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November 26, 2022

Leinster v Glasgow Warriors

Posted by Editor on November 26, 2022 01:53 AM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Murphy Walker is the Warrior to Watch
Glasgow return to URC action this weekend so Disco looks ahead to Glasgow's visit to Dublin to take on Leinster.

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

KO 3.15 at the RDS
Saturday 26th November 2022
Live on Premier Sports 1

- This is the youngest (average age 26.6) and least experienced (previous Glasgow caps 721) Warriors' 23 selected so far during 2022/23.
- Leinster's matchday squad has a younger average age (25.7) but have made over 600 more appearances than their visitors (1,329 previous Leinster games).
- Weighing in at 926kg, this is the second-heaviest Glasgow starting pack this season. That's in no small part due to the fact that the back row weighs exactly the same as the front row - 347kg!
- The last time these sides clashed at the RDS in a regular season fixture was back in February 2021. Just 12 of the 46 players involved that day return. There are only 6 Leinstermen and 10 Warriors who featured in the most recent meeting of these teams, a little under six months ago.
- Newly minted Scotland cap, Murphy Walker is this week's Warrior to Watch.

Teams

Leinster

15 J. Osborne (21)
14 R. Russell (10)
13 L. Turner (6)
12.C. NGATAI (6)
11.D. KEARNEY (177)
10 R. BYRNE (135)
9 L. MCGRATH (181)

1 E. BYRNE (90)
2 R. KELLEHER (38)
3 T. Clarkson (20)
4 R. Molony (146)
5 J. MCCARTHY (13)
6 R. RUDDOCK (213) (Captain)
7 S. Penny (44)
8 M. DEEGAN (87)

16 J. McKee (8)
17 M. Milne (19)
18 V. ABALADZE (21)
19 J. JENKINS (6)
20 R. BAIRD (41)
21 C. Foley (8)
22 H. BYRNE (36)
23 C. Cosgrave (3)

Glasgow Warriors

15 J. McKay (18)
14 S. CANCELLIERE (14)
13 K. STEYN (52) (c)
12 S. McDowall (41)
11 R. MCLEAN (23)
10 T. Jordan (6)
9 G. HORNE (84)

1 O. KEBBLE (82)
2 F. BROWN (128)
3 M. WALKER (8)
4 S. Manjezi (6)
5 A. Samuel (1)
6 G. Brown (9)
7 S. VAILANU (2)
8 J. DEMPSEY (25)

16 J. Matthews (33)
17 J. BHATTI (72)
18 S. BERGHAN (15)
19 J.P. du Preez (5)
20 L. Bean (20)
21 E. Ferrie (1)
22 J. DOBIE (38)
23 R. THOMPSON (38)

(players in CAPITALS are full internationals; figures in brackets are previous appearances for Leinster / Glasgow Warriors)

Head to Head:
Back 3 - ADV Glasgow Warriors
Centres - EVEN
Half Backs - ADV Leinster
Front Row - EVEN
Second Row - ADV Leinster
Back Row - ADV Leinster
Subs - ADV Glasgow Warriors

Warrior to Watch:
Murphy Walker certainly seemed to enjoy his month away with the Scotland squad. Making his debut against Fiji, the tighthead was part of a dominant Scottish scrum that helped finally kill off the game as a contest late on in the second half. The sequence at the setpiece after Murphy took to the pitch was:

- Penalty to Scotland
- Penalty to Scotland
- Penalty to Scotland
- Try scored direct from back of scrum
- Penalty advantage

Not a bad start to life as an international prop! It has been a timely arrival as well with the number 3 jersey having an excellent incumbent but a distinct lack of depth heading into 2023 and an RWC in France. Murphy will be looking to get his head down now and get a much game time as possible for Glasgow - this is after all just his fourth start for the club and only his third at tighthead.

The best way for props to learn their trade is at the coalface. An outing against the experienced Ed Byrne will add to the young Scot's experience as he looks to push his way up the Depth Chart and more consistent appearances in the Warriors' matchday squads.

Glasgow away to Leinster in the URC/PRO14/12:
- 2 wins
- 1 draw
- 6 losses
- 2 try BPs
- 4 losing BPs
- 16 points out of a possible 45 (36%)
- The Warriors have also lost 4 playoff matches in Dublin during this time.

