Category: Glasgow Warriors

441 : Leinster v Glasgow wrap

7 June 2025; Dan Sheehan of Leinster celebrates after scoring his side’s first try during the United Rugby Championship semi-final match between Leinster and Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

🏉  Dan & Tommy

🏉  Improved players

🏉  Setback recovery

🏉  Defence on point

🏉  Below par champs

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

CONOR CRONIN

HUGO GORDON

FULL TIME TAKES

Kevin Kelehan

The stadium was buzzing right from the first hit off kick off, the team seemed to feed off it, 32 points clear on 65 minutes having refused to let a decent enough Glasgow side play. Tom Clarkson and Tommy O’Brien were both superb today, Tom winning scrum penalties now and Tommy is so unpredictable. The confidence is back at exactly the perfect time to get it back.

Christy O’Connor

Definitely a much better performance than the last few weeks, I was expecting a tight game. Glasgow were never in it, we let them off easy a few times but we were never losing that game. Just hope we show the same attitude next week

Jackie McEachern

It seemed that Leinster showed great attitude from the start and several players really stepped up. I’m worried about all the missed kicks from Prendergast. But for now excited for the final next week!

Gavin Hegarty

Like do we have that little confidence in our attack that our first instinct is to kick, every time? Frustrating rugby and helping the opposition.

Clarkson had the game of his life and dominated their loose head.

Scot penny take a bow, he was everywhere.

A good win but we fell asleep in the last twenty and gave them tries.

If we stayed tuned in it would have been 50+.

Considering the injury list jvdf, Doris, furlong, henshaw, ringrose, Keenan) we did well.

Clarkson, Osbourne and the optometrist (tob) will Excell on the summer tour

Cuan Mulligan

Much better performance, however Sam is a weakness.. the flare and magic he showed late last year is no where to be found and he is weak in defence, Bulls will run down him all day next Saturday. Far more cohesive as a team, should make for a great game.

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TUESDAY

BONUS CHAT : “SAM’S KICKING & BULLS REVIEW”

WEDNESDAY

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440 : Leinster v Glasgow preview

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LEINSTER : 15. Jimmy O’Brien 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Jamie Osborne 12. Jordie Barrett 11. James Lowe 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Joe McCarthy 5. James Ryan 6. Ryan Baird 7. Scott Penny 8. Jack Conan (c)

16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Jack Boyle 18. Rabah Slimani 19. RG Snyman 20. Max Deegan 21. Luke McGrath 22. Ross Byrne 23. Ciarán Frawley

GLASGOW : 15 Josh McKay 14 Kyle Steyn (c) 13 Sione Tuipulotu 12 Tom Jordan 11 Kyle Rowe 10 Adam Hastings 9 George Horne

1 Jamie Bhatti 2 Gregor Hiddleston 3 Fin Richardson 4 Alex Samuel 5 Scott Cummings 6 Euan Ferrie 7 Rory Darge 8 Henco Venter

16 Johnny Matthews 17 Rory Sutherland 18 Sam Talakai 19 Max Williamson 20 Jack Mann 21 Macenzzie Duncan 22 Stafford McDowall 23 Jamie Dobie

BKT United Rugby Championship 24/25 Semifinal

Saturday, June 7, 2025

KO 2:45pm  Aviva Stadium

Live on : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 1 & URC.tv 

Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

AR 1: Craig Evans (WRU)

AR 2: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

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THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

CIAN O’MUILLEOIR

DAVID CORDIAL

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Gavin Hegarty

I’m not going to comment on whitehouse.

We have real talent in Leinster but for some reason this talent is not firing. On paper we were 40+ better than this team yet we couldn’t string any phases together.

Why do we want to defend? We just keep on aimlessly kicking the ball away. Madness.

Tommy O’Brien is class and has to be capped in Georgia/Portugal.

