Next up: USAP Perpignan
We can’t wait for next week now, back at Scotstoun Stadium. We host French TOP14 outfit USAP Perpignan on Friday 16 December, kick-off 7.55pm.
We can’t wait for next week now, back at Scotstoun Stadium. We host French TOP14 outfit USAP Perpignan on Friday 16 December, kick-off 7.55pm.
They’ve done it. Their first win here at The REC in four attempts.
The Warriors start their EPCR Challenge Cup campaign with a tense 22-19 win over Bath.
This is the final play of the match. Glasgow have a lineout in their own half. The defence up to this point was impressive from Glasgow, with Kyle Steyn putting Joe Cokanasiga in to touch out wide. Here we go…
The home side are lifting the level of intensity in this match as the clock enters the final moments. De Glanville and De Carpentier finding space and make yards.
Glasgow aren’t committing numbers to the ruck to make sure they have players on their feet to defend. This is going to be a critical two minutes of play.
*lineout
Glasgow do what is required of them and win a penalty in the ruck. Weir clears and our replacement hooker, Angus Fraser slows play down with the line on halfway.
Now Bath win a penalty and set up a position 20-metres from Glasgow’s line. Bath are known as a team who can win right at the decisive moments of a game, therefore, Glasgow have to defend well here.
Weir slots the penalty and Glasgow win a three-point lead, 22-19, with just six minutes to play.
Duncan Weir brings Glasgow back onto the Bath 22 with a long kick from deep in his own half. Glasgow then maul off the back of the line out and drive forward. Bath are penalised again handing Weir an opportunity to win three points from the tee.
Glasgow have an attacking scrum on Bath’s 22. The two sides reset multiple times before Bath overpower the set piece and win the ball back, and earn the opportunity to clear their lines.
Bath score after multiple phases, spanning three minutes of attack, from the penalty. Glasgow did manage to spread them right out to the touchline though, but Matt Gallagher was clinical with the final dive coring the hosts’ third try. Piers Francis adds the conversion and the match is all square, 19-19.
Bath cross the whitewash again from the tap-penalty but are stripped of the ball before touching down. They win another penalty as Lewis Bean is penalised for his actions in the tackle.
Bath playing with advantage, as de Glanville flings it over the top for Matt Gallagher.
Brilliant cover tackle from Smith though, denying the winger!
Back come the hosts for a penalty and they’ll tap and go.
Bath look to maul, but Bean and Du Preez make a mess of it.
Bath just two metres out now.
Four changes for Glasgow – off go Ryan Wilson, George Turner, Jamie Dobie and Domingo Miotti.
On come Euan Ferrie, Angus Fraser – for his pro debut -, Sean Kennedy and Duncan Weir.
No advantage comes to the hosts, so play is brought back for the penalty.
Tom Dunn breaks away from a static maul, before Ollie Lawrence carries into contact.
Bean makes the shot on Boyce, as the Glasgow pack make their tackles.
Josh Bayliss gets over the ball and wins the penalty for the home side.
Francis finds touch on the Glasgow 22.
Solid take from Wilson, before Mann carries well once more.
Dobie and Smith then have a dart apiece.
Spencer clears long, giving Glasgow a lineout 35m from the Bath line.
No, is the answer – Miotti’s toe is in touch.
Bath lineout.
Has Miotti got this down?!
Again Bath collapse the maul and the penalty comes Glasgow’s way.
Final warning for the home side.
Miotti calls for the corner again.
Great take from Wilson at the tail and the maul is formed.
Bath stop it short, but there’s a penalty and Miotti goes to the corner again.
Smith fields the drop-out, before Mann is levelled by Cokanasiga.
The Bath man doesn’t roll away though, and Miotti goes to the corner from the penalty.
Inches.
McDowall and McLean combine and think they’re over the line for try number three, but the call is held up and it’ll be a goal-line drop-out.
Lovely inside ball to WIlson – McDowall through a gap!
Like a flash the Warriors are into the Bath 22, as Rufus McLean races clear down the touchline.
Wilson and Miotti keep it alive, before the forwards step up in the form of Neild and du Preez.
Great work from Bhatti and Berghan, who hold up Tom de Glanville and – with assistance from Ryan Wilson and Miotti – win the turnover.
Scrum to the Warriors on the 10m line.
Another steal, this time from JP du Preez, and Neild carries into contact.
Bath then turn it over themselves, though, and find themselves in possession on their own 10m line.
Steyn almost gets on the outside of Cokanasiga, but steps on the touchline and it’s a Bath lineout.
Bean with the lineout steal and Glasgow on the charge – Turner and Smith testing the wide channels.
Almost a lightning start for the Warriors, as Steyn regathers Dobie’s box-kick and races clear.
A tap tackle brings the captain down, before Glasgow go off feet in the chase.
Bath find touch on the Glasgow 10m line.
Off we go again, as Francis hoists the kick-off high for Mann to claim.
That’ll do it for the first half – two early scores from Lewis Bean and George Turner had put Glasgow in the lead before Bath replied, only for Huw Jones to put the Warriors back in front with the last play of the half.
More to come after the break!
Cool as you like from Miotti, who adds the conversion with the last play of the half.
HUUUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWW!
He’s back!
On his 50th appearance for the club, Huw Jones steps inside two defenders and fights his way over for a brilliant try
Turner finds du Preez again, before Neild has a charge in midfield.
Chance here!
