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Glasgow v Connacht Sat March 25th - Match Thread
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From Glagow Warriors website;
Richie Vernon has undergone surgery for an Achilles tendon injury sustained in the game against the Dragons earlier this month.
The 29-year-old centre is expected to be out of action for up to nine months following the procedure at BMI Ross Hall Hospital.
Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: "We're disappointed for Richie that he faces another spell on the sidelines, not long after he'd worked hard to get back to full fitness.
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Is this one on TV??
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Sky Sports
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In terms of automatic qualification we know this game isn't too relevant unless Ulster or Scarlets collapse completely on the run-in but in terms of how we want to finish this season this is a very significant game. I don't really care if 6th isn't good enough for automatic qualification, 6th should be our aim heading in to this one. A 6th place finish would be the highest we ever finished bar last season and a win here and it's definitely on the cards. Glasgow are already guaranteed a spot in the Champions Cup next season, have a European quarter final after this game and have to travel to Munster and Leinster yet so how much focus they'll have on the league if we were to beat them here is debatable.
Scotland have had a positive 6 nations and their players will bring that back to the Glasgow camp. They'll have to try and integrate those players back in with Saracens in mind and you'd hope that's where we can benefit from being more settled as a unit. Glasgow's lack of depth when without their internationals was exposed somewhat during the 6 nations. They did beat Dragons well in their last game though.
This is going to be a very tough game but our squad is starting to look settled with injuries clearing up and hopefully this can be the start of a strong finish to the season.
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Ahead of Saturday’s Guinness PRO12 game away to Glasgow Warriors, the Connacht Rugby medical team have provided the following update.
Conor Carey is continuing his recovery from his foot injury and will return to play by mid-late April.
Ultan Dillane underwent successful surgery on his shoulder and will be unavailable for the remainder of the season.
Nepia Fox-Matamua sustained an ACL injury in the game v Treviso and will undergo surgery next week.
Peter Robb sustained a hip injury in a club game and will be unavailable for up to 4 weeks.
Matt Healy injured his hand in training last week and will be unavailable for 4-6 weeks.
Cian Kelleher is continuing his recovery from his hamstring injury and is due to be available in early May.
Josh Rowland has returned to full training with the squad.
Ireland squad members Kieran Marmion, Tiernan O’Halloran and Quinn Roux have all returned to Connacht Rugby and are available for selection.
Marnitz Boshoff has returned to South Africa following the sudden passing of his father. Our thoughts and prayers are with Marnitz and his family at this difficult time.
Glasgow Warriors v Connacht Rugby
Saturday March 25th
At Scotstoun Stadium, 5.15pm.
Live on Sky Sports
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU, 60th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sean Brickell (WRU), Bob Nevins (SRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Montgomery (SRU)
TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)
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So we're probably looking at something like
1. Buckley
2. McCartney
3. Bealham
4. Roux
5. Browne/Cannon
6. O'Brien
7. Heenan
8. Muldoon
9. Marmion/Cooney
10. Carty
11. Poolman
12. Ronaldson
13. Aki
14. Adeolokun
15. O'Halloran
16. Heffernan
17. Cooney/Soroka
18. McCoy
19. Browne/Cannon
20. Masterson
21. Cooney/Marmion
22. Crosbie/Farrell
23. Leader?
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so Glasgow had 10 players that played the majority of the 6 nations, you'd expect them to be rested for our game,
they have quarterfinal following week so townsend will want to strike a balance
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I would expect Stacey Lli on the wing as Pat seems a big fan of him with Crosbie and Farrell benching. Not sure on fitness of Leader also Parata may be in the running for a bench spot.
Mark Mostyn wrote: So we're probably looking at something like
1. Buckley
2. McCartney
3. Bealham
4. Roux
5. Browne/Cannon
6. O'Brien
7. Heenan
8. Muldoon
9. Marmion/Cooney
10. Carty
11. Poolman
12. Ronaldson
13. Aki
14. Adeolokun
15. O'Halloran
16. Heffernan
17. Cooney/Soroka
18. McCoy
19. Browne/Cannon
20. Masterson
21. Cooney/Marmion
22. Crosbie/Farrell
23. Leader?
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That's terrible news for Marnitz. Condolences to him and his family. RIP.