On a positive note on spiral from Sam has to be the best kick I’ve ever seen! Simple exquisite

Chris McDonnell

No real spark but effort was very good. Gunne passed well but didn’t really offer any threat, Sam is not controlling the game, loads of really good stuff but not really getting a grip. Boyle is a good one. What’s going on with furlong? Why is he on the bench if he’s not getting much needed game time.

Christy O’Connor

This proves that Frawley should’ve been given more time at ten.

Andrew Bailey

It’s a sad situation when you know once referee is announced that he will be awful. Whitehouse did not disappoint. Aside from that we have a problem at 10

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436 : Leinster v Glasgow preview

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LEINSTER : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Jordie Barrett 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Fintan Gunne

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. RG Snyman 5. James Ryan 6. Ryan Baird 7. Scott Penny 8. Jack Conan (c)

16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Jack Boyle 18. Tadhg Furlong 19. Diarmuid Mangan 20. Max Deegan 21. Luke McGrath 22. Ciarán Frawley 23. Jamie Osborne

GLASGOW : 15 Kyle Rowe 14 Sebastian Cancelliere 13 Huw Jones 12 Sione Tuipulotu 11 Kyle Steyn (C) 10 Adam Hastings 9 Ben Afshar

1 Jamie Bhatti 2 Seb Stephen 3 Fin Richardson 4 Jare Oguntibeju 5 Alex Samuel 6 Macenzzie Duncan 7 Rory Darge 8 Euan Ferrie

16 Gregor Hiddleston 17 Nathan McBeth 18 Murphy Walker 19 JP du Preez 20 Scott Cummings 21 Stafford McDowall 22 George Horne 23 Tom Jordan

BKT United Rugby Championship 24/25 Rd 18

Saturday, May 17, 2025

KO 7:35pm  Aviva Stadium

Live on : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 2, URC.tv 

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

AR 1: Keane Davison (IRFU)

AR 2: Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU)

TMO: Keith David (WRU)

427 : Leinster v Glasgow wrap

11 April 2025; Dan Sheehan of Leinster scores his side’s seventh try during the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final match between Leinster and Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

🏉  Glasgow’s poor exits

🏉  Sam’s spirals

🏉  Leinster’s D (again) 

🏉  Mangan’s Euro debut

🏉  Jordie’s everything

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

TOM COLEMAN

RICHARD MIFSUD

FULL TIME TAKES

Greg Kelly

We put on a show but we learned nothing and didn’t sharpen our edges. When Byrne replaced Sam there was a noticeable drop off in incision and tempo. All in all we played an hour of solid rugby and then pulled up in the last 20 to save legs.

Chris McDonnell

Just too good. Noticeable drop off when we changed our half backs.

David Ryle

Wasn’t a scoreline we were expecting. But Glasgow were missing half of their starters.

2 weeks on the bounce teams kept scoreless.

Cuan Mulligan

Loved the term.. Leinster Double Bagel

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426 : Leinster v Glasgow preview

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LEINSTER : 15 Hugo Keenan 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Jordie Barrett

11. James Lowe 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Cian Healy 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Joe McCarthy 5. RG Snyman

6. Max Deegan 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan (c)

16. Dan Sheehan 17. Andrew Porter 18. Rabah Slimani 19. Diarmuid Mangan

20. Caelan Doris 21. Luke McGrath 22. Ross Byrne 23. Robbie Henshaw

GLASGOW : 15 Kyle Rowe 14 Jamie Dobie 13 Stafford McDowall 12 Tom Jordan

11 Kyle Steyn (c) 10 Adam Hastings 9 George Horne 

1 Nathan McBeth 2 Johnny Matthews 3 Sam Talakai 4 Gregor Brown 5 Alex Samuel

6 Matt Fagerson 7 Rory Darge 8 Sione Vailanu

16 Grant Stewart 17 Jamie Bhatti 18 Patrick Schickerling 19 JP du Preez

20 Max Williamson 21 Euan Ferrie 22 Ben Afshar 23 Sebastian Cancelliere 

Referee : Luke Pearce (Eng)

AR1 : Anthony Woodthorpe (Eng)

