The International Rugby Board has welcomed the Scottish Rugby Union’s announcement that Glasgow will host the penultimate round of the HSBC Sevens World Series. The announcement, made in collaboration with the Scottish Parliament, Glasgow City Council and Sport Scotland, will see the Scotland Sevens move from its traditional home of Edinburgh to Scotstoun Stadium...
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New Glasgow Warriors signing Rory Lamont has today taken part in his first training session since re-joining the club late last week. The full-back/wing has been registered as an “additional player” in the Warriors’ Heineken Cup squad, replacing Dave McCall, who is currently on loan at Rotherham Titans. This means that Lamont is available...
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Hooker Finlay Gillies has been rewarded for his fine form in the first part of the RaboDirect PRO12 season with a full professional contract at Glasgow Warriors. The 22-year-old has been with the club since the summer of 2010 as a Scottish Rugby Elite Development player, and has this term provided stiff competition to...
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Almost exactly two years to the day since they emerged victorious on their first visit to the Cardiff City Stadium, Glasgow Warriors will seek another big away day success when they play the Blues in the RaboDirect PRO12 this Saturday (kick-off 6.30pm, live on S4C). Sean Lineen’s team are looking to put the disappointment...
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Glasgow head coach Sean Lineen has backed his players to translate their “hugely encouraging” pre-season work into a positive start to the competitive action as the dates and kick-off times for the first tranche of RaboDirect PRO12 fixtures were confirmed. The Warriors now know their schedule up to and including the first leg of...
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Glasgow Warriors today unveiled the home and alternate playing kits they hope will leave them dressed for success in season 2011/12. Supplied by Canterbury of New Zealand, both strips are a contemporary take on the club’s traditional colours and designs, and will be donned for battle on two of the biggest stages in northern...
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Scotland international coaches Gregor Townsend (attack), Graham Steadman (defence) and Duncan Hodge (kicking) are set to kick off Scottish Rugby’s 2011 National Specialist Skills Programme at Murrayfield tomorrow (25 July). As part of the event, the trio will run a coaching session giving an overview of training themes and exercises that will be included...
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One of Glasgow Warriors’ most promising prospects will make his professional debut against Heineken Cup finalists Leinster at the RDS tomorrow night (6 May, kick-off 7.05pm) in the last game of the Magners League regular season. Centre Mark Bennett, a member of the Warriors’ Elite Development Programme and part of the Ayr squad that...
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The Scarlets travel to Glasgow tomorrow evening (Friday 22nd April, Firhill, kick-off 8.05pm) for another big contest in their Magners League campaign. Having kicked off strongly in the league this season, the Scarlets spent 12 consecutive weeks in the play-off zone in the league. The now 6th placed Scarlets need to secure points in...
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Despite gaining their first historic first win in Magners League last Saturday, the Aironi coaching staff have been forced to make two changes to the team which will face Glasgow Warriors in Saturday’s game in Viadana (kick-off at 3.30 pm, Local Time). Gareth Krause and Kaine Robertson, both try scorers against Connacht last week...
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