2018–19 Glasgow Warriors season

The 2018–19 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro14 and the European Champions Cup.

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.

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

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.

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 Conditiioning (from December 2018) Coach
 * 🇳🇿 Brad Mayo from 🇳🇿 Bay of Plenty Asst. Strength and Conditiioning 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 Lisbon

Personnel in

 * Dr. Jonathan Hanson (Team doctor) (since December 2017)

Personnel out

 * Dr. David Pugh

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

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
 * Andrew Davidson from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons (loan)
 * Petrus du Plessis from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Irish

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
 * Andrew Davidson to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons (loan ends)
 * Robert Beattie to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Scottish
 * 🇺🇸 Greg Peterson to 🇫🇷 Bordeaux Bègles
 * Alex Dunbar to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons (loan)

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.

Round 21 - 1872 Cup 3rd leg
Edinburgh won the 1872 Cup with a series score of 2 - 1.

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:

Crosshatching indicates a jointly hosted match.

Sponsorship

 * SP Energy Networks - Title Sponsor and Community Sponsor
 * Scottish Power - Official Kit

Official kit supplier

 * Macron

Official kit sponsors

 * Malcolm Group
 * McCrea Financial Services
 * Denholm Oilfield
 * Ross Hall Hospital
 * Story Contracting
 * Leidos

Official sponsors

 * The Famous Grouse
 * Clyde Travel Management
 * Harper Macleod
 * Caledonia Best
 * Eden Mill Brewery and Distillery
 * David Lloyd Leisure
 * Crabbie's
 * CALA Homes
 * Capital Solutions
 * Martha's Restaurant
 * Sterling Furniture

Official partners

 * A.G. Barr
 * Benchmarx
 * Black & Lizars
 * Cameron House
 * Glasgow Airport
 * Healthspan Elite
 * KubeNet
 * Mentholatum
 * MSC Nutrition
 * Smile Plus
 * Lenco Utilities
 * Scot JCB News Scotland
 * HF Group
 * Primestaff
 * Village Hotel Club
 * The Crafty Pig
 * Kooltech
 * Savills
 * iPro Sports
 * RHA