Glasgow Warriors v Ulster Rugby, 16 May

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Glasgow Warriors v Ulster Rugby
Saturday 16 May 2015
KO: 15:00
Chateau Soapdodger, Glasgow

Live on Sky Sports

Referee: Ian Davies (WRU, 31st competition game)
Assistant Referees: Neil Paterson, Sam Grove-White (both SRU)
Citing Commissioner: Paul Minto (SRU)
TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)

A. Head to Head

25 Played 25
11 Wins 13
13 Losses 11
1 Draws 1
40 Tries 46
28 Conversions 31
62 Penalties 65
6 Drop Goals 0
460 Points 487
26 Avg. Age 27

B. Form

Sat 11 Oct 2014 - Ulster Rugby 29 - 9 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 18 Apr 2014 - Glasgow Warriors 27 - 9 Ulster Rugby

Fri 13 Sep 2013 - Ulster Rugby 12 - 13 Glasgow Warriors

C. Teams

Glasgow Warriors

15. Stuart Hogg
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Richie Vernon
12. Peter Horne
11. Sean Lamont
10. Finn Russell
9. Niko Matawalu

1. Ryan Grant  
2. Dougie Hall
3. Rossouw de Klerk
4. Jonny Gray
5. Al Kellock (Captain)
6. Josh Strauss
7. Chris Fusaro
8. Adam Ashe

16. Pat MacArthur
17. Gordon Reid
18. Mike Cusack
19. Leone Nakarawa
20. Ryan Wilson
21. Henry Pyrgos
22. Duncan Weir
23. Peter Murchie

Ulster Rugby

(15-9): L Ludik; R Scholes, S Arnold, S McCloskey, M Allen, I Humphreys, P Marshall;

(1-8): A Warwick, R Herring, R Lutton, L Stevenson, F van der Merwe, C Ross, C Henry (C), R Diack

Replacements (16-23): R Best, K McCall, B Ross, I Henderson, R Wilson, R Pienaar, P Jackson, T Bowe.

ME-109 wrote:Wow touchy up north are we. What do you want me to say..well done Ulster for not looking to get a home semi or just hope for the best against Glasgow away. Good luck with that. To be honest winning against Ulster in Satsuma park in the final would be much more enjoyable...

No I'm not touchy. You're the one behaving like a stroppy brat.

I know you know enough about the game and understand well enough why it wouldn't make sense going all guns blazing for a win from the beginning today. We were obviously looking to win if a win bought us the home semi. Otherwise why stack the bench in the way we did. A few of our key players are either knackered or injured, or Knackered and injured, Pienaar for example, and it would have been stupid to start them if we weren't going to get the home semi regardless win or lose.

Another point, I didn't hear too many Munster fans crying their eyes out when Ulster sent a thirds team down to you last season. The same thirds that beat you!

Munchkin - It's understandable that Munster don't want to face Ulster at the Kingspan, and they need to try to get back to being the second province again. If they don't win the Pro12 they could have no more than maybe six players in the 31 man RWC squad and that would be very poor for Foley's credibility.

I would have though Munster supporters should have been thanking Connacht for giving them a home semi rather than worrying about any other results?

Good news is that Sam Arnold looks physically ready for this level. The offloads and understanding will come. All in all we should be able to (at the very least) field a XV of

Black
Herring ( if he signs)
Herbst
VDM
O'Connor
Diack
Faloon
Wilson
Marshall
IHumph/new guy I can't remember
One of Trimble or Gilroy
Marshall
Arnold
Scholes
Ludik 

That's not bad and that's with nearly every borderline ulster player getting the nod which won't happen.

It was noticeable how unnoticeable Arnold was yesterday! For a guy making his first start in such a high profile game he slotted in perfectly. He is certainly physically ready and reminds me a lot of Jonathan Davies.

All this crap with fielding weaker sides is utter baws. Look who we had missing yesterday. We will smash Ulster on Friday and set up a Glasgow v Ospreys final in Belfast. Suftums drowned out (sometimes almost literally )at every opportunity yesterday as well. Best bits was to see their 9 used as a wee (very) speed bump on our way to the try line. Usual excellence from Johnny and Josh. Adam Ashe is a class act in the making - great performance. Hoggy and Finn terrific. And what about the V -Man and that try - thanks big chap. Ryan Wilson looks ready to play as well.

Blast out Biffy's The Captain for Big Al next week Mr Bomphrys

You fully deserved your win yesterday. We didn't start our strongest possible 15, but we weren't incredibly weak either. The guys did well holding on until Glasgow sprang to life from that first Hogg try, and an excellent individual effort it was too.
You might beat us next week, I don't think you will, but you won't smash us. If you are to beat us I think you will have to offer more in attack than you did yesterday. On the other hand, if we are to come away with a win we will need to sort out those silly errors and poor discipline. Missing both Van der Merwe and Herbst would be a big blow for us. Hoping that we can get at least one of the two back. Not that we can't beat you without them