2021–22 Glasgow Warriors season

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Glasgow Warriors 2021–2022
Ground(s)Scotstoun Stadium (Capacity: 7,351)
Coach(es)England Danny Wilson
Captain(s)Scotland Ryan Wilson
Scotland Fraser Brown
League(s)United Rugby Championship
1st kit
2nd kit

The 2021–22 season will see Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

Season overview[]

A new league structure was announced on 15 June 2021. With the addition of the 4 Super Rugby Unlocked franchises of the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers and the Lions, the Pro14 rebranded itself as the United Rugby Championship.[1]

There will be 4 regional conferences with teams playing their regional rivals home and away; and teams from the other conferences either home or away.

With 16 teams in total, this means 18 normal matches in the season before the play-offs.

As Scotland and Italy only have 2 teams each in the United Rugby Championship, they were placed in one regional conference; the Irish sides, Welsh sides and South African sides had their own regional conferences respectively.

Team[]

Coaches[]

  • Head Coach: England Danny Wilson
  • Assistant Coach: Scotland Kenny Murray
  • Assistant Coach: Scotland Peter Murchie
  • Assistant Coach: Ireland Nigel Carolan
  • Scrum Coach: Scotland Alasdair Dickinson
  • Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ireland
  • Senior Athletic Performance Coach: Damien O'Donoghue
  • Sport Scientist: Robin Reidy
  • Lead Performance Analyst: Greg Woolard
  • Asst. Performance Analyst: Graham O'Riordan
  • Asst. Performance Analyst: Eilidh Wright

Staff[]

  • Managing Director: Alastair Kellock
  • Chairman: Charles Shaw
  • Advisory Group: Walter Malcolm, Douglas McCrea, Alan Lees, Jim Preston, Paul Taylor
  • Rugby Operations Manager: Kenny Brown
  • Assistant Operations Manager: Martin Malone
  • Kit & Equipment Manager: Dougie Mills
  • Head Groundsman: Colin Mackinnon
  • Team Doctor: Dr. Jonathan Hanson
  • Clinical Manager and Lead Physiotherapist: Andrew Boag
  • Senior Team Physiotherapist: Francesco Fronzoni
  • Senior Team Physiotherapist: Michael Clark
  • Junior Physiotherapist: Christina Finlay
  • Communications and Marketing Manager: Cameron MacAllister
  • Marketing Manager: Claire Scott
  • Media Manager: Duncan Seller
  • Content Producer: Cameron Avery
  • Communications Manager: Craig Wright
  • Commercial Manager: Jamie Robertson
  • Partnership Account Manager: Catherine Bunch
  • Partnership Account Manager: Jim Taylor
  • Community Manager: Stuart Lewis

Squad[]

 

Hookers

Scotland Ewan Ashman
Scotland Fraser Brown
Scotland Johnny Matthews
Scotland Grant Stewart
Scotland George Turner

Props

Scotland Simon Berghan
Scotland Jamie Bhatti
Scotland Zander Fagerson
Scotland Oli Kebble
Scotland Tom Lambert
South Africa Nathan McBeth
Scotland Murray McCallum
Scotland Ewan McQuillin
Argentina Enrique Pieretto
Wales Brad Thyer

Locks

Scotland Hamish Bain
England Lewis Bean
Scotland Scott Cummings
Scotland Richie Gray
Scotland Kiran McDonald

 

Loose Forwards

Scotland Rory Darge
Australia Jack Dempsey
Scotland Matt Fagerson
Scotland Thomas Gordon
Scotland Rob Harley
Scotland Ally Miller
Scotland Ryan Wilson

Scrum halves

Scotland Jamie Dobie
Scotland George Horne
Scotland Sean Kennedy
Scotland Ali Price

Fly halves

Argentina Domingo Miotti
Scotland Ross Thompson
Scotland Duncan Weir

 

Centres

Scotland Robbie Fergusson
Scotland Nick Grigg
Scotland Peter Horne
New Zealand
Scotland Sam Johnson
Scotland Stafford McDowall
Scotland Ollie Smith
Scotland Kyle Steyn
Scotland Sione Tuipulotu

Back Three

Argentina Sebastián Cancelliere
Tonga Walter Fifita
New Zealand Cole Forbes
New Zealand Josh McKay
Scotland Rufus McLean
Australia Ratu Tagive

 

Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players[]

These players are given a professional contract by the Scottish Rugby Academy. Although given placements they are not contracted by Glasgow Warriors. Players graduate from the Academy when a professional club contract is offered.[2]

These players are assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2021–22.[3][4]

Academy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad.

Back up players[]

Other players used by Glasgow Warriors over the course of the season.

