The 2018–19 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro14 and the European Champions Cup.
Season overview
New co-captaincy
The Warriors went back to a co-captaincy role - previously done by the club in season 2016–17.
This season Callum Gibbins joined Ryan Wilson as the Warriors' co-captains for the season ahead.
Team Coaches Head Coach: Dave Rennie Assistant Coach: Kenny Murray Assistant Coach: Jonathan Humphreys Assistant Coach: Jason O'Halloran Assistant Coach: Mike Blair Forwards Coach: John Dalziel (from May 2019) Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Phil Healey (to October 2018) Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: Francisco Tavares (to February 2019) Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: George Petrakos (now Head S & C) Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: Liam Walshe (from December 2018) Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brad Mayo Lead Performance Analyst: Toby West Asst. Performance Analyst: Greg Woolard (now Lead PA) Asst. Performance Analyst: Graham O'Riordan (from March 2019)
Staff
Managing Director: Nathan Bombrys Chairman: Charles Shaw Advisory Group: Walter Malcolm, Douglas McCrea, Alan Lees, Jim Preston, Paul Taylor Rugby Operations Manager: John Manson Kit Manager & Masseur: Dougie Mills Clinical Manager and Team Physiotherapist: Nicola McGuire Rehabilitation Physiotherapist: Gabrielle McCullough Team Doctor: Dr. David Pugh Team Doctor: Dr. Jonathan Hanson Commercial Operations Manager: Alastair Kellock Communications Manager: Jeremy Bone Communications Asst: Jack Reid Content Producer: Graeme Thomson Marketing Insight Executive: Claire Scott Operations Manager: James Acheson Marketing and Partnerships Manager: Darroch Ramsay Partnership Sales Manager: Ross Curle Partnership Account Manager: Oliver Norman Partnership Account Manager: Jim Taylor Community Manager: Lindsey Smith Community Rugby Coach: Stuart Lewis
Squad Hookers
Fraser Brown Kevin Bryce James Malcolm Grant Stewart George Turner
Props
Alex Allan Jamie Bhatti Zander Fagerson Siua Halanukonuka Oli Kebble Adam Nicol Petrus du Plessis D'Arcy Rae
Locks
Brian Alainu'uese Scott Cummings Andrew Davidson Jonny Gray Kiran McDonald Greg Peterson Tim Swinson Loose forwards
Adam Ashe Matt Fagerson Bruce Flockhart Chris Fusaro Callum Gibbins Thomas Gordon Rob Harley Matt Smith David Tameilau Ryan Wilson Lewis Wynne
Scrum halves
Nick Frisby George Horne Nikola Matawalu Ali Price
Fly halves
Adam Hastings Ruaridh Jackson Brandon Thomson Centres
Alex Dunbar Nick Grigg Peter Horne Sam Johnson Huw Jones Patrick Kelly Stafford McDowall
Back three
Robert Beattie Stuart Hogg Rory Hughes Lee Jones Lelia Masaga Max McFarland Robbie Nairn Tommy Seymour Ratu Tagive D. T. H. van der Merwe
Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players
These players are given a professional contract by the Scottish Rugby Academy. Although given placements they are not contracted by Glasgow Warriors. Players graduate from the academy when a professional club contract is offered.
These players are assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2018–19. A further intake will be announced later in August 2018.
Academy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad.
Robbie Smith - Hooker Euan McLaren - Prop Murphy Walker - Prop Cameron Henderson - Lock Marshall Sykes - Lock
Kaleem Barreto - Scrum half Ross Thompson - Fly-half Ollie Smith - Centre Logan Trotter - Wing
Back up players
Other players used by Glasgow Warriors over the course of the season.
Joe Reynolds (Currie) – Fly-half Kyle Steyn (Scotland 7s) – Centre
Player statistics
During the 2018–19 season, Glasgow have used 50 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.