AR2 : Adam Leal (Eng)

TMO : Andrew Jackson (Eng)

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285 : Glasgow v Leinster wrap

22 January 2023; Tommy O’Brien of Leinster in action against George Horne of Glasgow Warriors during the United Rugby Championship match between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
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THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

RICH MIFSUD & JAY LONG

FULL TIME TAKES

Christy O’Connor

Hard to make anything of this with such young team that was put out. It’s a learning curve, more than anything. Glasgow deserved the win

Dave Murray

Lots of soft scores leaked. Can only get better as the weeks go on 🤞🤞🤞

Craig Grehan

Lack of ruthlessness and aggression.

Frawley should’ve been at 10.

Or Prendergast …

We didn’t use the backs enough when we hit the 5m line and got punished by sloppy rucking.

Tackles were soft at times.

Chris McDonnell

Cant play rugby with a 10, 12, 13 and not a single one prepared to make a tackle. We created very little with the ball and how many times do we have to lose scores from boxkicking. Lineout was good, scrum was awful.

Bert McLoughlin

We were well outplayed at times but not giving a try without conclusive evidence was a turning point

Jamie Donohoe

Evans the Referee was absolutely shocking & completely incompetent.

That said Leinster leaked a lot of soft scores

Jamie Bermingham

Defence was very poor today and we had a number of chances on the Glasgow try line and let them slip. The decision to not allow Turners try was shocking as there was no solid evidence he was in touch, in fact it looked like the Glasgow player was keeping him in play

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FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1  Argentina 6-44 New Zealand in woeful World Cup Semi-Final (sportsnewsireland.com) [Joe Naughton]

2 Rugby World Cup: England suffer agonising defeat thanks to South Africa’s gutsy call | The Independent [Harry Latham-Coyle]

3 WXV3: Second big Ireland win | Scrum Queens [John Birch]

4  Carbery and Munster ‘stick to guns’ in impressive opening win over Sharks (irishexaminer.com) [Kevin Fallon]

5  Ospreys produce stirring comeback but go down to Connacht in season opener – Wales Online [Robert Harries]

URC WRAP

ROUND 1

ZEB 36-40 ULS

CON 34-26 OSP

LIO 33-35 STO

DRA 17-22 EDI

MUN 34-21 SHA

CAR 22-23 BEN

BUL 63-21 SCA

GLA 43-25 LEI

ROUND 2

SAT OCT 28

OSP V ZEB

CON V GLA

STO V SCA

LEI V SHA

EDI V LIO

SUN OCT 29

BEN V MUN

DRA V CAR

ULS V BUL

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Leinster : 15. Ciarán Frawley 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Liam Turner 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. Jordan Larmour 10. Harry Byrne 9. Luke McGrath

1. Jack Boyle 2. John McKee 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Ross Molony 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Max Deegan 7. Scott Penny > CAPTAIN 8. James Culhane

16. Lee Barron 17. Paddy McCarthy 18. Rory McGuire 19. Brian Deeny 20. Rhys Ruddock 21.  Cormac Foley 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Will Connors

Glasgow : 15 Josh McKay 14 Sebastian Cancelliere 13 Huw Jones 12 Stafford McDowall 11 Kyle Steyn (C) 10 Tom Jordan 9 Jamie Dobie

1 Oli Kebble 2 Angus Fraser 3 Zander Fagerson 4 Greg Peterson 5 Scott Cummings 6 Gregor Brown 7 Rory Darge 8 Henco Venter

16 Johnny Matthews 17 Nathan McBeth 18 Lucio Sordoni 19 Alex Samuel 20 Ally Miller 21 Thomas Gordon 22 George Horne 23 Duncan Weir

United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 1

Sunday October 22 KO 4pm

Scotstoun Stadium

TV : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 1, URC.tv 

Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)

AR 1: Ru Campbell (SRU)

AR 2: Jonny Perriam (SRU)

TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU)

193 : Leinster v Glasgow wrap

26 November 2022; Charlie Ngatai of Leinster offloads to teammate Rob Russell in the build up to his side’s second try during the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Glasgow Warriors at RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

🏉 Doddie RIP

🏉 ROG for England?