Player statistics[]

Staff movements[]

Coaches[]

Medical[]

Staff[]

Player movements[]

Academy promotions[]

Player transfers[]

Competitions[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

The first of two friendlies was confirmed to be against Worcester Warriors.[44] A second friendly, to be played a week before the Worcester match, was confirmed to be against the Newcastle Falcons at Scotstoun Stadium.[45]

The side named to play against Newcastle Falcons was affected by several of the Glasgow players being in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic; and Super 6 players and academy players were drafted into the Warriors line-up.[46]

In the match against Newcastle Falcons, both Ratu Tagive and Kiran McDonald received injuries which will keep them out of action for months. After a collison with Newcastle fullback Mike Brown, Tagive broke his cheekbone, requiring surgery. McDonald took a blow to his kidney in the match.[47]

A 'Clash of the Warriors' cup was specially produced for the match with Worcester Warriors. It is intended that a return match at Scotstoun will also play for the cup in the following pre-season.

Head Coach Danny Wilson was pleased with the two friendly outings; and especially the Worcester win. He stated after the 'Clash of the Warriors':[48]

Last week wasn’t about winning, it was about the first hit out and getting the lads playing some rugby, but tonight was about coming here to get an away win because our next game will be about winning away so we came here to do that. There were a couple of sticky moments in the first half when they were attacking well and the whole game was very physical, but in the second half in particular some guys took their opportunities so we have some headaches ahead of the first selection. It is a case of small stepping stones in pre-season, but getting everybody out there playing and no major injuries is good – but we won’t read too much into it. Still, when you set out your stall to play hard and get a win, not just giving people a game, then it is good to get a win and the players will get some confidence because of that.

Match 1[]

Glasgow Warriors: Ollie Smith (Cole Forbes 51); Rufus McLean (Finlay Callaghan 61), Sione Tuipulotu (Nick Grigg 61), Stafford McDowall (Pete Horne 51), Ratu Tagive (Logan Trotter 41); Duncan Weir (Ross Thompson 51), Sean Kennedy (Jamie Dobie 51); Tom Lambert (George Thornton 51), Johnny Matthews (Grant Stewart 51), Murray McCallum (Murphy Walker 51), Lewis Bean (Max Williamson 51), Richie Gray (Rob Harley 51), Kiran McDonald (Scott Cummings 51), Rory Darge (Tom Gordon 51), Ryan Wilson (Rory Jackson 51)
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Ollie Lindsay-Hague, 13 George Wacokecoke, 12 Pete Lucock, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart; 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Mark Tampin, 4 Marco Fuser, 5 Philip van der Walt, 6 Josh Basham, 7 Will Welch, 8 Callum Chick
Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Conor Kenny, 19 Matthew Dalton, 20 Carl Fearns, 21 James Blackett, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Ben Stevenson, [blank shirts]: Mark Dormer, Oscar Caudle, George Merrick, Freddie Lockwood, Marcus Tiffen, Ewan Greenlaw, Louie Johnson (all used)

Match 2[]

Worcester Warriors: 1 Ethan Waller, 2 Scott Baldwin, 3 Christian Judge, 4 Matt Garvey, 5 Justin Clegg, 6 Ted Hill (CC), 7 Sam Lewis, 8 Kyle Hatherell, 9 Willi Heinz (CC), 10 Owen Williams, 11 Harri Doel, 12 Francois Venter, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Noah Heward, 15 Melani Nanai
Replacements: Niall Annett, Lewis Holsey, Jay Tyack, Graham Kitchener, James Scott, Morgan Monks, Caleb Montgomery, Matt Kvesic, Will Chudley, Billy Searle, Tom Howe, Ashley Beck, Oli Morris, Perry Humphreys, Jamie Shillcock [all used – except James Scott & Tom Howe]

Glasgow Warriors: 1. Tom Lambert, 2. Johnny Matthews, 3. Simon Berghan, 4. Lewis Bean, 5. Richie Gray,6. Scott Cummings, 7. Rory Darge, 8. Ryan Wilson (Captain), 9. George Horne, 10. Ross Thompson, 11. Cole Forbes, 12. Sam Johnson, 13. Sione Tuipulotu, 14. Rufus McLean, 15. Stafford McDowall
Replacements: Grant Stewart, Brad Thyer, Murray McCallum, Murphy Walker, Rob Harley, Max Williamson, Rory Jackson, Thomas Gordon, Jack Dempsey, Jamie Dobie, Duncan Weir, Pete Horne, Nick Grigg, Ollie Smith, Finlay Callaghan

United Rugby Championship[]

