Glasgow Warriors v Zebre, 6 March

by **George Carlin** Mon 02 Mar 2015, 6:12 am

Glasgow Warriors v Zebre
Friday 6 March
KO: 19:35
Scotstoun Stadium

Live on ALBA/Nuvolari

Referee: Ian Davies (WRU, 27th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sam Grove-White, Mike Adamson (both SRU)
Citing Commissioner: Iain Goodall (SRU)
TMO: Iain Ramage (SRU)

A. Teams:

Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors v Zebre, 6 March Sophia10

Glasgow Warriors v Zebre, 6 March Sophia10

[tbc]

Zebre
Glasgow Warriors v Zebre, 6 March Cateri10

[tbc]

B. Form - head to head:

5 Played 5
5 Wins 0
0 Losses 5
0 Draws 0
27 Tries 6
23 Conversions 6
3 Penalties 8
0 Drop Goals 0
190 Points 66
25 Avg. Age 26

C. Form:

Sun 15 February 2015
Zebre 10 - 54 Glasgow Warriors
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi

Sat 10 May 2014
Glasgow Warriors 54 - 0 Zebre
Scotstoun Stadium

Fri 27 September 2013
Zebre 17 - 24 Glasgow Warriors
Stadio XXV Aprile

by funnyExiledScot Mon 02 Mar 2015, 7:59 am

Looking purely at the pictures I'd say Zebre by 10.

by 21st Century Schizoid Man Mon 02 Mar 2015, 5:43 pm

Wonder who, in the refereeing triumverate of pure idiocy, we get in the middle - Clancy, Lacey or Fitzgibbon? Although there is a new incompetent on the block - Conway. Might be him? Nothing surer than whoever it is will be from the IRFU and they will utterly feckin useless ! mad

by **George Carlin** Tue 03 Mar 2015, 6:25 am

Finn Russell, Peter Horne, Sean Lamont, Tommy Seymour, Ryan Grant, Rob Harley and Tim Swinson have all returned to the club and are available for selection, with Adam Ashe and Alex Allan also cleared to play.

Very lucky that (with respect) Zebre is the opposition just before the holiday lay-off. An absolute horsing is a pre-requisite - if we don't get the TBP by half time, then serious questions need to be asked.

Russell needs the game time, as do Seymour and Grant. Harley probably needs resting given his relatively insipid performances for the national side.

by MacKnocked-on Tue 03 Mar 2015, 8:51 am

What's happening with Maitland, is he still injured?

by EWT Spoons Tue 03 Mar 2015, 8:57 am

back in training apparently, could play in this game according to the Hootsman.

by **George Carlin** Tue 03 Mar 2015, 8:58 am

MacKnocked-on wrote:What's happening with Maitland, is he still injured?

Formally listed as having a fecked shoulder (technical, medical term) on the Munster team annoucement.
Worried about him and Mr Cusack.

by EWT Spoons Tue 03 Mar 2015, 9:01 am

George Carlin wrote:
MacKnocked-on wrote:What's happening with Maitland, is he still injured?

Formally listed as having a fecked shoulder (technical, medical term) on the Munster team annoucement.
Worried about him and Mr Cusack.

I assume the team announcement is more accurate than the Scotsman, this is what Stuart Bathgate wrote for them

Maitland is back in training this week, and could figure in his team’s home league game against Zebre on Friday evening

article I took that quote from

by MacKnocked-on Tue 03 Mar 2015, 9:21 am

Certainly hoping Maitland will be back very soon, didn't seem to be any indication of his injury being so serious to have kept him out so long. We really need him back for Scotland as well as Glasgow asap.
Also from what I'm reading online it would appear that Kevin Locke doesn't fancy making the switch to union despite the SRU believing he did, apparently some very angry people at Murrayfield as a result.
To be fair to Locke, if he had watched the Italy game before making his mind up then you can't really be surprised by his decision.

by funnyExiledScot Tue 03 Mar 2015, 9:35 am

George Carlin wrote:Finn Russell, Peter Horne, Sean Lamont, Tommy Seymour, Ryan Grant, Rob Harley and Tim Swinson have all returned to the club and are available for selection, with Adam Ashe and Alex Allan also cleared to play.