🏉 Leinster’s defence, scrum & discipline

🏉 That Ngatai offload

🏉 Hat-trick hero

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

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Martin Loughrey Good result today with some good performances, but we’d have struggled against a better team. Far too many penalties, 15 in total really held us back. Russell obviously had a great game, I thought the back row were solid, and Osbourne impressed also. Ngatai’s offload for the 2nd try was some kind of witchcraft! Good to see Kelleher come through unscathed. All in all, not a vintage performance, but a solid result.

Andrew Potts Leinster played well and a number of solid performances by the next generation .
Not sure about the penalty count, its unlike Leinster to be so spendthrift.

Chris McDonnell Harry made a big difference when he came on as did foley and Cosgrave.

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Brian Nisbet 40-5 in the RDS. Glasgow had so much possession but just couldn’t turn it into points. Leinster did, over and over


RichardMifsud Dominant display by #LeinsterRugby against Glasgow Warriors Great to see returns from key players after injury Poor discipline and inaccuracies will keep the coaches busy but overall a very welcome return to #URC action for the boys

FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1  ‘A giant amongst big men’: Doddie Weir tributes pour in from rugby and sporting world after Scotland legend’s death | The Scotsman [Mark Atkinson]

2 Ronan O’Gara Says He Would Have To Think Carefully About England Job | Balls.ie [Gary Connaughton]

3 Wales cannot go on as they are and change is needed now with focus on the 2027 World Cup – Delme Parfitt – Wales Online [Delme Parfitt]

4 Munster 24 Connacht 17 in United Rugby Championship – SportsNewsIreland SportsNewsIreland Live Scores [Breandán Ó hUallacháin]

5 Streetwise South Africa pick up cudgel and rapier to bury England | England rugby union team | The Guardian [Andy Bull]

URC ROUND 8 WRAP

URC Round 8

STO 36-19 SCA

ULS 36-15 ZEB

BEN 24-17 EDI

BUL 43-26 OSP

LEI 40-5 GLA

MUN 24-17 CON

LIO 33-25 DRA

SHA 0-35 CAR

ROUND 9

FRI DEC 2

EDI V MUN

SAT DEC 3

STO V DRA

ZEB V GLA

CON V BEN

BUL V CAR

LEI V ULS

SUN DEC 4

LIO V SCA

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LEINSTER : 15.Jamie Osborne 14. Rob Russell 13. Liam Turner 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. Dave Kearney 10. Ross Byrne 9. Luke McGrath

1. Ed Byrne 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Ross Molony 5. Joe McCarthy 6. Rhys Ruddock (213) CAPTAIN7. Scott Penny 8. Max Deegan

16. John McKee 17. Michael Milne 18. Vakh Abdaladze 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Ryan Baird 21. Cormac Foley 22. Harry Byrne 23. Chris Cosgrave. 

Glasgow Warriors : 15. Josh McKay 14. Sebastian Cancelliere 13. Kyle Steyn (C) 12. Stafford McDowall 11. Rufus McLean 10. Tom Jordan 9. George Horne

1. Oli Kebble 2. Fraser Brown 3. Murphy Walker 4. Sintu Manjezi 5. Alex Samuel 6. Gregor Brown 7. Sione Vailanu 8. Jack Dempsey

Replacements 16. Johnny Matthews 17. Jamie Bhatti 18. Simon Berghan 19. JP du Preez 20. Lewis Bean 21. Euan Ferrie 22. Jamie Dobie 23. Ross Thompson

BKT United Rugby Championship 2022/23

Saturday, November 26, 2022

RDS Arena 3:15pm 

Live on: RTÉ Two, Viaplay 1, URC.TV

Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

AR 1: Keane Davison (IRFU) 

AR 2: Andy Fogarty (IRFU)

TMO:  AJ Jacobs (SARU)