KO 7.45 at Scotstoun Stadium
Saturday 23rd March 2019
Live on Premier Sports 1 *
- Head to heads favour Glasgow – particularly with a very strong pack selected.
- Peter Horne has played more than 10 years for Glasgow and he is the Warrior to Watch.
- 3 crucial players return to Scotstoun after extended absences – Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson and Callum Gibbins.
Teams
15 Ruaridh Jackson
14 Niko Matawalu
13 Kyle Steyn
12 Stafford McDowall
11 Rory Hughes
10 Peter Horne
9 Nick Frisby
15 Malcolm Jaer
14 William Small-Smith
13 B Janse van Rensburg
12 Dries Swanepoel
11 Rabz Maxwane
10 Tian Schoeman
9 Tian Meyer (c)
1 Oli Kebble
2 Fraser Brown
3 Zander Fagerson
4 Tim Swinson
5 Scott Cummings
6 Robert Harley
7 Callum Gibbins (c)
8 Matt Fagerson
1 Charles Marais
2 Marnus van der Merwe
3 Aranos Coetzee
4 Sintu Manjezi
5 Walt Steenkamp
6 Daniel Maartens
7 Abongile Nonkontwana
8 Henco Venter
16 Grant Stewart
17 Jamie Bhatti
18 Siua Halanukonuka
19 Bruce Flockhart
20 Chris Fusaro
21 Adam Hastings
22 Paddy Kelly
23 Robbie Nairn
16 Joseph Dweba
17 Reinach Venter
18 Luan de Bruin
19 Justin Basson
20 JP du Preez
21 Gerhardus Olivier
22 Shaun Venter
23 Rudy Paige
Head to Head:
Back 3 – ADV Cheetahs
Centres – EVEN
Half Backs – ADV Glasgow
Front Row – ADV Glasgow
Second Row – ADV Glasgow
Back Row – ADV Glasgow
Subs – EVEN
Glasgow Greetings:
There’s a home debut in the offing from the bench for Bruce Flockhart whose other outings for the club have come away against Ospreys and Zebre.
Fraser Brown will play his first game at Scotstoun for more than 5 months with his last home action coming against Saracens back in October. There has been an even longer absence for Zander Fagerson whose previous match on the famous Warriors’ (synthetic) turf came against Munster in Round 2 of the PRO14 – over 6 months ago. More good news on the welcome back front with skipper Callum Gibbins playing his first game of 2019.
Warrior to Watch:
There have been a fair few milestones for Peter Horne this season. He racked up his 150th appearance for the club just before Christmas. During this campaign he’s notched his 20th try and 350th point as a Glasgow player. This will be the first game he’s played since passing the 10th anniversary of his Warriors’ debut (7th March 2009 away to Ulster).
Pete is a very important player for Glasgow and he’ll take on playmaking and goal-kicking duties on Saturday night. He’ll also have a leadership role to play, in particular guiding an inexperienced centre pairing through what will be another testing evening at Scotstoun.
Glasgow at home to Cheetahs in the PRO14 era:
- 1 win
- 0 losses
- 1 Try BP
- 0 Losing BPs
- 5 points out of a possible 5 (100%)
Previous match-up:
Officials:
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 112th Championship game)
AR1: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
AR1: Dunx McClement (SRU)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)
Mr. Clancy’s regular season record for 2017/18 in the PRO14:
Matches – 12 (all refs – 147)
Average penalty count – 17.1 per game (all refs – 19.0)
Home penalty percentage – 59% (all refs – 53%)
Average card count – 0.4 per game (all refs – 0.9)
Penalties per card – 41 (all refs – 22)
Mr. Clancy extends his all-time record to 41 Warriors’ matches refereed as the club encounter the Irish official for the third time in less than 3 months.
Everyone knows the drill by now – one of lowest average penalty counts in the league; highest home penalty percentage; least likely PRO14 official to use his cards. There should be no surprises when Mr. Clancy is in town!
* Other coverage:
Match re-runs on FreeSports:
- No re-runs on FreeSports this week
Highlights of all matches in Round 16:
- Premier Sports 2 – Monday 25th March at 5.00pm
- FreeSports – Monday 25th March at 7.30pm
On Top Of The Moon 