Very lucky that (with respect) Zebre is the opposition just before the holiday lay-off. An absolute horsing is a pre-requisite - if we don't get the TBP by half time, then serious questions need to be asked.

Russell needs the game time, as do Seymour and Grant. Harley probably needs resting given his relatively insipid performances for the national side.

Agreed, plus Strauss and Ashe could use the gametime coming back from injury.

TBP required here for Glasgow.

by Weegie Wizard Tue 03 Mar 2015, 11:00 am

To be honest this game cannot come soon enough after last weekend's (and probably next weekend's) disaster.

I agree Harley needs a rest after possibly being rushed back from injury but I presume Toonie intends to play him or else why get him back from the squad? Apart from him, I do think we should be trying to play as many of the returning internationals as possible so they remember what it is like to win.

Maitland, Ashe and Russell should be the first names down. Maitland needs to start at Twicks so we should look for at least an hour from him in this game and repeatedly give him the ball 5 yards from the line so he can score a try.

A likely back line of something like Niko, Russell, Horne, Vernon, Maitland, Seymour & Murchie with Price, Lyle & Lamont on the bench should be enough for a bonus point.

by funnyExiledScot Tue 03 Mar 2015, 11:06 am

To be honest I'd go with Lyle at 12 ahead of Horne, and possibly Lamont at 13.

Isn't Horne injured anyway.....

by tigertattie Tue 03 Mar 2015, 11:18 am

Isn't Horne still laying out on the pitch at Murrayfield as no one has gone over to help him off yet???

by funnyExiledScot Tue 03 Mar 2015, 11:31 am

tigertattie wrote:Isn't Horne still laying out on the pitch at Murrayfield as no one has gone over to help him off yet???

by jimbopip Tue 03 Mar 2015, 11:59 am

Is Henners still injured? I'd rather see him in the 23 for Twickers than Frodo (is it possible for cp10 the statman to tell us whether Frodo is actually slower than Fes buying a round or are we all just imagining it?).
9.Henners
10. Dancer
11.NoMaits
12. Lyle (Dunbar needs a rest before singlehandedly destroying England next week)
13. Richie Vee ( angel

needs a rest before singlehandedly destroying England next week)
14. Selkirk Pixie/ Hughes ( Seymour needs a rest before singlehandedly destroying England next week)
15. Murchie ( Guess why Hogg needs a rest)

That should be strong enough to subdue the Zebre. Although if Furra Linee is fit I would like to see him come on after 60 mins as Saturday was not his fault: even if he had found touch our second 40 was not acceptable.
The pack is down to bare bones, again, and Toonie will have to balance the need for a win with the need to rest players like Ickle Jonny. ( N.B. there are no players like Ickle Jonny. He will single handedly destroy the English pack next week)
I won't even try to predict what the Tombola will throw out for 1-8 on Friday.

by **George Carlin** Tue 03 Mar 2015, 12:07 pm

Makes Naka and R Wilsons' self-imposed exiles all the more annoying.
A lot of guys have played a lot of rugby and they need to be managed.
Toonie is good at this, however.

Incidentally, I have read that a lot of the guys who don't normally play like Spinks and Braid played both well and bravely against Munster. Want to comment that this kind of thing makes my day and is a credit to the club.

by funnyExiledScot Tue 03 Mar 2015, 12:16 pm

George Carlin wrote:Makes Naka and R Wilsons' self-imposed exiles all the more annoying.
A lot of guys have played a lot of rugby and they need to be managed.
Toonie is good at this, however.

Incidentally, I have read that a lot of the guys who don't normally play like Spinks and Braid played both well and bravely against Munster. Want to comment that this kind of thing makes my day and is a credit to the club.

You can add Lyle to that as well, who has been really steady since being given his chance. Nothing flash, but good basics and workrate.

by **George Carlin** Tue 03 Mar 2015, 3:19 pm

Ian Davies with the whistle - fine by me as he is expressly not Paterson, Clownshoes or the Gibbon.

by demosthenes Thu 05 Mar 2015, 12:06 pm

Glasgow team:

Murchie, Jones, Lamont, Braid, Van der Merwe; Horne, Matawalu; Grant, Bryce, de Klerk, Harley, Kellock, Ashe, Fusaro, Strauss.

