Scarlets v Glasgow Warriors, 5 October

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Scarlets v Glasgow Warriors
 
Saturday 5 October 2013, KO: 18:30
Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
 
Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini (FIR, 8th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Chris Williams, Phil Fear (both WRU)
Citing Commissioner: Ray Wilton (WRU)
TMO: Tim Hayes (WRU)
 
LIVE on S4C/BBC ALBA
 
A. Teams:
 
I. Scarlets


15 Liam Williams
14 Nick Reynolds
13 Jon Davies (c)
12 Gareth Maule
11 Jordan Williams
10 Rhys Priestland
9 Rhodri Williams

1 Phil John
2 Ken Owens
3 Jacobie Adriaanse
4 George Earle
5 Joe Snyman
6 Josh Turnbull
7 John Barclay
8 Rob McCusker

Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Rob Evans, Rhodri Jones, Jake Ball, Aaron Shingler, Aled Davies, Steve Shingler, Adam Warren.

 
II. Glasgow


15. Sean Maitland
14. Niko Matawalu
13. Mark Bennett
12. Alex Dunbar
11. Sean Lamont
10. Duncan Weir
9. Chris Cusiter

1. Ryan Grant
2. Pat MacArthur
3. Moray Low
4. Tim Swinson
5. Al Kellock (Captain)
6. Robert Harley
7. Chris Fusaro
8. Richie Vernon

16. Fraser Brown
17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa
18. Jon Welsh
19. James Eddie
20. Adam Ashe
21. Scott Wight
22. Gabriel Ascarate
23. DTH van der Merwe
 
B. Form - head to head:
 
22 Played 22
12 Wins 10
10 Losses 12
0 Draws 0
61 Tries 58
30 Conversions 41
56 Penalties 50
1 Drop Goals 2
536 Points 528
24 Avg. Age 25
 
C. Form - last season:
 
Friday 7 September 2012, 19:35: Scotstoun
Glasgow Warriors 13 - 18 Scarlets
 
Friday 12 April 2013, 19:05:Parc y Scarlets
Scarlets 29 - 6 Glasgow Warriors
 
D. Glasgow fans lexicon:
 
Alphabetty Spaghetti - D.T.H. van der Merwe, wing
Angel - Gabriel Ascarate, centre
Angela - Jon Welsh, prop
Barry - Byron McGuigan, wing
Big Boab - (see Ginger Tackle Monster, the)
Big Mike - (see Coo, the)
Big Naka - Leone Nakarawa, lock/loosie
Bluto - Josh Strauss, loosie/no.8
Centre, the - (see Lesser Messiah, the)
Coo, the - Michael Cusack, prop
Cooseetah - (see Cus)
Cus - Chris Cusiter, scrum half
DTH - (see Alphabetty Spaghetti)
Flippy - (see Toonie)
Fozzy - Christopher Fusaro, loosie
Furra Lineeeee - Peter Horne, centre
Ginger Tackle Monster, the - Rob Harley, loosie
Guns - Tim Swinson, lock
Henners - Henry Pyrgos, scrum half
Hoggy - Stuart Hogg, full back/wing/centre
Ickle Jon - Jonny Gray, lock
Jedi - James Eddie, loosie
Lesser Messiah, the - Richie Vernon, loosie/no.8
Mark of Nazareth - (see Messiah, the)
Meatball, the - Duncan Weir, fly half
Messiah, the/  - Mark Bennett, centre
Niko - Nikola Matawalu, scrum half
Niko's Mate - Jerry Yanuyanutawa, prop
No Maits - Sean Maitland, wing
Rhubarb - Ruaridh Jackson, fly half
Ruck Inspector, the - Alastair Kellock, lock
Schlong - Sean Lamont, centre/wing
Sherlock - Tyrone Holmes, loosie
Shrek - Gordon Reid, prop
Toonie - Gregor Peter John Townsend MBE, head coach
Wee P - Pat MacArthur, hooker
Weegie from Fiji, the - (see Niko)
 
Now that we've beaten Leinster and Ulster, could Scarlets correctly be described as Glasgow's bogey team?
 
I think that the only other side which beat us home and away last season was Leinster.

Come on Glasgow

Nice start for Glasgow! All from Niko, he adds so much to the Glasgow side.

Anyone have a link?

BBC Alba

Sadly need international one, otherwise Alba would be fine

Never a penalty, his lifters dropped him

Penalised for competing at the lineout?  

Blatant offside by the Scarlets number 8 at that maul a metre out from their try line and we don't get a penalty?  

Is this the same ref as the Leinster vs Blues game last week, because he was p!sh then

Wonder who lobbed the ball at the ref?

Grant is being dicked at scrumtime.

Glasgow's scrum is struggling a bit

got link !

Scrum literally destroyed here.

I predict a yellow card for Grant

Glasgow getting bum raped in scrums today

try surely

Looks like another try. In front of the ref. don't know why he feels the need to go to the TMO. Happened less than a metere from him!

Crap at the restarts!

Glasgow need to get their scrum sorted and the ref/linesman need to start calling the Scarlet's lineout not straight

this ref is pretty crap.

Where'd they find this ref? Did he win a whilste in his cereal packet this morning?

This ref is a joke.

This Ref is dire

Can't blame the ref for the Glasgow scrum being under that much pressure.

Ref is a total dick

RESTARTS !!!!  

Manky-Flanker wrote:Can't blame the ref for the Glasgow scrum being under that much pressure.

True, but when we got the nudge on and shunted up them back we got penalised. Just now we shunt them back, Scarlets collapse, nothing given, scrum to the Scarlets.

Equally competing at the lineout we've been penalised.

This ref was just itching to give Glasgow a yellow

That is a terrible call from the ref.

that should have been penalty glasgow holding on. v obviuos. not yellow card !

So we're not allowed to compete at the lineouts or the ruck according to this utter muppet of a ref

Never a yellow!

This ref is spoiling this game. Honestly the rabo needs to sort this sh!t out

And oooft, if Niko caught that he'd have been away

already added new topic about dodgy refs. go add comments at leasure ..

never a straight put in, justice done

does this ref know what offside is ?

Right I am going to stop moaning about the ref.

Come on Glasgow it's 15 vs 16. ohhhh wait a minute

stop moaning about the ref. Who do you think you are?

Right, time to sharpen up. Stop playing the game in our half and lets try and limit the impact this imbecile can have on the game.

Williams'  

Robbed by the touch judge. DTH got that ball away, potential try gone a begging

Utterly pathetic, Davis does a quick drop out on his own 22, knocks on and the ref ignores it.      

Stop whining about the ref please. Its unseemly for a Scot.

He is pretty bad though...and I'm technically a neutral!

I am unable to watch this so am following on live text. Has the refereeing really been as light speed bonkers as all that? I'm not suggesting that it hasn't, like, I'm just asking.

Stop whining about us whining will you. Who do you think you are?  

19-15 at Thomond. Very, very close.

I'm sorry, been a rubbish day so far, and the guy tonight has just really got under my skin. He's ignored countless Scarlet infringements, whilst dreaming up things to penalise for us for.

Having said that we haven't helped ourselvles with hoofing it out on the full like that.