The Lions United Rugby Championship play off hopes took a dent last week and on Saturday they face a tough task away to Glasgow Warriors

 

 

Glasgow Warriors v Lions, Saturday 29th March, Glasgow, KO 21:35 (South African time)

 

Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant Referees: Ru Campbell (Scotland), Fin Brown (Scotland)
TMO: Stefano Penne (Italy)

 

Weather Forecast – Glasgow

 

 

Glasgow Warriors:

 

The Warriors are in second spot in the standings with a record of 9 wins and 4 defeats for 49 log points. They closed the gap on runaway leaders Leinster to 9 points in Round 13 whilst they have 4 points worth of daylight over the third placed Bulls and they are 5 better off than the Sharks who are fourth.

 

The Warriors edged out Munster 38-35 in Glasgow last weekend and they boast a 100% record in front of their own supporters in the URC this season. In South Africa earlier in the campaign they lost to the Sharks (28-24) in Durban but beat the Stormers (28-17) in Stellenbosh.

 

After this the Warriors host Leicester Tigers in the Champions Cup Round of 16. They will play 3 of their 4 remaining URC matches away from home including a visit to Leinster and the Bulls due in Glasgow in Round 16.

 

In the outright betting the Warriors are 13/2 to win the URC title with WSB.

 

Lions:

 

The Lions went down 20-17 away to play off rivals Cardiff last weekend to slip out of the top 8 in the standings. They had opportunities to win the game but were also guilty of a number of errors.

 

The Lions are now 13^th in a congested mid table section of the standings. They have 6 wins and 7 defeats against their name and they are 3 points behind 8^th position which is currently held by the Stormers.

 

In one earlier match against Scottish opposition the Lions beat Edinburgh 55-21 in a Round 3 home game.

 

After this the Lions are in the Challenge Cup Ro16 action where they will visit Edinburgh. They finish up the URC regular season with 4 consecutive home games against Benetton, Connacht, the Scarlets and the Ospreys.

 

In the outright betting the Lions are 66/1 shots to win the URC title with WSB.

 

Team News

 

Glasgow: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Jamie Dobie, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Tom Jordan, 11 Kyle Steyn (c), 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Mann, 7 Sione Vailanu, 6 Euan Ferrie, 5 JP du Preez, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Sam Talakai, 2 Grant Stewart, 1 Nathan McBeth

Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Rory Darge, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Sebastian Cancelliere

 

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Nico Steyn, 8 Francke Horn (captain), 7 Ruan Venter, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman

Replacements: 16 Franco Marais, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 Layton Horn, 22 Jarod Cairns, 23 Rynhardt Jonker

 

 

The Betting,

 

Updated 28 March 07h46

Glasgow Warriors -13.5 points at 9/10

Lions+13.5 points at 9/10

 

Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.

 

Betting Angle

 

Posted 28 March 07h50

This handicap opened -12.5 and has shifted to -13.5 where it has settled ahead of team selections where the return of Scottish Internationals is expected. 

It should be a good game to watch and I will wait for team news and points markets before getting involved. 

 

Bets on all URC games will be posted in the URC BLOG

 

Posted 29 March 14h15 

The forecast rain should clear up by game time and I am taking over 45.5 points. 

 

BET: 4 units over 45.5 points at 10/11 

 

 

Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.

 

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