The 2017–18 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro14 and the European Champions Cup.

Season overview

League expansion

With the addition of two South African sides, the Pro12 expanded to become the Pro14 for season 2017–18. The format of the league changed to accommodate the extra teams. It was split into two conferences and matches played in a conference system with the addition of 2 derby fixtures. The play-off system also changed with the winners of the conferences hosting a Semi-Final and each conference runners up and 3rd place teams playing off in Quarter-Final fixtures. For the Pro14's inaugural season, Glasgow Warriors were placed in a conference with the Ospreys, Cardiff Blues, Munster,

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New coach, new captain

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was installed as new Head Coach in August 2017. One of his first decisions was to scrap the co-captaincy enjoyed by

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and

Henry Pyrgos Henry Benjamin Pyrgos (born 9 July 1989) is a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. Rugby Union career Amateur career Pyrgos was drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Pr ...

. Ryan Wilson was picked as Warriors captain for the season.

Team

Coaches

*Head Coach:

*Assistant Coach:

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*Assistant Coach:

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*Assistant Coach: Jason O'Halloran *Assistant Coach: Mike Blair * Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Phil Healey * Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: Francisco Tavares * Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: George Petrakos * Lead Performance Analyst: Toby West * Asst. Performance Analyst: Greg Woolard

Staff

* Managing Director: Nathan Bombrys * Chairman: Charles Shaw * Advisory Group: Walter Malcolm, Douglas McCrea, Alan Lees, Jim Preston, Paul Taylor * Rugby Operations Manager:

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* Kit Manager & Masseur: Dougie Mills * Clinical Manager and Team Physiotherapist: Nicola McGuire * Rehabilitation Physiotherapist: Gabrielle McCullough * Team Doctor: Dr. David Pugh * Commercial Operations Manager:

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* Communications Manager: Jeremy Bone * Communications Asst: Jack Reid * Operations Manager: Stephanie Karvelis * Marketing and Partnerships Manager: Darroch Ramsay * Partnership Sales Manager: Laura Hynd * Partnership Account Manager: Oliver Norman * Partnership Account Manager: Jim Taylor * Game On Project Development Officer: Lindsey Smith * Community Rugby Coach: Stuart Lewis

Squad

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players who have been assigned to a Professional club are Stage 3 players. These players are assigned to

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for the season 2017–18. Dan York was added to the Glasgow Stage 3 academy squad in the Scottish Rugby Academy's second intake in the 2017–18 season. Academy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad. * Robbie Smith - Hooker * Grant Stewart - Hooker * Euan McLaren - Prop *

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- Prop * Dan York - Prop * Hamilton Burr - Lock * Bruce Flockhart - Flanker ( Loan out) * George Stokes - Flanker * Kaleem Barreto - Scrum half *

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- Fly-half ( Loan out) * Stafford McDowall - Centre * Robbie Nairn - Wing * Sam Yawayawa - Wing

Back up players

Other players used by Glasgow Warriors over the course of the season. * Charlie Shiel (

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Stage 3 player - Scrum half * Gary Strain (

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Player statistics

During the 2017–18 season, Glasgow have used fifty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

Staff movements

Coaches

Personnel in

from Chiefs *

from

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* Jason O'Halloran from

* Phil Healey from Chiefs * Francisco Tavares from Chiefs * Toby West from

Personnel out

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* Matt Taylor to

* Dan McFarland to

* Stuart Yule to

* Gavin Vaughan to

* Thibault Giroud to

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Player movements

Academy promotions

* Jamie Bhatti from

* George Horne from

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from

Matt Fagerson Matthew Joseph Fagerson (born 16 July 1998) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland national team. Early life Fagerson played for the g ...

from

* Robert Beattie from

Player transfers

In

* Oli Kebble from Stormers * Huw Jones from Stormers * Callum Gibbins from

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* Adam Hastings from Bath Rugby *

Lelia Masaga Lelia Tony Corona Masaga (born 30 August 1986) is a New Zealand international rugby union player. He plays for Glasgow Warriors. Masaga plays on Wing. Rugby Union career Amateur career Masaga was drafted to Marr in the Scottish Premiership fo ...

from Chiefs * Samuela Vunisa from Saracens * Kiran McDonald from Hull *

Brandon Thomson Brandon Terry Thomson (born 7 March 1995) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Scottish Pro14 side Glasgow Warriors. His regular position is fly-half. Rugby union career Youth: Pumas and South African Schools As a p ...

from Stormers * George Turner from

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh pl ...

