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May 07, 2021

Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh

Posted by Editor on May 7, 2021 12:33 PM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Nick Grigg is the Warrior to Watch
Disco look ahead to Glasgow's 1872 Cup clash with Edinburgh at Scostoun.

You can read more of Disco's thoughts on Glasgow's PRO14 - including the Rainbow Cup - and European campaigns, Scotland's international fortunes, and much, much more at his excellent blog On Top of the Moon.

KO 8.15 at Scotstoun Stadium
Friday 7th May 2021
Live on Premier Sports 1

- This is the 32nd match in the 1872 Cup series. Glasgow have won 16, Edinburgh 14 and there has been 1 draw (the Warriors also won a non-1872 Cup clash at Murrayfield in August 2020).
- There are 17 changes from the 30 players who started the last time these two sides met at Scotstoun in January.
- There will be 29 capped internationals on show on Friday night - and the majority of the uncapped players will have ambitions to make Scotland's touring squad this summer.

Teams

Glasgow Warriors

15 Cole Forbes

14 Ratu Tagive
13 Nick Grigg
12 Stafford McDowall
11 Kyle Steyn

10 Ross Thompson
9 Ali Price

1 Oli Kebble
2 Fraser Brown
3 Zander Fagerson
4 Robert Harley
5 Scott Cummings
6 Fotu Lokotui
7 Tom Gordon
8 Ryan Wilson (Captain)

Substitutes

16 George Turner
17 Tom Lambert
18 Enrique Pieretto
19 Richie Gray
20 Kiran McDonald
21 George Horne
22 Peter Horne
23 Nikola Matawalu

Edinburgh

15 Damien Hoyland

14 Eroni Sau
13 Mark Bennett
12 George Taylor
11 Duhan van der Merwe

10 Nathan Chamberlain
9 Henry Pyrgos

1 Pierre Shoeman (Co-Captain)
2 David Cherry
3 Willem Nel
4 Jamie Hodgson
5 Grant Gilchrist (Co-Captain)
6 Jamie Ritchie
7 Luke Crosbie
8 Viliame Mata

Substututes

16 Stuart McInally
17 Boan Venter
18 Lee-Roy Atalifo
19 Marshall Sykes
20 Mesu Kunavula
21 Charlie Shiel
22 Charlie Savala
23 James Johnstone

Head-to-Head

15 ADV Glasgow Warriors

14 ADV Edinburgh
13 EVEN
12 ADV Edinburgh
11 ADV Edinburgh
10 EVEN
9 ADV Glasgow Warriors

1 ADV Edinburgh
2 ADV Glasgow Warriors
3 ADV Glasgow Warriors
4 ADV Glasgow Warriors
5 ADV Glasgow Warriors
6 ADV Edinburgh
7 ADV Edinburgh
8 ADV Edinburgh

Substitutes

16 ADV Edinburgh
17 ADV Edinburgh
18 ADV Glasgow Warriors
19 ADV Glasgow Warriors
20 EVEN
21 ADV Glasgow Warriors
22 ADV Glasgow Warriors
23 ADV Glasgow Warriors

Tale of the Tape:

BACKS

Tries
Glasgow Warriors - 50
Edinburgh - 79

Appearances
Glasgow Warriors - 269
Edinburgh - 316

Average age
Glasgow Warriors - 25.9
Edinburgh -27.2

Capped players
Glasgow Warriors - 3
Edinburgh - 5

FORWARDS

Pack weight
Glasgow Warriors - 902kg
Edinburgh - 891kg

Appearances
Glasgow Warriors - 818
Edinburgh - 642

Average age
Glasgow Warriors - 28.4
Edinburgh - 28.1

Capped players
Glasgow Warriors - 7
Edinburgh - 5

SUBSTITUTES

Appearances
Glasgow Warriors - 546
Edinburgh - 274

Average age
Glasgow Warriors - 27.9
Edinburgh - 26.3

Capped players
Glasgow Warriors - 6
Edinburgh - 3

Glasgow Greetings / Edinburgh Introductions:
Warriors' players Cole Forbes and Fotu Lokotui are getting their first taste of 1872 Cup action on Friday night. Tom Lambert could join them from the bench.

The visitors' replacements Boan Venter, Lee-Roy Atalifo, Mesu Kunavula and Charlie Savala have also never played in a Glasgow v Edinburgh match before.

Scotland players Zander Fagerson, Scott Cummings, Ali Price and George Turner haven't played at Scotstoun since the previous game against Edinburgh in January. That pales into insignificance compared to the break for Kyle Steyn who hasn't been able to feature in a home match since Valentine's Day 2020.

Once A Warrior / Erstwhile Edinburghers:
Warrior numbers 184 (Henry Pyrgos - 147 appearances) and 193 (Mark Bennett - 66 apps) will be on the opposing side on Friday. George Turner used to play for the bad guys (14 games for Edinburgh).

Milestones:
Zander Fagerson will play his 100th game for Glasgow on Friday night. At 25 years and 109 days he will be the youngest Warriors' prop to achieve this feat. He will be four and a half years younger than the average age of the other props who have played 100 games for the club.

Former Warrior, Henry Pyrgos, will play his 50th game for Edinburgh having moved to the capital at the start of the 2018/19 season. Henry is rapidly closing in a combined 200 matches played for the two Scottish pro teams.

Warrior to Watch / Edinburgher to Eyeball:
Chris Harris has been a fixture for Scotland at outside centre over the last two years. With the Gloucester man off to South Africa this summer and Huw Jones recovering from surgery on his foot there is a possible route back to the national side's number 13 shirt for the two outside centres on show at Scotstoun.