Position Nation Name Pro14 Champions Cup TotalApps(sub)TriesPointskickedApps(sub)TriesPointskickedApps(sub)Total ptsHKFraser Brown9(2)2040013(2)10HKKevin Bryce1(10)10(3)001(13)0HKRobbie Smith(1)00000(1)0HKGrant Stewart5(9)302(1)107(10)20HKGeorge Turner8(3)201(3)009(6)10PRAlex Allan3(9)00(4)003(13)0PRJamie Bhatti7(10)00(3)007(13)0PRZander Fagerson11(2)2010012(2)10PRSiua Halanukonuka4(6)002(2)006(8)0PROli Kebble13(2)1071020(2)10PRAdam Nicol1(3)000001(3)0PRPetrus du Plessis(2)00(4)00(6)0PRD'Arcy Rae7(10)004(1)0011(11)0LKScott Cummings16(2)102(1)1018(3)10LKAndrew Davidson1(1)000001(1)0LKJonny Gray11005(1)1016(1)5LKKiran McDonald1(4)000001(4)0LKGreg Peterson1(2)10(1)001(3)5LKTim Swinson8(2)203(2)0011(4)10BRAdam Ashe14(3)301(1)2015(4)25BRMatt Fagerson13(3)5061019(3)30BRBruce Flockhart(4)00000(4)0BRChris Fusaro8(7)101(6)109(13)10BRCallum Gibbins12(1)4060018(1)20BRThomas Gordon2(4)000002(4)0BRRob Harley18(3)106(1)0024(4)5BRMatt Smith2(4)00(1)002(5)0BRDavid Tameilau1(5)100001(5)5BRRyan Wilson7(2)1051012(2)10SHNick Frisby5(7)10(1)005(8)5SHGeorge Horne8(8)901(5)309(13)60SHNikola Matawalu12(6)601(4)2013(10)40SHAli Price10(3)506(1)3016(4)40FHAdam Hastings14(3)2126615620(3)197FHRuaridh Jackson1410100155FHBrandon Thomson4(5)1521085(5)65CEAlex Dunbar4(3)101005(3)5CENick Grigg10(1)4030013(1)20CEPeter Horne10(6)5361(4)0011(10)61CESam Johnson7(1)3040011(1)15CEHuw Jones3(5)203(2)106(7)15CEPatrick Kelly1(3)000001(3)0CEStafford McDowall9(1)2020011(1)10CEKyle Steyn9201001010WGRory Hughes6(4)201(1)007(5)10WGLee Jones3(1)202005(1)10WGRobbie Nairn3(5)200003(5)10WGTommy Seymour12805101745WGD. T. H. van der Merwe8(1)3051013(1)20FBStuart Hogg91125101422
Staff movements
Coaches
Staff promotions
George Petrakos to Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (from December 2018) Greg Woolard to Lead Performance Analyst
Personnel in
Liam Walshe from Worcester Warriors Asst. Strength and Conditioning (from December 2018) Coach Brad Mayo from Bay of Plenty Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach Graham O'Riordan from Dragons Asst. Performance Analyst (from March 2019) John Dalziel from Scotland 7s Forwards Coach (from May 2019)
Personnel out
Phil Healey to Blues Francisco Tavares to Sporting Lisbonhttps://uk.linkedin.com/in/franciscotav/en
Medical
Personnel in
Dr. Jonathan Hanson (Team doctor) (since December 2017)
Personnel out
Dr. David Pugh
Player movements
Academy promotions Bruce Flockhart from Scottish Rugby Academy Robbie Nairn from Scottish Rugby Academy Adam Nicol from Scottish Rugby Academy Stafford McDowall from Scottish Rugby Academy Grant Stewart from Scottish Rugby Academy
Player transfers
In David Tameilau from RC Narbonne Bruce Flockhart from Stade Niçois (loan ends) Josh Henderson from Stade Niçois (loan ends) Nick Frisby from Bordeaux Bègles Kevin Bryce from Edinburgh Thomas Gordon from Edinburgh
Out Finn Russell to Racing 92 Pat MacArthur to Ayr Ryan Grant retired Richie Vernon to London Scottish Samuela Vunisa to Calvisano Leonardo Sarto to Bristol Bears Lewis Wynne to London Scottish (loan) Henry Pyrgos to Edinburgh Sam Yawayawa to Cambridge George Stokes to Darlington Mowden Park Josh Henderson to Scotland 7s James Malcolm to Doncaster Knights (loan) Brian Alainu'uese to Toulon
Robert Beattie to London Scottish Greg Peterson to Bordeaux Bègles
Competitions Pre-season and friendlies
The pre-season matches were a mixed bag for the Warriors. Dave Rennie was happy with the Harlequins match at Perth; noting that the Glasgow side were missing 20 internationals.
