Hookers Ewan Ashman Fraser Brown Johnny Matthews Grant Stewart George Turner Props Simon Berghan Jamie Bhatti Zander Fagerson Oli Kebble Tom Lambert Nathan McBeth Murray McCallum Ewan McQuillin Enrique Pieretto Brad Thyer Murphy Walker Locks Hamish Bain Lewis Bean Scott Cummings Richie Gray Kiran McDonald Loose forwards Rory Darge Jack Dempsey Matt Fagerson Thomas Gordon Rob Harley Ally Miller Ryan Wilson Scrum halves Jamie Dobie George Horne Sean Kennedy Ali Price Fly halves Domingo Miotti Ross Thompson Duncan Weir

Centres Robbie Fergusson Nick Grigg Peter Horne Tom Jordan Sam Johnson Stafford McDowall Ollie Smith Kyle Steyn Sione Tuipulotu Back Three Sebastián Cancelliere Walter Fifita Cole Forbes Josh McKay Rufus McLean Ratu Tagive These players are given a professional contract by the Scottish Rugby Academy.

[50] A second friendly, to be played a week before the Worcester match, was confirmed to be against the Newcastle Falcons at Scotstoun Stadium.

[52] In the match against Newcastle Falcons, both Ratu Tagive and Kiran McDonald received injuries which will keep them out of action for months.

After a collision with Newcastle fullback Mike Brown, Tagive broke his cheekbone, requiring surgery.

Head Coach Danny Wilson was pleased with the two friendly outings; and especially the Worcester win.

It is a case of small stepping stones in pre-season, but getting everybody out there playing and no major injuries is good – but we won’t read too much into it.

[55] Players from Ayrshire Bulls, Stirling County and Boroughmuir Bears will represent Glasgow Warriors.

Players from Watsonians, Heriot's Rugby and Southern Knights will represent Edinburgh.

[56] The Warriors team was mixed with current Academy prospects like Jamie Drummond, Rory Jackson and Michael Gray, alongside ex-Warriors like Robert Beattie and the previous Academy player Logan Trotter; the Australian 7s international player Liam McNamara and the Cyprus international player Marcus Holden.

Glasgow Warriors: Ollie Smith (Cole Forbes 51); Rufus McLean (Finlay Callaghan 61), Sione Tuipulotu (Nick Grigg 61), Stafford McDowall (Pete Horne 51), Ratu Tagive (Logan Trotter 41); Duncan Weir (Ross Thompson 51), Sean Kennedy (Jamie Dobie 51); Tom Lambert (George Thornton 51), Johnny Matthews (Grant Stewart 51), Murray McCallum (Murphy Walker 51), Lewis Bean (Max Williamson 51), Richie Gray (Rob Harley 51), Kiran McDonald (Scott Cummings 51), Rory Darge (Tom Gordon 51), Ryan Wilson (Rory Jackson 51)

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Ollie Lindsay-Hague, 13 George Wacokecoke, 12 Pete Lucock, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart; 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Mark Tampin, 4 Marco Fuser, 5 Philip van der Walt, 6 Josh Basham, 7 Will Welch, 8 Callum Chick Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Conor Kenny, 19 Matthew Dalton, 20 Carl Fearns, 21 James Blackett, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Ben Stevenson, [blank shirts]: Mark Dormer, Oscar Caudle, George Merrick, Freddie Lockwood, Marcus Tiffen, Ewan Greenlaw, Louie Johnson (all used)

Worcester Warriors: 1 Ethan Waller, 2 Scott Baldwin, 3 Christian Judge, 4 Matt Garvey, 5 Justin Clegg, 6 Ted Hill (CC), 7 Sam Lewis, 8 Kyle Hatherell, 9 Willi Heinz (CC), 10 Owen Williams, 11 Harri Doel, 12 Francois Venter, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Noah Heward, 15 Melani Nanai Replacements: Niall Annett, Lewis Holsey, Jay Tyack, Graham Kitchener, James Scott, Morgan Monks, Caleb Montgomery, Matt Kvesic, Will Chudley, Billy Searle, Tom Howe, Ashley Beck, Oli Morris, Perry Humphreys, Jamie Shillcock [all used – except James Scott & Tom Howe]

Stafford McDowall Replacements: Grant Stewart, Brad Thyer, Murray McCallum, Murphy Walker, Rob Harley, Max Williamson, Rory Jackson, Thomas Gordon, Jack Dempsey, Jamie Dobie, Duncan Weir, Pete Horne, Nick Grigg, Ollie Smith, Finlay Callaghan

There were some positives; 2 bonus points were earned and Rory Darge secured the man of the match.

Darge's performance prompted Jack Dempsey to compare his work-rate with that of Australian captain Michael Hooper.

[58] The home match against Sharks saw the Warriors quickly secure a bonus point in the first half.

Scoring a quick try in the second half, the Warriors game seemed to lose a gear after Sione Tuipulotu ran in for what would have been a sixth try, but the referee Ben Whitehouse chalked it off for obstruction.

This let the South African side regroup somewhat and at the end of the match the Sharks had scored 3 tries; which was an otherwise comfortable game for the Glasgow giants.

Glasgow Assistant Coach Peter Murchie was delighted with Glasgow's play up until the Warriors eased off: "I thought we were excellent for the first 50 minutes – we scored some fantastic tries and that’s probably some of the best rugby we’ve played since I’ve been here as a coach.

The Lions proved toothless with no clean breaks in the match[60] but the kicking of EW Viljoen kept the South African side in contention.

Danny Wilson said: "We played so well in the first half and created so much, but it was a little bit forced with the offloads.

(S) : winner of the Regional Shield and qualified for the 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup; In a re-run of last season and the season before, Glasgow Warriors were again paired with Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup.

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