The 2015–16 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro12 and the European Champions Cup.
[1] In preparation for the defence of the title in a Rugby World Cup year - where it was expected that Glasgow Warriors would supply the majority of the Scotland side - Gregor Townsend assembled one of the biggest Professional squads in world rugby.
It was hoped that the large squad would see the Warriors through the early part of the season and provide enough impetus for a European challenge too.
Hookers Fraser Brown Kevin Bryce Pat MacArthur James Malcolm Shalva Mamukashvili Fergus Scott Props Alex Allan Michael Cusack Zander Fagerson Steven Findlay Jarrod Firth Ryan Grant George Hunter Sila Puafisi D'Arcy Rae Gordon Reid Djustice Sears-Duru Javan Sebastian Gary Strain Jerry Yanuyanutawa Locks Scott Cummings Jonny Gray Kieran Low Leone Nakarawa Greg Peterson Tim Swinson Loose forwards Adam Ashe Hugh Blake Will Bordill James Eddie Simone Favaro Chris Fusaro Jason Hill Rob Harley Tyrone Holmes Josh Strauss Ryan Wilson Scrum halves Henry Pyrgos Mike Blair Grayson Hart Ali Price Fly halves Rory Clegg Gregor Hunter Finn Russell Duncan Weir Scott Wight Centres Mark Bennett Alex Dunbar Nick Grigg Peter Horne Sam Johnson Fraser Lyle Richie Vernon Back Three Glenn Bryce Junior Bulumakau Nyle Godsmark Rory Hughes Lee Jones Sean Lamont Taqele Naiyaravoro Mark Robertson Tommy Seymour Stuart Hogg Peter Murchie Scottish Rugby Academy players who have been assigned to a Professional club are Stage 3 players.
Jason Hill Replacements: Mark Robertson, Nick Grigg**, Robbie Fergusson **, Nyle Godsmark, Ali Price**, Will Bordill, Simone Favaro, Scott Cummings**, Andrew Davidson**, Zander Fagerson, Pat MacArthur, Fergus Scott, George Hunter[61] [* Trialist] [** BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 Player]
Nick Abendanon Replacements: Viktor Kolelishvili, Raphaël Chaume, Arthur Iturria, Alexandre Lapandry, Enzo Sanga, Patricio Fernandez, Pedro Bettencourt, Daniel Kötze, Etienne Falcoux, Judicaël Cancoriet, Calvonn Allison, Alexandre Nicoue, Albert VuliVuli, David Strettle[62]
Canada: 15 Matt Evans, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Connor Braid, 11 D. T. H. van der Merwe, 10 Nathan Hirayama, 9 Phil Mack, 8 Richard Thorpe, 7 Nanyak Dala, 6 Kyle Gilmour, 5 Jamie Cudmore (c), 4 Evan Olmstead, 3 Andrew Tiedemann, 2 Benoit Piffero, 1 Djustice Sears-Duru.
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Peter Murchie (c), 14 Lee Jones, 13 Glenn Bryce, 12 Fraser Lyle, 11 Rory Hughes, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Chris Fusaro, 6 Simone Favaro, 5 Kieran Low, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Pat MacArthur, 1 Jerry Yanuyanutawa.
Replacements (all used): George Hunter, Kevin Bryce, Mike Cusack, D'arcy Rae, Scott Cummings**, James Eddie, Will Bordill, Jason Hill, Grayson Hart, Scott Wight, Mark Robertson, Robbie Fergusson**, Junior Bulumakau.
Adam Ashe Replacements (all used): James Malcolm**, George Hunter, Zander Fagerson, Jason Hill, Callum Hunter-Hill**, Ali Price**, Gregor Hunter, Nick Grigg**,Chris Fusaro, James Eddie, Gary Strain, Mike Cusack, Kieran Low, Robbie Fergusson **, Nyle Godsmark, George Horne**[64] [** BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 Player]
Leatham Replacements: Dwyer, Hamilton, McLaren, Bates, Llewellyn, Nayacavou, Vata, Prasad, O'Reilly[65]
The Australian international, Taqele Naiyaravoro, Glasgow's marquee signing of the season, was stuck in Australia awaiting a visa.
[67] In addition to losing players to the World Cup and visa hold-ups Glasgow had a run of injuries at the start of the season.
[69] A spate of injuries to Glasgow's recognised hookers caused the Warriors to sign Shalva Mamukashvili from Sale Sharks.
[70] The hooker injury list included Kevin Bryce, Fraser Brown, Pat MacArthur and new academy promotion Fergus Scott.
Mamukashvili and academy players James Malcolm and Cameron Fenton were called on to avert the Hooker crisis.
[71] Losing both matches to Edinburgh left Glasgow at one point sitting 9th in the Pro12 league table.
A 9-game winning streak saw Glasgow manage to climb to the top of the table and secure a semi-final play-off place.
Instead Connacht ground out a tight match which meant Glasgow finished third; with Leinster securing top spot by a single point.
Connacht ground out another win and found themselves in the Edinburgh final against Leinster to end Glasgow's championship defence.
This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 9, on 5 December 2015 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 12, on 8 January 2016 – was postponed due to a European Rugby Champions Cup fixture rearrangement that occurred as a result of the Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015.
Players in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.