Glasgow Warriors host the Stormers in the first of the United Rugby Championship quarter finals on Friday, these teams also met in last season's play offs and Glasgow came out on top and went on to win the tournament.
Glasgow Warriors v Stormers, Friday 30th May, Glasgow, KO 20:35 (South African time)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse (Wales), Ben Breakspear (Wales)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)
Weather Forecast – Glasgow
Glasgow Warriors:
The Warriors eventually finished fourth in the standings at the end of the regular season. They were in the top 2 for much of the campaign before three successive defeats in their last 3 matches.
Their overall record comprised of 11 wins and 7 defeats and their tally of 59 log points was 4 more than the Stormers and 3 shy of the third placed Sharks.
In South Africa earlier in the campaign they lost to the Sharks (28-24) in Durban but beat the Stormers (28-17) in Stellenbosch. They thrashed the Lions 42-0 in Glasgow in Round 14 but lost 26-19 to the Bulls at this venue in Round 16.
These teams also met in Glasgow in the quarter finals last season, the Warriors came out on top 27-10 and went on to reach the final where they beat the Bulls 21-16 at Loftus.
In the outright betting the Warriors are 13/1 to win the URC title with WSB.
Stormers:
The Stormers finished fifth in the standings, climbing into the play off places on the back of a run of 4 successive home wins in the later rounds. Their overall record of 10 wins and 8 defeats for 55 log points was inferior to that of 2023/24 when they won 12 and lost 6 but also finished fifth best.
Overseas in the URC this season the Stormers won 2 and lost 4 and their best result away from home came in South Africa, a victory over the Bulls at Loftus.
In the outright betting to win the URC title the Stormers are 30/1 shots with WSB.
Team News
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Kyle Steyn (captain), 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Euan Ferrie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Alex Samuel, 3 Murphy Walker, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Jamie Bhatti.
Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Max Williamson, 20 Jack Mann, 21 Macenzzie Duncan, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Adam Hastings.
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Ben Loader, 13 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Replacements: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Connor Evans, 21 Louw Nel, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Manie Libbok.
The Betting,
Updated 29 May 09h09
Glasgow Warriors -6.5 points at 9/10
Stormers +6.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
Posted 29 May 09h10
The handicap has been stable at -6.5 Glasgow since I started traking it on Sunday night.
No move for me on this one until we see teams and points lines.
Posted 29 May 18h08
The points line is out and is set at 47.5 - bet to follow later tonight
Posted 29 May 23h32
This is a game I am battling with.
I fancy a close game but the either team by 1-7 points looks short at under 12/10 and the Warriors by -12 also looks tight at 14/10.
In the end and with some concern over the weather I am going to join forum stalwart Southpaw with a bet that we get 48 points or more in the game.
BET: 3 units over 47.5 points at 9/10 at Hollywoodbets
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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