Connacht Rugby v Glasgow Warriors, 3 September

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Connacht Rugby v Glasgow Warriors
Saturday 3 September 2016
KO: 17:15
The Sportsground

Live on Sky Sports

Referee: Ian Davies (WRU, 49th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sean Brickell (WRU), Eddie Hagan-O’Connell (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Peter Ferguson (IRFU)
TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)

Connacht Rugby

15 Cian Kelleher
14 Niyi Adeolokun
13 Eoin Griffin
12 Bundee Aki
11 Matt Healy
10 Jack Carty
9 Caolin Blade

1 Denis Buckley
2 Tom McCartney
3 Finlay Bealham
4 Ultan Dillane
5 Danny Qualter
6 Eoin McKeon
7 Nepia Fox-Matamua
8 John Muldoon (captain)

16 Dave Heffernan
17 Ronan Loughney
18 JP Cooney
19 Lewis Stevenson
20 James Connolly
21 Kieran Marmion
22 Shane O’Leary
23 Peter Robb

Glasgow Warriors

15. Stuart Hogg
14. Leonardo Sarto
13. Alex Dunbar
12. Sam Johnson
11. Tommy Seymour
10. Peter Horne
9. Henry Pyrgos (Co-captain)

1. Gordon Reid
2. Pat MacArthur
3. Zander Fagerson
4. Tim Swinson
5. Jonny Gray (Co-captain)
6. Rob Harley
7. Simone Favaro
8. Ryan Wilson

16. Corey Flynn
17. Ryan Grant
18. Sila Puafisi
19. Tjiuee Uanivi
20. Lewis Wynne
21. Ali Price
22. Rory Clegg
23. Sean Lamont

What a strange penalty.

The ball was on the way out the tunnel!

Lacey showing absolutely no empathy for the game there.

This is bloody awful from Edinburgh.

Shoulder charge from Williams? Not sure how much arm there was. No wonder Sutherland looked shaken!

Wrongthreadgate.

Woops!

We should call these threads Camp Crystal Meth, apparently.

Pot Hale wrote:Why did Connacht have only one warm-up game?  Were they cancelled?  Not planned?

In answer to your question:

"Further fixtures had been planned, with an English club, one French side and one of the Irish provinces mooted, but a series of unfortunate circumstances meant that those potential warm-ups didn’t materialise or fell through."

http://www.the42.ie/connacht-pre-season-clontarf-preparation-2944699-Aug2016/

Brilliant work Glasgow. Didn't see that scoreline coming.

Notch wrote:

Marshes wrote:

Pot Hale wrote:Glasgow very good.  Connacht absolute merde with Aki the chief spreader.  

Lacklustre, sloppy, poor passing, and Blade ain't up to scratch at scrummie.  

Carty either to be honest, and Kelleher really lacking quality.

Commentators said Connacht only had one warm-up game, thats really unprofessional if true. Ulster are only starting to get it together after four games. No way can you play one game and go straight into a big game like this.

Glasgow incredibly impressive given almost all the other teams are still gelling at this stage. They look slick and seasoned.

They had two games cancelled unfortunately, one against Montpellier and then an English team, wasn't for want of trying.

Lots of praise for Glasgow from the Irish press.

Welsh press haven't even reported on the result!