Brilliant defence from the Warriors – first Smith joins the line to chop down his man, then Turner and Berghan combine to win the penalty from the referee.
Miotti finds touch just inside the Bath 22.
Another loose ball in midfield and McDowall harries Cam Redpath into diving on the ball for a loss of 15 metres.
Spencer kicks long, and Steyn returns the favour.
Bath get away with another one – a loose ball sees Glasgow fire through, but Mann is penalised for going off feet as he slips going into the ruck.
Francis finds touch on the Glasgow 10m line.
Bath look to move the point of attack, but White slips as he comes away from the maul.
The Warriors think they’ve turned it over and they’d be right – Miotti clears to touch on halfway.
Lewis Boyce gets the upper hand at the scrum and Bath are awarded the penalty.
Francis takes play into the Glasgow 22 again.
Smith sees a high ball slip through his fingers – Glasgow appeal that the ball went back, the ref disagrees.
Scrum Bath on halfway.
This time Bath make their territory count – it’s Fergus Lee-Warner who fights his way over the line and gets the ball down.
Francis adds the extras and we’re all-square.
Great work from Bean and du Preez to fight through and stop the maul, but the referee has spotted an earlier infrigement and Bath will go to the corner again.
The check was for a clear-out by Cameron Neild, but there’s nothing in it according to the officials so we come back for the original penalty.
Francis finds touch five metres from the Glasgow line.
White gets over the ball first, and Bath are rewarded with the penalty.
There’s a stoppage here, as Arthur Cordwell is down injured.
The referee wants to look at something with the TMO, to boot.
Bath are pinged for obstruction at the lineout, and Miotti boots it long.
He misses touch, but Bath do likewise in return and Glasgow counter on halfway.
Francis redeems himself by beating Smith to the high ball, before the referee penalises Turner for the counter-ruck.
Seems like a harsh one, but Francis doesn’t hang around and sticks the penalty into touch on the 22.
The second effort is what gets Bath over the whitewash, as Wesley White does just enough to get the ball down under the pressure of Dobie.
Francis leaves the kick short, so it’s 12-5
Clean win from Bath but Glasgow fighting to repel the maul, which they do brilliantly.
The counter-drive from Glasgow is a fraction too early and the referee pings them for contact in the air – Bath go back to the corner.
This time the penalty at the scrum goes the way of the hosts, and Piers Francis finds touch inside the Glasgow 22.
Brilliant shot from Jones in midfield – he reads the play superbly, firing up on Ollie Lawrence and forcing the knock-on.
Glasgow scrum just inside the Bath half.
Bath survive by the skin of their teeth – a loose kick sees Miotti hare across the field to try and take advantage, but he can’t quite gather it cleanly and it goes into touch
No mistake from Miotti and he adds the extra two.
Unstoppable!
A textbook maul from the Glasgow pack – and a few supporting backs – sees Turner rumble his way over for the score!
Turner to du Preez again and here comes the drive…
Turner finds JP du Preez at the top of his jump, before McDowall carries into midfield.
Advantage is being played for a high tackle on Smith, which turns into a penalty that Miotti sticks into the corner.
Great work from Dobie as he hounds Ben Spencer at the base, before Mann gets over the ball and wins a textbook turnover penalty.
Miotti finds touch on the Bath 22.
The throw is deemed to be not straight, and Bath will have the put-in at the scrum.
Both sides testing the full-backs with the box-kick, before Steyn chops Joe Cokaniasiga and forces the knock-on – Glasgow scrum on their own 10m line.
A first carry in anger for Jack Mann, who breaks the gain line and finds Dobie in support.
Bath turn it over and look to counter, but Miotti chops down Ted Hill.
This time the shove is perfectly timed, and Berghan is rewarded with the penalty.
Miotti takes play inside the Bath half with a booming kick.
Glasgow shove a bit too early for the ref’s liking, and the free-kick is awarded – Bath opt to scrum again.
Glasgow look to carry out of the 22, but the referee has spotted a knock-on and the scrum is awarded to Bath.
Domingo Miotti pulls the kick just wide, but it’s a 5-0 lead to the Warriors.
The ideal start!
Huw Jones makes great yardage in the wide channels before being held a metre short, but there is no stopping Lewis Bean on the follow-up carry!
What an opening for the Warriors!
An early shove for Bath and Glasgow tap quickly…
Simon Berghan can’t quite hold onto the ball, and it’ll be a scrum to the home side.
A first rumble for George Turner, before Smith releases Kyle Steyn – the captain into the Bath 22 and Glasgow on the run.
An early test for Ollie Smith as he takes a high ball under immense pressure, but the full-back does well.
Jamie Dobie then puts it long for Bath to cover on their own 22.
Challenge Cup underway with Glasgow Warriors opening the game!
Paying tribute to the great Doddie Weir with a minute applause before kick-off
Last chance to get yourself sorted with snacks, drinks and a quick comfort break and get ready for the action…
Final look at today’s Glasgow Warriors squad to take on Bath Rugby
The opposition and hosts today Bath Rugby have made some changes to their starting line up
Cameron Neild and Jack Mann are set to make their debuts today in the starting lineup with Angus Fraser also set to make his should he take to the field today.
Under an hour to go until kick-off and competition starts!
Glasgow Warriors begin their EPRC campaign against Bath Rugby in what is sure to be a competitive match.
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40:00 First Half End
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Kick-off 1:00 pm