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January 19, 2007

Glasgow may be forced to switch venue

Posted by Editor on January 19, 2007 12:27 AM | 4 comments | Print | E-mail author

Colin Gregor starts at outside centre
The decision on whether to use Hughenden will not be taken until this morning when David Rosich, the French referee, inspects the pitch.

Bad weather overnight would almost certainly rule out Hughenden and Glasgow have been desperately hunting for an alternative venue. If no other venue in Glasgow or its surrounding areas can be found the Warriors may be forced to switch the game to Murrayfield. With Edinburgh using Murrayfield tonight, and two games in 24 hours unlikely to please the ground staff, Glasgow may be forced to play on Sunday afternoon at the national stadium.

"All this disruption has certainly not helped," said Sean Lineen in The Times. "We had a lot of players away at Scotland training at the start of the week and we have not been able to have a captain's run, so we will not be able to do anything new. But all the players know how important the game is for Glasgow and for Scotland, so they will be mentally ready."

Some eyebrows were raised at the selection of Colin Gregor at outside centre for Glasgow. Colin has played at fly half and full back, and can also cover scrum-half, and turns out in yet another position against Saracens.

"He is a clever, heads-up type of player," said the Glasgow coach. "He played soundly for us at full back and he will bring something different to the centre.

"We know that in this game we are the standard bearers for Scottish rugby, and we have to perform at our best against formidable opposition. Saracens have always had the individuals, they are a real cosmopolitan team with players from all over the world, but under Alan Gaffney, they have acquired the team-work as well and they are all playing for each other. I enjoy watching them play."

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Posted by Big Rab on January 19, 2007 12:11 AM | Reply to this comment

With all the BAD weather we have been having in the last few weeks. You would have thought a back up venue would have been look into. Sadly sound like someone has been sleeping off a hangover from the New Year. Let just hope that a Venue in Glasgow can be found. Fans have their comfort zones and don't like going outside that area. As we have seen time after time on the Forum in the last few years.

Posted by jenni b on January 19, 2007 08:27 AM | Reply to this comment

After the problems at Netherdale last weekend this really should have been foreseen - there'll be Saracens fans who've taken days off work to come to this match and it's just not good enough to start changing dates and venues at the last minute. Also can't imagine it's much fun for the players - in advance of such an important game they need as little stress as possible!

Posted by Iain on January 19, 2007 10:18 AM | Reply to this comment

Another shambles from the SRU. According to the Herald, the decision that the match wasn't going to be played at Hughenden was taken yesterday. Is the SRU trying to kill off the Warriors? Whats the point of Sean Lineen appealing for a crowd if there is no likliehood of the game going ahead as publicised?

Posted by tiger1 on January 19, 2007 10:28 AM | Reply to this comment

Game is on at Hughenden

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