Glasgow Warriors
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| Full name | Glasgow Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Hughenden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 5,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Sean Lineen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Magners League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Glasgow Warriors, formerly Glasgow Rugby, is one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, Edinburgh and Border Reivers being the other two. Up until December 2005, the Warriors played at Hughenden (capacity 5,500), then had a brief spell at Firhill Stadium, home of Partick Thistle Football Club, before returning to Hughenden for the start of season 2006/2007.
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[edit] History
Glasgow Rugby were created to compete in the Heineken Cup as the SRU did not think that Scottish club sides could compete against the best teams from France and England. Glasgow, however, did not compete in the Heineken Cup until the 1997-98 season.
Due to the SRU's high debt, partly as a result of the redevelopment of Murrayfield - called for retrenchment. After two seasons, Glasgow merged with Caledonian to form a team to be known as Glasgow Caledonian. From the 2002-03 season the Caledonian label was dropped and the team were simply known as Glasgow Rugby. Starting with the 2005-06 season, the team were yet again rebranded as the Glasgow Warriors.
The enforced merger came just after Glasgow had shown some signs of progress by qualifying for the Heineken quarter-final play-offs, in which they lost heavily (90-19) to Leicester Tigers. The combined strength of the new teams was supposed to build on such modest progress, but it did not happen.
The issue of crowd sizes returned at the 1999 World Cup, by which time a Welsh/Scottish League had been established - essentially the Welsh First Division with the two Scottish sides tacked on.
The Celtic League, begun in the autumn of 2001, has been a more attractive competition for players and public alike. Glasgow reached the semi-finals of the inaugural competition but have struggled since. In 2004-5 they were fifth, the best of the three Scottish teams.
[edit] Season 2006-07
After impressive preseason displays, Glasgow Warriors kicked off in the new Magners League against Newport-Gwent Dragons and suffered an agonising 23-24 loss after a last minute penalty.
[edit] Current Squad
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[edit] Notable players
- Andrew Henderson
- Rory Lamont
- Dan Parks
- Jon Petrie
- Donnie Macfadyen
- Scott Lawson
[edit] Noteable Former players
[edit] Coaches
- Sean Lineen - appointed head coach on March 28, 2006 with immediate effect
- Shade Munro - Forwards coach
- Gary Mercer - Defence coach
- Mark Bitcon - Fitness and conditioning
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Glasgow Warriors unofficial fansite
- Glasgow Warriors on itsrugby.co.uk
- Glasgow Warriors video vault on Channel XV
- Scotstoun stadium
- Scottish rugby union fans forum
Federations
Irish Rugby Football Union • Scottish Rugby Union • Welsh Rugby Union
Teams
Ireland: Connacht • Leinster • Munster • Ulster
Scotland: Border Reivers • Edinburgh • Glasgow Warriors
Wales: Cardiff Blues • Llanelli Scarlets • Newport Gwent Dragons • Ospreys
