Glasgow Warriors v Zebre a Valentine's night special

Glasgow Warriors v Zebre
Friday 14th February 2020
Scotstoun Stadium
Glasgow

KO 19.35

Live on Premier Sport

Well what could be more romantic than taking your loved one to a chilly Scotstoun to see the mighty Warriors take on the Zebre. The counsellors and the divorce lawyers may well have a field day!

Hard to see anything other than a Glasgow 5 pointer here. Zebre have been playing a bit better this season, but shorn of their internationals, are going to struggle against Glasgow who can still get out a pretty strong side.

It will be interesting to see who Toonie releases back to DR foer this one, a few international squad players could maybe do with some game time. Hopefully we will see a team looking something like this:


1. Keeble
2. Turner
3. Nicol
4. Nakarawa
5. Davidson
6. Flockhart
7. Gordon
8. Fagerson M
9. Dobie (would really like to see him get a start and surely this is the match to try him out)
10. Horne P
11. VDM
12. McDowell
13. Grigg
14. Niko
15. Bryce

Subs:

Seuili
Dolokoto (about time we had a look at him)
Nuke (if he is fit, the new Argentinian if not)
Swinson
Vakalolama (again time to see what the fuss is about)
Horne G (could do with a run off the bench)
Jackson
Steyn

https://www.glasgowwarriors.org/fanzone/horne-ready-for-another-italian-job

Looks like Georgie will be playing, probably starting.

Valentines Night Special???
I toyed with surprising MrsPip with tickets for Scotstoun but an inate sense of self-preservation prevailed.
I did ask her if she wanted "a romantic surprise" this year.
She said , rather harshly I thought, "That's not romantic and you won't catch me that way again!"

jimbopip wrote:Valentines Night Special???
I toyed with surprising MrsPip with tickets for Scotstoun but an inate sense of self-preservation prevailed.
I did ask her if she wanted "a romantic surprise" this year.
She said , rather harshly I thought, "That's not romantic and you won't catch me that way again!"

Probably not worth risking the marriage and several precious and sensitive parts of your anatomy for the Zebre game Jim.

A wise choice I feel!

Glasgow fans are of course, hoping it might become a Valentine night massacre!

Nick Grigg has signed a 2 year extension at Scotstoun

Charlie Capp has gone on loan to Leicester Tigers while one of theirs comes north.

Argentina international prop Gaston Cortes also joined the club this week on a short-term loan deal from Leicester Tigers.

Looking good.

jimbopip wrote:Nick Grigg has signed a 2 year extension at Scotstoun

Charlie Capp has gone on loan to Leicester Tigers while one of theirs comes north.

Argentina international prop Gaston Cortes also joined the club this week on a short-term loan deal from Leicester Tigers.

Looking good.

I can't wait to see what nickname the collective 606 braintrust will bestow on this fella.

Great news about Grigg! He’s still got loads to give for Glasgow and probably Scotland too if injuries occur. Good he’ll still be in Scotland for next couple of years.

Eejit wrote:

jimbopip wrote:Nick Grigg has signed a 2 year extension at Scotstoun

Charlie Capp has gone on loan to Leicester Tigers while one of theirs comes north.

Argentina international prop Gaston Cortes also joined the club this week on a short-term loan deal from Leicester Tigers.

Looking good.

I can't wait to see what nickname the collective 606 braintrust will bestow on this fella.

why bother when he already has his own song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdgaSuAjII

Oh, and if he turns out to be half decent and each time he wins a scrum penalty, if the unwashed don't sing that each time, can they even call themselves warriors fans?

Are Grant Stewart and Seymour injured? When is Lee Jones back?

Imagine Harley, Gibbins (if fit) and Frisbee (if G Horne is not returned) will get the nods to start, sadly in the latter case. Tagive should be given a chance to start with Niko moving to the bench. Also where is Wilson?

On paper, Glasgow have a strong squad for this and really should be putting Zebre to the sword

tigertattie wrote:

Eejit wrote:

jimbopip wrote:Nick Grigg has signed a 2 year extension at Scotstoun

Charlie Capp has gone on loan to Leicester Tigers while one of theirs comes north.

Argentina international prop Gaston Cortes also joined the club this week on a short-term loan deal from Leicester Tigers.

Looking good.

I can't wait to see what nickname the collective 606 braintrust will bestow on this fella.

why bother when he already has his own song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdgaSuAjII

No one scrums like Gaston etc etc.

Eejit wrote:

tigertattie wrote:

Eejit wrote:

jimbopip wrote:Nick Grigg has signed a 2 year extension at Scotstoun

Charlie Capp has gone on loan to Leicester Tigers while one of theirs comes north.

Argentina international prop Gaston Cortes also joined the club this week on a short-term loan deal from Leicester Tigers.

Looking good.

I can't wait to see what nickname the collective 606 braintrust will bestow on this fella.

why bother when he already has his own song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdgaSuAjII

No one scrums like Gaston etc etc.

Has to be Eejit. I'm sure Jimbo and his cheerleading sqaud could get that going in the stands. If they don't I'll be hugely dissapointed.

It will make a nice change to hear some positive cheers from the warriors rampards instead of just booing the opposition and the ref.

