ospreys) 2010–11 11th 22 6 1 15 401 543 -142 7 33 2011–12 4th 22 13 4 5 445 321 +124 5 65 (lost semi-final to Leinster) 2012–13 3rd 22 16 0 6 541 324 +217 12 76 (lost semi-final to Leinster) 2013–14 2nd & RU 22 18 0 4 484 309 +175 7 79 (lost final to Leinster) 2014–15 1st & CH 22 16 1 5 540 360 +180 9 75 (defeated Munster in final) 2015–16 3rd 22 13 1 7 557 380 +177 14 72 (lost semi-final to Connacht)
European competitions
European Challenge Cup | Heineken Cup / European Champions Cup |
Season Pos Pld W D L F A +/- BP Pts Notes 1996–97 ᵜ 5th in Pool A 5 1 0 4 113 202 -89 - 2 1997–98 ᵜ 2nd in Pool 2 6 3 0 3 132 167 -35 - 6 (lost Qtr-Final play-off to Leicester Tigers) 1998–99 ᵝ 4th in Pool 4 6 2 0 4 121 187 -66 - 4 1999–00 ᵝ 3rd in Pool 1 6 2 0 4 130 179 -49 - 4 2000–01 ᵝ 4th in Pool 6 6 1 0 5 137 227 -90 - 2 2001–02 ᵜ 3rd in Pool 5 6 2 1 3 126 198 -72 - 5 2002–03 ᵜ 3rd in Pool 3 6 2 0 4 86 185 -99 - 4 2003–04 ᵜ 2nd round 4 3 0 1 107 66 +41 - - (lost to Saracens on aggregate) 2004–05 ᵜ 4th in Pool 3 6 0 0 6 107 186 -79 2 2 2005–06 4th in Pool 5 6 1 0 5 131 190 -59 2 6 2006–07 2nd in Pool 2 6 4 1 1 204 72 +132 4 22 (lost to Saracens in Qtr-Final) 2007–08 3rd in Pool 4 6 3 0 3 130 127 +3 4 16 2008–09 3rd in Pool 5 6 2 0 4 134 150 -16 4 12 2009–10 3rd in Pool 2 6 2 0 4 120 140 -20 1 9 2010–11 3rd In Pool 6 6 3 0 3 116 141 -25 0 12 2011–12 2nd in Pool 3 6 2 1 3 131 190 -59 2 12 2012–13 4th in Pool 4 6 1 0 5 70 105 -35 2 6 2013–14 4th in Pool 2 6 2 0 4 98 130 -32 3 11 2014–15 3rd in Pool 4 6 3 0 3 108 84 +24 3 15 2015–16 3rd in Pool 3 6 3 0 3 114 96 +18 2 14
Finals Results
Pro12
Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
31 May 2014 | Leinster Rugby | 34–12 | Glasgow Warriors | RDS Arena, Dublin | 19,200 |
30 May 2015 | Glasgow Warriors | 31–13 | Munster Rugby | Kingspan Stadium, Belfast | 17,057 |
Partial list of games played against international opposition
For international games in amateur era see: Glasgow District
Competing as Glasgow Warriors unless stated.
Scores and results list Glasgow Warrior's points tally first.
Competing as ᵜ Glasgow Rugby.
Competing as ᵝ Glasgow Caledonian Reds.