Their stats in this season's PRO14 are probably the opposite way round from what might have been expected. Nick Grigg has shown the attacking mojo, scoring 4 tries and assisting another 3 as well as winning the head to head for clean breaks and metres gained. Mark Bennett has the edge in defence with the superior tackle completion percentage and 4 turnovers won. Neither is a primary kicking option but Squiggsy has been developing this area of his game and has more metres kicking from hand than Bennett.

Both men will know that a big finish to the season could put them back into the Scotland squad for their tour to Romania and Georgia.

Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh at Scotstoun in the PRO12/14 era:
- 7 wins
- 2 losses
- 2 Try BPs
- 30 points out of a possible 45 (67%)

Most recent match-up:

Officials:
Referee: Adam Jones (WRU, 10th competition game)
AR1: Sam Grove-White (SRU)
AR2: Fin Brown (SRU)
TMO: Hollie Davidson (SRU)

Mr Jones's regular season record for 2019/20 in the PRO14:
Matches - 2 (all refs - 101)
Average penalty count - 22.0 per game (all refs - 19.1)
Home penalty percentage - 45% (all refs - 52%)
Average card count - 1.0 per game (all refs - 1.3)
Penalties per card - 22 (all refs - 15)

Mr Jones made his Warriors' debut earlier this year in a feisty clash when Glasgow took on Munster at Scotstoun. The Welsh whistler yellow carded both skippers that evening with Billy Holland and Ryan Wilson sent to the sin bin within the space of six second half minutes. Maybe Edinburgh are just hedging their bets by naming co-captains. Or maybe they're just doubling the chances of the ref finding someone to be annoyed by...

Previous Matches with Edinburgh
Saturday December 30 2023
Edinburgh 19 14 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday December 22 2023
Glasgow Warriors 22 10 Edinburgh Match Report
Friday December 30 2022
Edinburgh Rugby 25 32 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday December 23 2022
Glasgow Warriors 16 10 Edinburgh Rugby Match Report
Saturday May 21 2022
Edinburgh 28 11 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday March 18 2022
Glasgow Warriors 30 17 Edinburgh Match Report
Sunday January 2 2022
Edinburgh P P Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Monday December 27 2021
Glasgow Warriors P P Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday May 15 2021
Edinburgh 24 31 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday May 7 2021
Glasgow Warriors 29 19 Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday January 16 2021
Glasgow Warriors 23 22 Edinburgh Match Report
Friday January 8 2021
Glasgow Warriors P P Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday January 2 2021
Edinburgh 10 7 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday August 28 2020
Edinburgh 3 15 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday August 22 2020
Edinburgh 30 15 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday December 28 2019
Edinburgh 29 19 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday December 21 2019
Glasgow Warriors 20 16 Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday May 30 2020
Edinburgh P P Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday April 27 2019
Glasgow Warriors 34 10 Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday December 29 2018
Glasgow Warriors 8 16 Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday December 22 2018
Edinburgh 23 7 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday April 28 2018
Edinburgh 24 19 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday December 30 2017
Glasgow Warriors 17 0 Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday December 23 2017
Edinburgh 18 17 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday May 6 2017
Glasgow Warriors 18 29 Edinburgh Match Report
Monday December 26 2016
Edinburgh 12 25 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday January 2 2016
Edinburgh Rugby 14 11 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Sunday December 27 2015
Edinburgh Rugby 23 11 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday January 2 2015
Edinburgh Rugby 20 8 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday December 27 2014
Glasgow Warriors 16 6 Edinburgh Rugby Match Report
Saturday April 26 2014
Glasgow Warriors 37 34 Edinburgh Rugby Match Report
Wednesday January 1 2014
Glasgow Warriors P P Edinburgh Rugby Match Report
Thursday December 26 2013
Edinburgh Rugby 16 20 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday December 29 2012
Edinburgh 17 21 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday December 21 2012
Glasgow Warriors 23 14 Edinburgh Match Report
Sunday January 1 2012
Glasgow Warriors 17 12 Edinburgh Match Report
Monday December 26 2011
Edinburgh 23 23 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Sunday January 2 2011
Edinburgh 28 17 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Monday December 27 2010
Glasgow Warriors 30 18 Edinburgh Match Report
Saturday January 2 2010
Edinburgh 15 22 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Sunday December 27 2009
Glasgow Warriors 25 12 Edinburgh Match Report
Friday January 2 2009
Glasgow Warriors 25 20 Edinburgh Match Report
Friday December 26 2008
Edinburgh 39 6 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday April 11 2008
Glasgow Warriors 23 14 Edinburgh Rugby Match Report
Friday December 28 2007
Edinburgh Rugby 35 31 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday December 22 2006
Glasgow Warriors 34 27 Edinburgh Gunners Match Report
Friday September 29 2006
Edinburgh Gunners 14 9 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Monday September 18 2006
Glasgow Warriors 13 5 Edinburgh Gunners Match Report
Sunday December 4 2005
Glasgow Warriors 46 6 Edinburgh Gunners Match Report
Friday September 30 2005
Edinburgh Gunners 28 12 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Monday August 22 2005
Glasgow Warriors 7 24 Edinburgh Gunners Match Report
Monday December 27 2004
Edinburgh 18 12 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday September 18 2004
Glasgow Warriors 12 10 Edinburgh Match Report
Friday May 7 2004
Edinburgh 19 17 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday December 27 2003
Glasgow Warriors 16 25 Edinburgh Match Report