Officials:
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU, 13th league game)
AR1: Keane Davison (IRFU)
AR2: Andy Fogarty (IRFU)
TMO: AJ Jacobs (SARU)

Mr van der Westhuizen's record for 2021/22:
Matches - 7
Average penalty count - 22.4 per game
Home side penalties conceded percentage - 42.6%
Average card count - 2.3 per game
Penalties per card - 9.8

A ref with a heavy duty card count and who tends to strongly favour the home side - this could be a perfect storm for a Glasgow side still struggling to find an away win! They only have one previous encounter with the South African ref to go on - almost a year ago to the day away to Benetton.

Mr van der Westhuizen and his compatriot Mr Jacobs will have a busy weekend - they also take charge of the Ulster v Zebre game, although with their roles reversed.

Additional ref stats from: https://www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/referee_heads.php?countryID=9

Previous Matches with Leinster
Sunday October 22 2023
Glasgow Warriors 43 25 Leinster Match Report
Saturday November 26 2022
Leinster 40 5 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday June 4 2022
Leinster 76 14 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday October 22 2021
Glasgow Warriors 15 31 Leinster Match Report
Friday June 4 2021
Glasgow Warriors 15 12 Leinster Match Report
Sunday February 28 2021
Leinster 40 21 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Monday November 2 2020
Glasgow Warriors 19 32 Leinster Match Report
Friday February 28 2020
Leinster 55 19 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday November 30 2019
Glasgow Warriors 10 23 Leinster Match Report
Saturday May 25 2019
Leinster 18 15 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday April 13 2019
Leinster 24 39 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Sunday January 14 2018
Leinster 55 19 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday November 3 2017
Glasgow Warriors 31 21 Leinster Match Report
Saturday October 21 2017
Glasgow Warriors 18 34 Leinster Match Report
Friday April 28 2017
Leinster 31 30 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday September 10 2016
Glasgow Warriors 33 25 Leinster Match Report
Friday March 18 2016
Glasgow Warriors 12 6 Leinster Match Report
Saturday December 5 2015
Glasgow Warriors P P Leinster Match Report
Friday October 23 2015
Leinster 23 18 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday March 27 2015
Leinster 34 34 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday September 6 2014
Glasgow Warriors 22 20 Leinster Match Report
Saturday May 31 2014
Leinster 34 12 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday March 1 2014
Leinster 28 25 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday September 20 2013
Glasgow Warriors 12 6 Leinster Match Report
Saturday May 11 2013
Leinster 17 15 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday March 23 2013
Leinster 22 17 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday November 23 2012
Glasgow Warriors 0 6 Leinster Match Report
Saturday May 12 2012
Leinster 19 15 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday February 25 2012
Glasgow Warriors 10 10 Leinster Match Report
Sunday January 15 2012
Glasgow Warriors 16 23 Leinster Rugby Match Report
Sunday November 20 2011
Leinster Rugby 38 13 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday September 17 2011
Leinster 19 23 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday May 6 2011
Leinster 38 3 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday September 3 2010
Glasgow Warriors 22 19 Leinster Match Report
Friday April 23 2010
Glasgow Warriors 30 6 Leinster Match Report
Thursday March 18 2010
Leinster 20 14 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday January 8 2010
Leinster P P Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday April 25 2009
Leinster 36 13 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday October 24 2008
Glasgow Warriors 15 12 Leinster Match Report
Friday March 21 2008
Leinster 34 18 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday October 12 2007
Glasgow Warriors 21 17 Leinster Match Report
Friday April 6 2007
Glasgow Warriors 26 20 Leinster Match Report
Friday November 10 2006
Leinster 38 23 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Sunday May 7 2006
Glasgow Warriors 18 21 Leinster Match Report
Saturday January 14 2006
Leinster 46 22 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Sunday October 30 2005
Glasgow Warriors 20 33 Leinster Match Report
Saturday September 10 2005
Leinster 26 21 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday April 29 2005
Leinster 33 24 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday April 16 2005
Glasgow Warriors 23 30 Leinster Match Report
Friday November 26 2004
Leinster 22 16 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday April 2 2004
Leinster 31 30 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday October 31 2003
Glasgow Warriors 10 31 Leinster Match Report