Glasgow Warriors vs Leinster Rugby
Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup
Scotstoun, Glasgow
Friday, 4th June 2021, 20:15
TV: Live: Eir Sports
Provincial rugby in June? Doesn't quite feel right, does it?
Leinster's failure to earn a four try bonus point against Ulster pretty much scuppered any chance of them making the final of the Rainbow Cup. At this stage we may as well sit back and relax and hope Benetton win a fifth game in a row to become unlikely finalists. That would just annoy Munster so much!
Leinster get to see the season out with a home game next week in the RDS against the Dragons when they'll at least have some fans back. First up is a trip to Glasgow to face a Warriors team who are in contention for the final themselves with 15 points from 20 from their four games.
It's a strong Glasgow team with the internationals like Scott Cummings, Ryan Wilson and Matt Fagerson up front and Cole Forbes, Sam Johnson and Kyle Steyn in the backs. Adam Hastings makes his final home appearance at full back before leaving for Gloucester in the summer (hang on, it's already summer - this is confusing).
For Leinster there are four changes each to the backs and the forwards. Hugo Keenan, Tommy O'Brien, Rory O'Loughlin and Jimmy O'Brien come into the backs and Ed Byrne, Ronan Kelleher, Michael Bent and Ross Molony come to start in the pack.
While technically this is still a competitive game for Leinster, they will go through the motions and it could be a fun game with plenty of tries at least.
| Glasgow Warriors |
Leinster Rugby |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | Adam Hastings | 15 | Hugo Keenan |
| Kyle Steyn | 14 | Tommy O'Brien | |
| Nick Grigg | 13 | Garry Ringrose | |
| Sam Johnson | 12 | Rory O'Loughlin | |
| Cole Forbes | 11 | Jimmy O'Brien | |
| Ross Thompson | 10 | Ross Byrne | |
| George Horne | 9 | Luke McGrath (C) | |
| Aki Seiuli | 1 | Ed Byrne | |
| Fraser Brown | 2 | Ronan Kelleher | |
| Enrique Pieretto | 3 | Michael Bent | |
| Rob Harley | 4 | Ross Molony | |
| Scott Cummings | 5 | James Ryan | |
| Ryan Wilson | 6 | Josh Murphy | |
| Rory Darge | 7 | Josh van der Flier | |
| Matt Fagerson | 8 | Caelan Doris | |
| Replacements | George Turner | 16 | Dan Sheehan |
| Tom Lambert | 17 | Peter Dooley | |
| D'arcy Rae | 18 | Andrew Porter | |
| Kiran McDonald | 19 | Ryan Baird | |
| Thomas Gordon | 20 | Scott Penny | |
| Sean Kennedy | 21 | Rowan Osborne | |
| Stafford McDowall | 22 | Jordan Larmour | |
| Niko Matawalu | 23 | Cian Kelleher | |
| Not Considered
due to Injury |
Alex Allan, Hamish Bain, Jamie Dobie, Chris Fusaro, TJ Ioane, Huw Jones, Ian Keatley, Oli Kebble, Tommy Seymour |
Conor O'Brien, Dan Leavy, Adam Byrne, Max Deegan, Jamison Gibson-Park, Jack Dunne, Jonathan Sexton, Will Connors, Harry Byrne, Tom Clarkson |
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| Officials | Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU) | ||
by Jim O'Connor, © 2021-06-03