The season's opener was away to Ulster. It was a match the Warriors could have won[49] scoring 4 tries – but unfortunately they conceded 5 tries. There were some positives; 2 bonus points were earned and Rory Darge secured the man of the match. Darge's performance prompted Jack Dempsey to compare his work-rate with that of Australian captain Michael Hooper.[50] The home match against Sharks saw the Warriors quickly secure a bonus point in the first half. Scoring a quick try in the second half, the Warriors game seemed to lose a gear after Sione Tuipulotu ran in for what would have been a sixth try, but the referee Ben Whitehouse chalked it off for obstruction. This let the South African side regroup somewhat and at the end of the match the Sharks had scored 3 tries; which was an otherwise comfortable game for the Glasgow giants. Glasgow Assistant Coach Peter Murchie was delighted with Glasgow's play up until the Warriors eased off: "I thought we were excellent for the first 50 minutes – we scored some fantastic tries and that’s probably some of the best rugby we’ve played since I’ve been here as a coach."[51] Darge received another man of the match award against the Lions. The Lions proved toothless with no clean breaks in the match[52] but the kicking of EW Viljoen kept the South African side in contention. Danny Wilson said: "We played so well in the first half and created so much, but it was a little bit forced with the offloads. We were trying to force the issue when we should have been more patient. In the second half, the weather came in and there were more scrums. We didn’t want that, because we knew the scrum was a really powerful weapon for them."[53]

League table[]

2021–22 United Rugby Championship · · discuss
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
1 Ireland Ulster 10 7 0 3 241 160 +81 28 17 5 2 35
2 Scotland Edinburgh 9 6 1 2 224 147 +77 31 16 6 2 34
3 Scotland Glasgow Warriors 9 6 0 3 240 177 +63 32 19 5 2 31
4 Ireland Leinster 8 6 0 2 246 114 +132 34 12 5 1 30
5 Ireland Munster 8 6 0 2 209 124 +85 28 11 4 1 29
6 Wales Ospreys 10 6 0 4 203 238 –35 17 31 1 1 26
7 Italy Benetton 9 4 1 4 193 205 –12 18 24 2 2 22
8 Ireland Connacht 10 4 0 6 238 253 -15 29 29 3 1 20
9 Wales Cardiff 7 4 0 3 159 175 –16 16 18 1 1 18
10 South Africa Stormers 8 3 2 3 171 181 –10 20 22 1 1 18
11 South Africa Sharks 8 3 1 4 194 208 –14 20 55 1 1 16
12 South Africa Bulls 8 3 0 5 146 184 –38 15 18 2 2 16
13 Wales Scarlets 7 3 0 4 157 206 –49 20 29 3 1 16
14 South Africa Lions 8 2 0 6 167 222 –55 17 28 3 1 12
15 Wales Dragons 8 1 1 6 144 187 –43 15 20 2 3 11
16 Italy Zebre Parma 7 0 0 7 83 234 –151 8 29 1 0 1
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[54]
  1. number of matches won;
  2. number of matches drawn;
  3. the difference between points for and points against;
  4. the number of tries scored;
  5. the most points scored;
  6. the difference between tries for and tries against;
  7. the fewest red cards received;
  8. the fewest yellow cards received.
Green background indicates teams that are playoff places that top their regional pools and earn a place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup

Blue background indicates teams that did not top their regional pool but are in play-off places and earn a place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup
Pink background indicates teams that did not top their regional pool but are in play-off places, and earn a place in the
Yellow background indicates teams that top their regional pool and thus currently in a qualification place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup, but are not in a play-off place
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the .

Results[]

Round 1[]
24 September 2021
7.35pm
(1BP) Ulster Ireland 35–29 Scotland Glasgow Warriors (2BP)
Try: Penalty try
Bradley Roberts
Marty Moore
Nick Timoney
Nathan Doak
Con: John Cooney
Nathan Doak x 3
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Try: George Horne
Johnny Matthews
Penalty try
Jamie Dobie
Con: Ross Thompson x 2
Pen: Duncan Weir
Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Round 2[]
Round 3[]
9 October 2021
3.05pm
Glasgow Warriors Scotland 13–9 South Africa Lions
Try: Jamie Bhatti
Con: Ross Thompson
Pen: Ross Thompson x 2
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Pen: EW Viljoen x 3
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,096
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
Round 4[]
16 October 2021
1pm
Zebre Italy 6–17 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Pen: Carlo Canna x 2
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Try: Lewis Bean
Sione Tuipulotu
Con: Duncan Weir x 2
Pen: Duncan Weir
Stadio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Round 5[]
Round 6[]
Round 7[]
Round 8 – 1872 Cup 1st Leg[]
Round 9 – 1872 Cup 2nd Leg[]
Round 10[]
8 January 2022
5.15pm
Glasgow Warriors Scotland v Wales Ospreys
Round 11[]
Round 12[]
Round 13[]
w/o 5 March 2022
Scarlets Wales v Scotland Glasgow Warriors