Year | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tour |
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1998 | 10 November | South Africa | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow | Loss ᵝ | 9–62 | 1998 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland |
1998 | 18 November | Māori All Blacks | McDiarmid Park, Perth | Loss ᵝ | 15–53 | Preview Report |
1998 | 24 November | Fiji | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow | Win ᵝ | 41–22 | Preview Report |
1999 | 12 August | Uruguay A | Fletcher's Fields, Markham, Ontario | Win ᵝ | 68–8 | Report |
2006 | 13 November | Scotland U20 | Meggetland Sports Complex, Edinburgh | Win | 33-19 | Report |
2015 | 29 August | Canada | Graves-Oakley Memorial Park, Halifax [14] | Loss | 12–19 | 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches |
2016 | 30 August | Canada A | Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling | Win | 63–0 | Preview Report |
Current standings
Pro12
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Tries for | Tries against | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | |||||
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1 | Munster | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 267 | 129 | +138 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 37 | ||||
2 | Leinster | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 264 | 183 | +81 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 37 | ||||
2 | Ospreys | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 315 | 167 | +148 | 45 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 36 | ||||
4 | Scarlets | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 174 | +48 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 32 | ||||
5 | Ulster | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 146 | +46 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 28 | ||||
6 | Glasgow Warriors | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 223 | 199 | +24 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 27 | ||||
7 | Cardiff Blues | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 219 | 248 | −29 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 22 | ||||
8 | Connacht | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 176 | 190 | −14 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||
9 | Newport Gwent Dragons | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 170 | 237 | −67 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||
10 | Edinburgh | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 213 | 236 | −23 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||
11 | Zebre | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 118 | 253 | −135 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||||
12 | Benetton Treviso | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 125 | 342 | −217 | 14 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[15]
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Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places, and earn a place in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. |
European Champions Cup
Team |
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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Munster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Glasgow Warriors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Leicester Tigers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 59 | –19 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Racing 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 27 | –10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coaches & Management
Coaches
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Head Coach | Gregor Townsend | Scotland |
Assistant Coach | Matt Taylor | Scotland |
Assistant Coach | Kenny Murray | Scotland |
Assistant Coach | Dan McFarland | England |
Assistant Coach | Mike Blair | Scotland |
Elite Development Coach | Iain Monaghan | Scotland |
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach | Stuart Yule | Scotland |
Strength and Conditioning Coach | Thibault Giroud | France |
Management
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Chairman | Charles Shaw | Scotland |
Managing Director | Nathan Bombrys | USA |
Advisory Board Member | Walter Malcolm | Scotland |
Advisory Board Member | Paul Taylor | Scotland |
Advisory Board Member | Jim Preston | Scotland |
Advisory Board Member | Douglas McCrea | Scotland |
Advisory Board Member | Alan Lees | Scotland |
Scottish Rugby: Director of Commercial Operations, Communications and Public Affairs |
Dominic McKay | Scotland |
Current squad
- Internationally capped players in bold. Their nationality is fixed to international team (World Rugby regulations).
- Players qualified to play for Scotland on residency or dual nationality. *
- Nationality now fixed under World Rugby regulations by virtue of an 'A' cap or Sevens cap ⚓
- In all cases nationality shown is the country that the player represents in international rugby union.
Senior squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
Academy players
Scottish Rugby Academy players who have been assigned to a professional club are Stage 3 players.[16] The Stage 3 players assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2016-17 are below.
Academy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad.
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
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Notable former coaches & management
Former Head coaches
Coach | Period(s) |
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Lineen, SeanSean Lineen | 03/2006 – 06/2012 |
Campbell, HughHugh Campbell | 04/2003 – 03/2006 |
Searancke, KiwiKiwi Searancke | 06/2002 – 04/2003 |
Dixon, RichieRichie Dixon | 01/1999 – 06/2002 |
Robertson, KeithKeith Robertson | 11/1997 – 01/1999 |
Greene, KevinKevin Greene | 1996 – 11/1997 |
Former Assistant Coaches
Assistant Coach | Period(s) |
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Munro, ShadeShade Munro | 04/2003 – 06/2015 |
Mercer, GaryGary Mercer | 06/2005 – 06/2012 |
Lineen, SeanSean Lineen | 04/2003 – 03/2006 |
Anderson, SteveSteve Anderson | 06/2002 – 04/2003 |
Moffat, RobRob Moffat | 01/1999 – 06/2002 |
Macpherson, GordonGordon Macpherson | 1996 – 04/2003 |
Former Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers
Managing Director / CEO | Period(s) |
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Baillie, KennyKenny Baillie | 10/2009 – 09/2011 |
Riddoch, IanIan Riddoch | 07/2007 – 07/2009 |
Jordan, DavidDavid Jordan | 07/1997 – 01/2005 |
Notable former players
Former Club Captains
Club Captain | Period(s) |
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Kellock, AlAl Kellock | 2006 – 2015 |
Petrie, JonJon Petrie | 2004 – 2006 |
Mather, CameronCameron Mather | 2003 – 2004 |
Nicol, AndyAndy Nicol | 1999 – 2003 |
Bulloch, GordonGordon Bulloch | 1996 – 1999 |
The Centurions
Former players who have reached the 100 caps mark for Glasgow Warriors [17]
- Players not given a full senior international rugby union cap by their country under World Rugby rules. *
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British and Irish Lions from Glasgow Warriors
The following former Glasgow players, in addition to representing Scotland, have also represented the British and Irish Lions.
