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February 25, 2023

Emirates Lions v Glasgow Warriors

Posted by Editor on February 25, 2023 09:53 AM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Lewis Bean is the Warrior to Watch
Disco looks ahead to Glasgow's rescheduled URC meeting with Emirates Lions in Johannesburg.

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 2.10 (4.10 local time) at Emirates Airline Park
Saturday 25th February 2023
Live on Viaplay Sports 1

- This is the first time for at least 6 years that Glasgow have named a matchday squad with fewer than 10 Test capped players in it.
- At 929kgs, this is the lightest starting Warriors' pack this season. Although, for context, outwith the current campaign, Glasgow have only started with a heavier pack than this in one other game during the previous 5 seasons.
- The starting lineup has an average age of 26.0 which makes it the youngest Glasgow XV so far in the 2022/23 season.
- Lewis Bean has been one of Franco Smith's go to players during Glasgow's unbeaten run and he is this week's Warrior to Watch.

Teams

Emirates Lions

15 Q. Horn

14 R. Maxwane
13 M. Rass
12 M. Louw
11 E. van der Merwe

10 G. Lombard
9 S. Nohamba

1 J.P Smith
2 P.J. Botha
3 A. Ntlabakanye
4 R. Venter
5 R. Schoeman
6 J. KRIEL
7 E. Tshituka
8 F. Horn

Substitutes

16 M. Brandon
17 R. Rijnsburger
18 R. DREYER
19 R. Delport
20 R. Straeuli
21 M. van den Berg
22 R. Jonker
23 A. COETZEE

Glasgow Warriors

15 J. McKay (25)

14 C. Forbes (32)
13 S. McDowall (49) (Captain)
12 S. JOHNSON (99)
11 E. Caven (0)

10 T. Jordan (15)
9 J. DOBIE (44)

1 N. McBeth (16)
2 J. Matthews (40)
3 L. SORDONI (11)
4 L. Bean (31)
5 S. CUMMINGS (96)
6 A. Miller (13)
7 R. DARGE (22)
8 S. VAILANU (11)

Substitutes

16 A. Fraser (2)
17 A. DELL (0)
18 S. BERGHAN (25)
19 J.P. du Preez (15)
20 E. Ferrie (8)
21 T. Gordon (61)
22 S. Kennedy (23)
23 D. WEIR (132)

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

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

Glasgow Greetings:
There is plenty of freshness about the Warriors' lineup for Saturday afternoon’s game:

Elias Caven - club debut.
Ally Miller - first appearance of the season
Rory Darge - first appearance for 156 days
Angus Fraser - URC debut
Allan Dell - club debut

Matchday Milestones:
Saturday will be a big moment in the career of Sam Johnson as he racks up a century of appearances for the Warriors. The former Queensland Reds' player arrived in Glasgow the best part of 8 years ago and gradually bedded in to a centre rotation that included the likes of Mark Bennett, Alex Dunbar, Peter Horne and Richie Vernon. He really broke through during the 2016/17 season and has gone on to make himself an integral part of the club's midfield.

Sam is paired in the centres for the 4th time this season with Stafford McDowall - a player who is celebrating a milestone of his own, bringing up his 50th cap for the club. This has been a massive campaign for the skipper who starts for the 12th time, already doubling his previous best for a season - 6 starts in 2019/20.

Elsewhere, Tom Gordon is in line to make his 50th appearance in the URC.

Warrior to Watch:
Like Stafford, Lewis Bean is another player who has blossomed under Franco Smith. After a run of 15 fixtures in which he only played 3 times (across the end of last season and the start of this one) the giant lock has featured in all of Glasgow's last 13 games. He is the only Warrior to play in every one of the club's record breaking 11 match unbeaten run.

There's nothing too flashy about the way Corporal Bean plays the game but his work rate - which has continued to grow throughout his time in Glasgow - and ability to impose himself physically have played a significant role in the side's heavyweight and muscular approach up front. There's no doubt the Warriors' backs can dazzle but they wouldn't get as many opportunities without the graft from the likes of Beano and his pals in the pack.

Glasgow away to South African sides in the URC/PRO14/12:
- 2 wins
- 5 losses
- 3 try BPs
- 11 points out of a possible 35 (31%)
Glasgow have lost their last 5 in a row on South African soil. In fact, they haven't taken home a single match point from these fixtures since DTH van der Merwe's bonus point try in a losing effort against the Southern Kings back in 2018.

Previous meeting with the Lions:

Officials:
Referee: Adam Jones (WRU, 38th league game)
AR1: AJ Jacobs (SARU)
AR2: Stephan Geldehhuys (SARU)
TMO: Ian Davies (WRU)

Mr Jones' record for 2022/23:
Matches - 8
Average penalty count - 21.8 per game
Home side penalties conceded percentage - 51.1%
Average card count - 2.4 per game
Penalties per card - 9.1

Mr Jones has certainly brandished plenty of cards so far this season. In fact he has yet to make it through a match in the 2002/23 campaign without sin binning at least one player. It's always possible that this could be his first card free game but both sides will probably need to operate with a level of caution to ensure they are not the ones feeling the wrath of the Welsh whistler.

Additional ref stats from: https://www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/referee_heads.php?countryID=1

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
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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
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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