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OPPOSITION
Having won the championship last season at Kingspan Stadium, 21
of the Glasgow players played in the Rugby World Cup, more than any
other club side in the world.
The season kicked off with a loss to Scarlets before the Warriors
bounced back to winning ways, defeating Connacht by a point
(33-32).
A trip to Munster followed where the visitors narrowly lost out 23-21.
Taqele Naiyaravoro was capped in summer 2015 by Australia and also
played for the Barbarians. He made his debut for Glasgow in a 29-15
win over Newport Gwent Dragons at Scotstoun.
A loss in Dublin followed before some of the Scotland players returned
from the Rugby World Cup to help the team defeat Ospreys 31-19.
The next week Glasgow picked up their first away win of the season
against Cardiff Blues, with Leone Nakarawa scoring an exceptional try.
November saw the start of the club’s European Rugby Champions
Cup campaign and it began a week later than expected after the
Racing 92 fixture was postponed due to the Paris attacks. That meant
the opening game was against Northampton, where the Warriors lost
out in front of a sold-out Scotstoun.
The month ended with a tight victory over Treviso, when Adam Ashe
scored a last minute try to secure the win.
In December, the Warriors beat Scarlets home and away in Europe
with Naiyaravoro notching three tries in the game at Scotstoun. In the
first match in the 1872 Scottish Cup, Glasgow lost 23-11 before playing
the ‘home’ fixture at BT Murrayfield due to the Scotstoun pitch being
unplayable. The Warriors then lost 14-11.
Away fixtures to Racing 92 and Northampton Saints followed in the
European Rugby Champions Cup. A 34-10 defeat to the French
side and a late 19-15 defeat to Northampton left the Warriors with a
mountain to climb to qualify past the pool stages.
A home fixture, played in-front of Glasgow’s record European
attendance of 9,063 at Rugby Park against Racing 92 brought an end
to the Warriors campaign, despite a 22-5 win.
At the end of the month the Warriors returned to PRO12 action with a
20-20 draw away to Ospreys in Swansea.
Glasgow Warriors currently lie in eighth place in the
GUINNESS PRO12 table with two games in hand.
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CLUB STATS
//Location
Glasgow
//Founded
2000
//Ground
Scotstoun Stadium
//Capacity
9,708
//Last Game
Ospreys (A) 20-20 (D)
Sun 31 Jan 2016 at 14.30
//Next Game
Munster Rugby (H)
Sat 20th Feb at 17:15
//Recent Form
W W L L D
STAFF
// Head Coach
Gregor Townsend
//Captain
Ryan Wilson
CONTACT
Scotstoun Stadium
72 Danes Drive
Glasgow
G14 9HD
Tel
+44 141 9545100
Fax
+44 141 959 9570
TICKET OFFICE
Tel
0844 800 3490