Bemch : Hall, Allan, Fagerson, Eddie, Bordill, Price, Vernon, Bryce.

Disappointed to see Strauss - I think he needs a rest!

by Nematode Thu 05 Mar 2015, 12:07 pm

Why play Ashe at 6 and Struass at 8, and not the other way around Headscratch

by demosthenes Thu 05 Mar 2015, 12:10 pm

Nematode wrote:Why play Ashe at 6 and Struass at 8, and not the other way around

VC 'instructions' ?

by **BigGee** Thu 05 Mar 2015, 12:14 pm

A pretty strong Glasgow team all things considered, should be more than enough for Zebre, but I said the same thing about Italy last week!

I would expect most of the likely Scotland squad players will get pulled at around the half time mark, that is what happened to the ones given back to Edinburgh the other week.

I guess with our weakness in the second row now, we may see a bit more of Harley there between now and the end of the season.

by **BigGee** Thu 05 Mar 2015, 12:17 pm

demosthenes wrote:
Nematode wrote:Why play Ashe at 6 and Struass at 8, and not the other way around

VC 'instructions' ?

You may well find that they mix and match a bit to keep them guessing. If Ashe is really in the frame for next week, then I doubt he will play the whole game anyway, even though he probably needs the miles. More likely he will bench and Dents will start.

by Nematode Thu 05 Mar 2015, 12:24 pm

Harley in the SR might do him some good. Might get him carrying more.

by jimbopip Thu 05 Mar 2015, 12:25 pm

Glasgow Warriors team to play Zebre, GUINNESS PRO12, Scotstoun Stadium, Friday 6 March (kick-off 7.35pm) – live on BBC ALBA:

15. Peter Murchie
14. Lee Jones
13. Sean Lamont
12. Connor Braid
11. DTH van der Merwe
10. Peter Horne
9. Niko Matawalu

1. Ryan Grant
2. Kevin Bryce
3. Rossouw de Klerk
4. Rob Harley
5. Al Kellock (Captain)
6. Adam Ashe
7. Chris Fusaro
8. Josh Strauss

Replacements:

16. Dougie Hall
17. Alex Allan
18. Zander Fagerson
19. James Eddie
20. Will Bordill
21. Ali Price
22. Richie Vernon
23. Glenn Bryce

Not available due to injury: Mike Cusack (foot), Tyrone Holmes (knee), Pat MacArthur (head), Sean Maitland (shoulder), Henry Pyrgos (knee), Gordon Reid (knee), Duncan Weir (arm) and Jon Welsh (hand).

Cornrow Braid and Schlong at centres. What odds would you have got on that a month ago?
Looks like Henners has no chance of making the England game: his World Cup hopes could be looking slimmer by the day.
Big Al, Rob Harley and Jedi our three locks. Not ideal really. Our front and back rows, however, look good.
We have two centres on the bench so it could be musical chairs behind the scrum if anyone gets injured. But that's where Richie V will show his genius.
I still think the Tombola has produced a winning hand. 5points Glasgow.

by funnyExiledScot Thu 05 Mar 2015, 1:28 pm

I'd have Strauss and Ashe the other way around, but otherwise it's a decent team that ought to deliver 5 points against Zebre.

Big game for Bryce. By my reckoning the 3rd hooker slot for the World Cup is wide open.

by **George Carlin** Thu 05 Mar 2015, 1:30 pm

Return of the Fozzymonster. Good to see.

by funnyExiledScot Thu 05 Mar 2015, 1:55 pm

Yes, Fusaro will be champing at the bit for some rugby. He's seem himself drop behind Cowan, Watson and Blake, and will surely want to get some form for the end of season run in.

by jimbopip Thu 05 Mar 2015, 2:31 pm

Yes, Bluto, Arthur and Fozzie is a very good back row. We may even see that taking the field in the World Cup. Fingers Crossed

9, 10, 12, MadMata, Furra Linee and Cornrow. Looks to have pace and creativity. Then the ball gets to Schlong at 13. Shocked