(loan) *

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from Highlanders *

Ruaridh Jackson Ruaridh James Howard Jackson (born 12 February 1988) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14. Jackson started his career playing at fly-half, but soon transitioned to playin ...

from Harlequins * Nikola Matawalu from

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* Ryan Grant from

* Max McFarland from Clontarf * George Turner from

* D. T. H. van der Merwe from

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Out

* Mark Bennett to

* Gordon Reid to

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* Josh Strauss to Sale Sharks * Simone Favaro to

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* Sila Puafisi to Brive *

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''retired'' * Grayson Hart to

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* Tjiuee Uanivi to London Scottish * Peter Murchie ''released'' * Junior Bulumakau to

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* Fraser Lyle to London Scottish *

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''released'' * Hagen Schulte to

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''released'' *

to Stade Niçois (loan out) * Bruce Flockhart to Stade Niçois (loan out) * Hugh Blake to Bay of Plenty Steamers * George Turner to

(loan ends)

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Match 1

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Rory Hughes, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Paddy Kelly, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Robbie Nairn, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne,
1 Jamie Bhatti, 2 James Malcolm, 3 D’arcy Rae, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Scott Cummings, 6 Matt Fagerson, 7 Matt Smith, 8 Adam Ashe (capt)
Replacements: 16 Alex Allan, 17 Grant Stewart, 18 Adam Nicol, 19 Brian Alainu’uese, 20 Kiran McDonald, 21 George Stokes, 22 Hamilton Burr,
23 Chris Fusaro, 24 Lewis Wynne , 25 Charlie Shiel, 26 Stafford McDowell, 27 Lee Jones, 28 Robert Beattie (all used)
Northampton Saints: Ben Foden (capt), Jamie Elliott, Ahsee Tuala, Luther Burrell, Juan Pablo Estelles, Piers Francis, Nic Groom
Campese Ma’afu, Charlie Clare, Jamal Ford-Robinson, David Ribbans, James Craig, Jamie Gibson, Lewis Ludlam, Mitch Eadie.
Replacements: Dylan Hartley, Alex Waller, Kieran Brookes, Paul Hill, Michael Paterson, Reece Marshall, Christian Day, Ben Nutley,
Teimana Harrison, Alex Mitchell, James Grayson, Rory Hutchinson, Tom Stephenson, Juan Pablo Estelles, George Furbank, Harry Mallinder (all used)

Match 2

Dragons: Zane Kirchner; Ashton Hewitt, Tyler Morgan, Sam Beard, Hallam Amos; Angus O’Brien, Charlie Davies; Brok Harris, Elliot Dee, Leon Brown, Matthew Screech, Ashley Sweet, James Thomas (c), Ollie Griffiths, James Benjamin
Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Thomas Davies, Lloyd Fairbrother, Lennon Greggains, Nic Cudd, Sarel Pretorius,
Dorian Jones, Adam Warren, Adam Hughes, Jarred Rosser, Pat Howard, Mike Snook.
Glasgow Warriors: 15. Ruaridh Jackson, 14. Lee Jones, 13. Nick Grigg, 12. Sam Johnson, 11. Rory Hughes, 10. Adam Hastings, 9. George Horne
1. Jamie Bhatti, 2. James Malcolm, 3. D'arcy Rae, 4. Brian Alainu'uese, 5. Scott Cummings, 6. Lewis Wynne, 7. Chris Fusaro, 8. Adam Ashe (C)
Replacements: 16. George Turner, 17. Gary Strain, 18. Adam Nicol, 19. Greg Peterson, 20. Kiran McDonald, 21. Hamilton Burr,
22. Matt Smith, 23. Matt Fagerson, 24. Henry Pyrgos, 25. Peter Horne, 26. Patrick Kelly, 27. Lelia Masaga, 28. Stafford McDowell

Pro14

League table

Results

=Round 1

=Round 2

=Round 3

=Round 4

=Round 5

=Round 6

=Round 7

=Round 8

=Round 9

=Round 10

=Round 11 - 1872 Cup 1st Leg

=Round 12 - 1872 Cup 2nd Leg

=Round 13

=Round 14

=Round 15

=Round 16

=Round 17

= * Match rescheduled from 2 March 2018.

=Round 18

=Round 19

=Round 20

=Round 21 - 1872 Cup 3rd Leg

= Edinburgh won the 1872 Cup with a series score of 2 - 1.

Play-offs

=Semi-finals

Europe

In the European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Glasgow Warriors were placed as Tier 4 seeds and drawn with the English champions

, the French side Montpellier coached by former Scotland boss

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and Irish side

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. The fixtures were announced on 22 August 2017.

Pool

Results

=Round 1

=Round 2

=Round 3

=Round 4

=Round 5

=Round 6

Warrior of the month awards

End of Season awards

Competitive debuts this season

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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: Crosshatching indicates a jointly hosted match.

Sponsorship

* SP Energy Networks - Title Sponsor and Community Sponsor *

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- Official Kit

Official Kit Supplier

* Macron

Official kit sponsors

* Malcolm Group * McCrea Financial Services * Denholm Oilfield * Ross Hall Hospital * Story Contracting

Official sponsors

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* Clyde Travel Management * Harper Macleod * Caledonia Best * Eden Mill Brewery and Distillery *

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* CALA Homes * Capital Solutions * Martha's Restaurant * Sterling Furniture

Official partners

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* Benchmarx * Black & Lizars * Cameron House *

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* Healthspan Elite * Mentholatum * MSC Nutrition * Smile Plus * Lenco Utilities * Scot JCB News Scotland * HF Group * Primestaff * Village Hotel Club * The Crafty Pig * Kooltech * Savills * iPro Sports * RHA

References

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