Scotland
The following (not previously listed above) former Glasgow players have represented Scotland at full international level.
Notable non-Scottish players
The following is a list of notable non-Scottish (not previously listed above) international representative former Glasgow players:
Argentina
Australia Bahamas Canada |
Cook Islands Fiji Georgia Ireland New Zealand |
Samoa Tonga USA Zimbabwe |
Notable also outside of rugby
The following is a list of notable (not previously listed above) former Glasgow players who have achieved notability in fields outwith rugby:
- Danny Ablett - Royal Navy Surgeon, Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan
- Joe Naufahu - Actor, Game of Thrones Season 6
- Gerwyn Price - Professional Darts Player, Professional Darts Corporation
Personnel honours and records
Celtic League Team of the Year
- 2006–07: Euan Murray (1)[18]
- 2007–08: no Glasgow Warriors represented (0)[18]
- 2008–09: no Glasgow Warriors represented (0)[18]
- 2009–10: Al Kellock, John Barclay, Dan Parks (3)[18]
- 2010–11: Richie Gray (1)[19]
Pro12 Team of the Year
- 2011–12: Jon Welsh, Tom Ryder, Duncan Weir (3)[19]
- 2012–13: Ryan Grant, Al Kellock, Nikola Matawalu, Stuart Hogg Glasgow Warriors players top representations (4)[20]
- 2013–14: Alex Dunbar (1)[21]
- 2014–15: Josh Strauss, Peter Horne, Tommy Seymour (3)[20]
- 2015–16: Leone Nakarawa (1)[22]
References
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- ↑ "Glasgow Warriors vs Leicester Tigers". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ↑ "New signing Byron looks to lord it at Scotstoun". Now Rugby. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ "Scottish rugby chiefs eye up Scotstoun Stadium for Tonga friendly". Daily Record. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ English, Tom. "Pro12 final: Glasgow Warriors 31–13 Munster". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ "Glasgow set up Leinster tie". Irish Independent. 5 May 2012.
- 1 2 3 Jim Telfer. Looking back... for once. ISBN 1-84596-062-9.
- 1 2 rugby.visitscotland.com. "Glasgow Warriors trivia". VisitScotland.com. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Neil Drysdale (26 October 2008). "Caledonia Reds history". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Tony Wallace (2 November 1997). "Leicester 90 – Glasgow 19". The Independent. London. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "Celtic League history". 188RugbyUnion. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "Scottish clubs renamed". BBC Sport. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "2004/05 Celtic League". Magners League. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "Halifax rugby turf deemed unsafe, international game forced to move". cbc.ca. 27 August 2015.
- ↑ Competition Rule 3.5 "Summary of Key Rules". Pro12. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academies".
- ↑ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/sites/default/files/editor/docs/gwst-1415_v2_lores.pdf
- 1 2 3 4 "2013 RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team Has Lions Flavour". pro12rugby.com.
- 1 2 "RaboDirect Pro12 Dream Team 2011/2012". therugbyblog.com.
- 1 2 "2013 RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team Has Lions Flavour". pro12rugby.com.
- ↑ "Pro12".
- ↑ http://www.pro12rugby.com/final/19739.php#PTKuADhSwAJIdzQh.97
External links
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- Official site
- Official Supporters club site – Blog site of The XVIth Warrior: Official Supporters club
- glasgowwarriors.com – an unofficial fan website
- Heineken Cup page