Will the wingers see the ball? Will we actually be hoping for the appearance of Richie V and his much lauded distribution skills?
On the man management side the Tombola has done well sticking by FurraLinee, it would have been easy to play Cornrow but as a fly half Toonie probably knows how damaging it can be to be blamed for a defeat. Either that or he's a Tammy Winnette fan.

by 21st Century Schizoid Man Thu 05 Mar 2015, 9:32 pm

Great to see Fozzy back - hopefully get right back on it where he left off. Way better bs than Cowan and gives away much less penalties. Braid looks useful -lovely lay off for De Klerk last week - and he kicks well too. Messed about a wee bit by Scottish but he's back now and rightly in he side. Great that Toonie has kept faith with Pete Horne. We need a 5er but I hope they don't come out and try to do it in the first 10 mins as has happened before. Win the game first, then see what happens Yahoo

by **RDW** Fri 06 Mar 2015, 7:45 pm

What's happened to the pitch?? That almost looks dangerous!

by cakeordeath Fri 06 Mar 2015, 7:57 pm

Um...not sure that was a try

by Scottish White Line Fever Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:01 pm

Was any reason given for Ashe dropping out? Hopefully it's not a re-occurrence of his injury, but at least it gives Harley some more game time at 6 rather than lock I guess. Referee has been pretty spot on so far, the second incident by the Zebre scrum half wasn't as bad as the first, but the first one probably deserved a yellow on its own, especially as there were two Zebre players raking away on Kellock.

by Scottish White Line Fever Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:04 pm

Great try by Bryce!

by GLove39 Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:06 pm

The mad Fijian is in fine fettle tonight

by **RDW** Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:07 pm

Plenty good hookers in Glasgow and Edinburgh just now!

by tigertattie Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:10 pm

Someone in scotland needs to learn how to stop a maul

by Scottish White Line Fever Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:15 pm

Zebre's discipline is appalling...

by GLove39 Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:18 pm

This is very therapeutic

by **RDW** Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:22 pm

Absolutely.

It's a shame Glasgow are so decimated by injuries - we could do with Harley being subbed off soon.

by Eejit Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:23 pm

Gosh, I think we might just pip this one.

by Scottish White Line Fever Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:25 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Absolutely.

It's a shame Glasgow are so decimated by injuries - we could do with Harley being subbed off soon.

Agreed, but the game should be secure now barring a miracle for Zebre so might as well get Harley off now - plus Glasgow may be under orders to only play Harley for 40 minutes anyway.

by **George Carlin** Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:31 pm

George Carlin wrote:Finn Russell, Peter Horne, Sean Lamont, Tommy Seymour, Ryan Grant, Rob Harley and Tim Swinson have all returned to the club and are available for selection, with Adam Ashe and Alex Allan also cleared to play.

Very lucky that (with respect) Zebre is the opposition just before the holiday lay-off. An absolute horsing is a pre-requisite - if we don't get the TBP by half time, then serious questions need to be asked.

by Manky-Flanker Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:36 pm

Anyone else seeing Connor Braid with the head bandage on and confusing him with Rob Harley? censored

by GLove39 Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:39 pm

Glad to see the ref pull up Strauss for the round the neck challenge. Far too much of that goes unpunished

by GLove39 Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:40 pm

Manky-Flanker wrote:Anyone else seeing Connor Braid with the head bandage on and confusing him with Rob Harley?

Trying to say we all look the same..! warning

by Scottish White Line Fever Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:45 pm

With Kellock going off injured, the decision to let Tom Ryder leave is getting more and more misguided... Although to be fair, it would have been difficult to predict this number of unavailable second rows!

by Manky-Flanker Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:51 pm

GLove39 wrote:
Manky-Flanker wrote:Anyone else seeing Connor Braid with the head bandage on and confusing him with Rob Harley?

Trying to say we all look the same..!

no no no, more like head bandages all look the same kiss

by **RDW** Fri 06 Mar 2015, 8:52 pm

luckily for Glasgow the Scotland players will be back for the next game!

by **RDW** Fri 06 Mar 2015, 9:02 pm

Have Glasgow even had the ball this half?

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