Round 14[]
w/o 25 March 2022
Cardiff Rugby Wales v Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Cardiff Arms Park
Round 15[]
w/o 2 April 2022
Glasgow Warriors Scotland v Italy Zebre
Round 16[]
Round 17[]
Round 18[]

European Champions Cup[]

In a re-run of last season and the season before, Glasgow Warriors were again paired with Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup. The French opposition were La Rochelle, whom Glasgow had also faced in the 2019–20 season.[57]

Pool[]

Pool A Standings [58]
P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
France Racing 92 4 4 0 0 126 24 +102 16 3 3 0 19
Ireland Ulster 4 4 0 0 114 96 +18 15 9 3 0 19
France La Rochelle 4 3 1 0 97 64 +33 11 7 2 0 16
Ireland Leinster 4 3 0 1 198 62 +136 30 8 3 0 15
England Sale Sharks 4 2 1 1 89 48 +41 13 5 1 1 12
England Exeter Chiefs 4 2 0 2 127 82 +45 19 7 3 0 11
France Montpellier 4 2 0 2 78 157 –79 9 23 2 0 10
France Clermont 4 1 1 2 79 82 –3 8 10 0 2 8
Scotland Glasgow Warriors 4 1 0 3 82 117 –35 7 15 0 1 5
England Northampton Saints 4 0 0 4 56 124 –68 6 17 0 2 2
England Bath 4 0 1 3 48 148 –100 6 22 0 0 2
Wales Ospreys 4 0 0 4 33 123 –90 3 17 0 0 0


Results[]

Round 1[]
Round 2[]
Round 3[]
w/o 14 January 2022
Exeter Chiefs England v Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Round 4[]

Warrior of the month awards[]

Award Winner
September Scotland Johnny Matthews[59]
October Scotland Rory Darge[60]
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

End of Season awards[]

Award Winner
Young Player of the Season
Coaches Award
Test Player of the Season
Most Improved Player of the Season
Al Kellock Leadership Award
Community Hero of the Year
Try of the Season
Players' Player of the Season
Player of the Season

Competitive debuts this season[]

A player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.

Players in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.

Players in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.

Players in normal font have not been capped at senior level.

A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.

Tournaments where competitive debut made:

Scottish Inter-District Championship Welsh–Scottish League WRU Challenge Cup Celtic League Celtic Cup 1872 Cup Pro12 Pro14 Rainbow Cup United Rugby Championship European Challenge Cup Heineken Cup / European Champions Cup

Crosshatching indicates a jointly hosted match.

Number Player nationality Name Position Date of debut Venue Stadium Opposition nationality Opposition side Tournament Match result Scoring debut
329 Wales ThyerBrad Thyer Prop 2021-09-24 Away Ravenhill Stadium Ireland Ulster United Rugby Championship Loss Nil
330 Scotland BerghanSimon Berghan Prop 2021-09-24 Away Ravenhill Stadium Ireland Ulster United Rugby Championship Loss Nil
331 Australia DempseyJack Dempsey No. 8 2021-09-24 Away Ravenhill Stadium Ireland Ulster United Rugby Championship Loss Nil
332 Scotland TuipulotuSione Tuipulotu Centre 2021-09-24 Away Ravenhill Stadium Ireland Ulster United Rugby Championship Loss Nil
333 Scotland McCallumMurray McCallum (Prop) 2021-09-24 Away Ravenhill Stadium Ireland Ulster United Rugby Championship Loss Nil
334 Scotland WalkerMurphy Walker (Prop) 2021-10-02 Home Scotstoun Stadium South Africa Sharks United Rugby Championship Win Nil
335 Scotland MillerAlly Miller (Flanker) 2021-10-02 Home Scotstoun Stadium South Africa Sharks United Rugby Championship Win Nil
336 Argentina CancelliereSebastián Cancelliere Wing 2021-10-16 Away Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Italy Zebre United Rugby Championship Win Nil
337 South Africa McBethNathan McBeth (Prop) 2021-11-27 Away Stadio Comunale di Monigo Italy Benetton Treviso United Rugby Championship Loss Nil
338 New Zealand McKayJosh McKay Full Back 2021-12-04 Home Scotstoun Stadium Wales Dragons United Rugby Championship Win Nil
339 Argentina MiottiDomingo Miotti (Fly-half) 2021-12-04 Home Scotstoun Stadium Wales Dragons United Rugby Championship Win Nil

Sponsorship[]

  • SP Energy Networks – Title Sponsor and Community Sponsor[61]
  • Scottish Power – Official Kit

Official kit supplier[]

Official kit sponsors[]

  • Malcolm Group
  • McCrea Financial Services
  • Denholm Oilfield
  • Ross Hall Hospital
  • Story Contracting[62]
  • Leidos[63]

Official sponsors[]

Official partners[]

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