Team up

1. Aki Seiuli (8)
2. George Turner (45)
3. Oli Kebble (45)
4. Rob Harley (227)
5. Leone Nakarawa (70)
6. Ryan Wilson (C) (165)
7. Tom Gordon (15)
8. Matt Fagerson (59)

9. George Horne (53)
10. Pete Horne (165)
11. DTH van der Merwe (122)
12. Stafford McDowall (19)
13. Nick Grigg (66)
14. Tommy Seymour (140)
15. Glenn Bryce (27)

Replacements

16. Mesu Dolokoto (0)
17. Alex Allan (100)
18. Adam Nicol (17)
19. Tim Swinson (133)
20. Chris Fusaro (176)
21. Jamie Dobie (5)
22. Ruaridh Jackson (160)
23. Kyle Steyn (24)

Not available due to injury: Adam Ashe (calf), Bruce Flockhart (back), Siua Halanukonuka (calf), Sean Kennedy (ankle), Johnny Matthews (ankle), Kiran McDonald (hip), Robbie Nairn (knee), D’arcy Rae (hand), Grant Stewart (back), Brandon Thomson (calf) and George Thornton (ankle)

Ginger tackle Monster = more appearances that the rest of the tight 5 combined.

Lord Safford of McDowell at 12. Where has he been all this time?

Big Ollie Keeble at TH, that's an interesting one and might be worth pervevering with if it works well.

BigGee wrote:Big Ollie Keeble at TH, that's an interesting one and might be worth pervevering with if it works well.

Pervevere (verb): to lose control of a motorised vehicle as a result of paying too much attention to scantily clad pedestrians rather than oncoming traffic.

Ollie at tight head is interesting: I think that the Fugitive and the One-Armed Man are still on the run. Oh, and Hector Nicol is still not to be trusted to start a game.

Equally interesting is the absence of The Quiet Fijian. If Toonie wants him in the 23 against Italy then a run out might have been a good idea, or possibly we are so short of back three options that he's wrapped in cotton wool at present. Mind you, it looks like  Seaman will be coming off the bench. Well, it is Valentine's Day.

We also get to see our new Fijian hooker, Dolokoto, off the bench. 5 ft 9 and 115 kg apparently! Solid would be the appropriate description I would imagine.

Dobie benches as well and I would imagine will get most of the second half. I should imagine the conditioners will have been working him hard since we last saw him and getting him a bit more ready for the man's world of monsters he is about to enter.

There are rumours that Toonie plans to take him on the summer tour as the 3rd SH, so we may well see a goof bit more of him over the next few weeks.

jimbopip wrote:

BigGee wrote:Big Ollie Keeble at TH, that's an interesting one and might be worth pervevering with if it works well.

Pervevere (verb): to lose control of a motorised vehicle as a result of paying too much attention to scantily clad pedestrians rather than oncoming traffic.

Ollie at tight head is interesting: I think that the Fugitive and the One-Armed Man are still on the run. Oh, and Hector Nicol is still not to be trusted to start a game.

Equally interesting is the absence of The Quiet Fijian. If Toonie wants him in the 23 against Italy then a run out might have been a good idea, or possibly we are so short of back three options that he's wrapped in cotton wool at present. Mind you, it looks like  Seaman will be coming off the bench. Well, it is Valentine's Day.

I'm not sure if BigGee wants to look on at a scantily clad Kebble, but hey, whatever flaots his boat!

I am half asleep after doing a night shift, I did not even notice that!

BigGee wrote:I am half asleep after doing a night shift, I did not even notice that!

Said the man who pervevered his vehicle into an oncoming milk float.

jimbopip wrote:

BigGee wrote:I am half asleep after doing a night shift, I did not even notice that!

Said the man who pervevered his vehicle into an oncoming  milk float.

while drooling over Ollie Kebblie in a thong

Glasgow, somewhat amazingly given the weather forecast, have got themselves a dry track.

Lets see what they can do with it.

Joy Neville on the whistle, she has been good from what I have seen of her.

Pete Horne starts his evening with a missed touch!

Hornito stings early!

You just can't stop him

Greta dummy from Grigg in the build up

And another one for Matt Fagerson, they went the length of the pitch in phases there

This could be a long night for Zebre

14-0 Glasgow

This is madness. Just what the doctor ordered after a few weeks of watching a Scotland team full of rubbish Edinburgh players.

Surely that’s a try.

Zebre pack put up a good fight there and get it over the line at the second attempts

14-7 Glasgow

Nakarawa seems to be able to pick up any pass, no matter how bad it is

That was a harsh call, Horne won that ball, but Zebre get the penalty

14-10 Glasgow

Zebre score a cracking try following a knock on at a line out and they take the lead

17'-14 Zebre

We have a got a game on

and Georgie scores another one from a good lineout maul, good response

Great offload from the deck from Turner as well

21-17 Glasgow at HT, with a gale behind us in the second half

Is George Horne playing his way into the starting SH spot here?

It certainly looks like it!

Munster Münster?

I think Furra Linee could have kicked a little more; especially when we were pinned in our own half.
Battleship Griggtempkin and the Mullett both punching well above their weight.
Turner could well replace Chuckles in the 23 next week if he keeps this up.

At times like this I doo feel sorry for our eastern brethren.

Turner has been good, though he has also got the disease and missed a lineout by miles as well!

Matt Fagerson is putting his hand up as well

That is interesting Turner gets pulled very early, probably instructions from Toonie

Some tackle that.

and Dolokoto goes straight over to score and get the BP

18 stone and 5 ft 7 you would not fancy tackling him 3 m out!

28-17 Glasgow

Aye, he’s like a bowling ball.

and DTH get the 5th now joint second all time scorers in Pro 14

Great cross field kick from Horne

35-17 Glasgow

The half time bollocking from DR seems to have done the trick!

That could be a PT

Penalty try and a YC for the high tackle on Georgie Horne

42-17 Glasgow

There’s not a bad team somewhere in this Zebre side.

Eejit wrote:There’s not a bad team somewhere in this Zebre side.

Agree, they are much improved from previous years, especially considering they are giving away a lot of players to Italy. They will take a few more scalps this season

What a run from Jamie Dobie

and the try follows but that was made by the young kid!

Glasgow switch off and Zebre get one back

49-24 Glasgow