Ulster Rugby vs Glasgow Warriors

TONIGHT’S OPPOSITION

The Warriors have won their opening five games of the season, defeating tough opposition along the way to top the GUINNESS PRO12 table.

The day will live long in the memory of youngster, Zander Fagerson who made his debut. Two tries from winger Tommy Seymour were the highlight as Glasgow Warriors returned to the summit of the table. Seymour’s double and Tyrone Holmes’ score were the perfect response to Michele Campagnaro’s early try for the home side but Glasgow only led 19-16 at half-time. James Eddie, DTH van der Merwe and Sean Lamont all crossed for the visitors, although Campagnaro also went over for the second time. After the match, head coach, Gregor Townsend said: “The result was really good. To come to Treviso in front of a big crowd against a team who played really well and get a bonus-point win is a great achievement. The players worked hard for the win. “Our performance wasn’t up to the required standard at times during the game and our accuracy in attack and our discipline in defence needs to be better but all credit to the players for taking their opportunities and finishing them well.”

The opening game of the season was a replay of last season’s PRO12 Final, against Leinster with Glasgow triumphing 22-20 through a last minute Stuart Hogg penalty. That victory gave Townsend’s men belief and they carried on that momentum with two victories in South Wales over both Cardiff Blues and Newport Gwent Dragons. The 33-13 victory in Newport was a hard fought one, which demonstrated the side’s steely determination. After Tyrone Holmes was sent off early on in the second half, the 14 men rallied together, scoring three tries through Josh Strauss, Tommy Seymour and Tim Swinson, adding benchmark for the Warriors and they made it four wins in a row, against Connacht on a Friday night at Scotstoun. Stuart Hogg made his first start of the season on home turf and scored two tries, with Henry Pyrgos, DTH van der Merwe and Mark Bennett also dotting down. Last week, the Warriors made it three consecutive bonus point victories through a 40-23 win against a feisty Treviso side to Alex Dunbar’s earlier try. The bonus point win set a

CLUB STATS //Location Glasgow //Founded 2000 //Ground Scotstoun Stadium //Capacity 9,708 //Last Game Benetton Treviso (A) 23-40 (W) Sun 5 Oct 2014 at 15.00 //Next Game Benetton Treviso (H) Fri 31st Oct 2014 at 19:35 //Recent Form W W W W W

STAFF // Head Coach Gregor Townsend //Captain Alastair Kellock CONTACT Scotstoun Stadium 72 Danes Drive

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who proved to be a hard nut to crack on home soil.

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