In contrast, the Northampton Saints match was a bit of a wake-up call. Rennie stated that 'We got beaten up a bit tonight' and blamed a lack of communication, the quality of tackle technique and a lack of patience. On a more positive note he continued 'They're all things we can tidy up.'
Match 1
Glasgow Warriors: Oli Kebble, James Malcolm, Darcy Rae, Scott Cummings, Johnny Gray, Bruce Flockhart, Chris Fusaro, Matt Smith, Nick Frisby, Brandon Thomson, Lelia Masaga, Paddy Kelly, Sam Johnson, Robbie Nairn, Rory Hughes Replacements (all used): Kevin Bryce, Grant Stewart, Alex Allan, Adam Nicol, Greg Peterson, Rob Harley, Thomas Gordon, Kaleem Barreto, Adam Hastings, Ratu Tagive, Stafford McDowell, Alex Dunbar, Niko Matawalu, Joe Reynolds, Ruaridh Jackson, Adam Ashe
Harlequins: 15. James Lang, 14. Nathan Earle, 13. Joe Marchant, 12. Ben Tapuai, 11. Gabriel Ibitoye, 10. Marcus Smith, 9. Danny Care,1. Nick Auterac, 2. Dave Ward, 3. Phil Swainston, 4. Stan South, 5. Matt Symons, 6. Dino Lamb, 7. Luke Wallace, 8. Renaldo Bothma Replacements: Elia Elia, Max Crumpton, Mark Lambert, Will Collier, Hugh Tizard, Ben Glynn, Archie White, Dave Lewis, Charlie Mulchrone,Tim Visser, Henry Cheeseman, Charlie Walker, Ross Chisholm
Match 2
Northampton Saints: Tuala (Mallinder 55); Pisi (Tuitavake 28), Hutchinson (Burrell 5 (Pisi 40 (Collins 75)), Francis (Burrell 55), Collins (Sleightholme 40); Biggar (Grayson 2), Reinach (Mitchell 55); Waller (c) (Davis 40 (van Wyk 60)), Fish (Haywood 40 (Hartley 60)), Franks (Ford-Robinson 40 (Painter 60)); Ribbans (Ratuniyarawa 40), Lawes (Moon 60); Haskell (Gibson 40), Brüssow (Ludlam 40), Harrison (Eadie 40).
Glasgow Warriors: Ruaridh Jackson; Tommy Seymour, Alex Dunbar, Sam Johnson, Niko Matawalu; Adam Hastings, George Horne; Jamie Bhatti, George Turner, Darcy Rae; Scott Cummings, Greg Peterson; Rob Harley, Callum Gibbins(c), Ryan Wilson (c). Replacements: (all used) Kevin Bryce, Grant Stewart, Alex Allan, Oli Kebble, Adam Nicol, Andrew Davidson, Matt Smith, Adam Ashe, Nick Frisby, Brandon Thomson, Patrick Kelly, Nick Grigg, D. T. H. van der Merwe, Rory Hughes.
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
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
Final
Europe
Pool
Results
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Quarter-finals
Warrior of the month awards
AwardWinner September Adam Hastings October Matt Fagerson November Nikola Matawalu December Nikola Matawalu January Rob Harley February Brandon Thomson March Stafford McDowall & Kyle Steyn April Jonny Gray May no award
End of Season awards
AwardWinner Young Player of the Season Stafford McDowall Coaches Award Rob Harley Test Player of the Season Sam Johnson Most Improved Player of the Season Scott Cummings Al Kellock Leadership Award Ryan Wilson Community Club of the Season Lenzie Try of the Season Sam Johnson v. Leinster Players' Player of the Season Rob Harley Player of the Season Ali Price
Competitive debuts this season
A player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders 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:
Scottish Inter-District Championship Welsh–Scottish LeagueWRU Challenge Cup Celtic LeagueCeltic Cup 1872 Cup Pro12 Pro14 Rainbow CupUnited Rugby ChampionshipEuropean Challenge CupHeineken Cup / European Champions Cup