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sligsup wrote: I would expect Stacey Lli on the wing as Pat seems a big fan of him with Crosbie and Farrell benching. Not sure on fitness of Leader also Parata may be in the running for a bench spot.
Mark Mostyn wrote: So we're probably looking at something like
1. Buckley
2. McCartney
3. Bealham
4. Roux
5. Browne/Cannon
6. O'Brien
7. Heenan
8. Muldoon
9. Marmion/Cooney
10. Carty
11. Poolman
12. Ronaldson
13. Aki
14. Adeolokun
15. O'Halloran
16. Heffernan
17. Cooney/Soroka
18. McCoy
19. Browne/Cannon
20. Masterson
21. Cooney/Marmion
22. Crosbie/Farrell
23. Leader?
Yeah you're probably right about Ili. Leader has been playing AIL but maybe it'll be a few weeks before we see him for Connacht
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For anyone who's there for the weekend, I'll be be heading to this, my mate who's living there has heard good things about it anyway: www.glasgowist.com/big-feed-street-food-...-govan-this-weekend/
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Connacht team to face Glasgow Warriors
Saturday March 25th, kick off 17:15, Scotstoun Stadium
(Connacht caps in brackets)
15 Tiernan O’Halloran (122)
14 Niyi Adeolokun (53)
13 Bundee Aki (55)
12 Craig Ronaldson (62)
11 Stacey Ili (11)
10 Jack Carty (75)
9 Kieran Marmion (116)
1 Denis Buckley (112)
2 Tom McCartney (59)
3 Finlay Bealham (76)
4 Quinn Roux (51)
5 Andrew Browne (149)
6 Sean O’Brien (34)
7 Jake Heenan (49)
8 John Muldoon (296) (captain)
Replacements:
16 Dave Heffernan (79)
17 Ronan Loughney (190)
18 Dominic Robertson-McCoy (5)
19 James Cannon (12)
20 Naulia Dawai (
21 John Cooney (35)
22 Tom Farrell (5)
23 Josh Rowland (0)
Injured/Unavailable: Conor Carey, Ultan Dillane, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Marnitz Boshoff, Peter Robb, Matt Healy, Danie Poolman, Cian Kelleher, Darragh Leader.
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Strong Glasgow XV also!
15. Stuart Hogg (96)
14. Sean Lamont (110)
13. Nick Grigg (15)
12. Peter Horne (109) CAPTAIN
11. Rory Hughes (28)
10. Finn Russell (59)
9. Ali Price (37)
1. Alex Allan (45)
2. Corey Flynn (14)
3. Sila Puafisi (38)
4. Tim Swinson (93)
5. Brian Alainu'uese (11)
6. Rob Harley (157)
7. Matt Smith (1)
8. Adam Ashe (34)
Replacements
16. Fraser Brown (59)
17. Gordon Reid (109)
18. D'arcy Rae (21)
19. Scott Cummings (13)
20. Lewis Wynne (13)
21. George Horne (1)
22. Alex Dunbar (94)
23. Peter Murchie (114)
Not available due to injury: Mark Bennett (knee), Zander Fagerson (foot), Simone Favaro (knee), Lee Jones (eye), James Malcom (ankle), Pat MacArthur (ankle), Leonardo Sarto (shoulder), Tommy Seymour (back), Josh Strauss (medical), Richie Vernon (Achilles) and Ryan Wilson (shoulder).
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Cracking day for it! Careful about jerseys if you're going for a few in town before or after lads, they're fairly strict about it in Glasgow apparently. Bring a rucksack to shove them in maybe.
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In Glasgow for the game just wondering which stand are the Connacht supporter's going and is there any pub near stadium were supporters meet thanks
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