2016–17 Glasgow Warriors season

The 2016–17 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro12 and the European Champions Cup.

Glasgow Warriors 2016 / 2017

Ground(s)	Scotstoun Stadium (Capacity: 7351)
Coach(es)	Gregor Townsend
Captain(s)	Jonny Gray Henry Pyrgos
Most caps	Rob Harley (26)
Top scorer	Finn Russell (142)
Most tries	Tommy Seymour (9)
League(s)	Pro 12
6th
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Season Overview

Coaching changes

The season began somewhat like an eruption for Glasgow Warriors when it was announced that this 2016–17 season was to be the last in Head Coach's Gregor Townsend tenure. Townsend was announced to be taking over the Scotland Head Coach role from Vern Cotter in the summer of 2017.[1]

Barely had the ink dried on the newspaper reports of Townsend's departure, only two days later the SRU quickly named Townsend's successor. The man charged with taking over the Warriors for the 2017–18 season was to be a top New Zealand coach, Dave Rennie, the Head Coach of the Super Rugby side the Chiefs. The Chiefs had won the Super Rugby title twice under Rennie's guidance.[2]

Jason O'Halloran and Jonathan Humphreys were later also announced to be joining the Warriors for the 2017–18 season.[3]

New pitch

In a move which hoped to forestall the problems of the 2015–16 season when Scotstoun became unplayable due to flooding, a new 4G pitch was unveiled at Scotstoun Stadium.[4]

Season targets

Since this was to be Head Coach Gregor Townsend's last season with the Warriors, a decent European run was a key target. The Warriors had never before qualified for the quarter finals of the European Champions Cup and this was the coach's last attempt to break that hoodoo.[5]

The Pro12 began in season 2011–12. And - in every single year since - Glasgow Warriors had made the play-offs to contest the championship in its last weeks. This was another target in this season. A high placing in the Pro12 would also ensure European Champions Cup placing for the 2017–18 season.

The 1872 Cup was held by Edinburgh Rugby for the last two seasons, despite Glasgow finishing above Edinburgh in the Pro12 league in every year of Townsend's reign.[6] Glasgow wanted the cup back west.

Season results

A mixed season saw the team qualify for European Champions Cup Quarter Final for the first time but lose out to eventual champions Saracens.

The Warriors qualified for the 2017-18 European Champions Cup but missed out for the first time for a Pro12 play-off place. Both the Autumn International and Six Nations windows proved particularly challenging this season.

With success came a problem. Glasgow were always a key supplier of players to the international team, but now they became a factory. It's hard to think of a side in world rugby that is as decimated by the international window as Glasgow. You pay a price for that eventually.

— Tom English, BBC journalist.[7]

The 1872 Cup was won by the Warriors but they lost their home match to Edinburgh for the first time on Glasgow soil.

Townsend era

The Gregor Townsend era for Glasgow Warriors ran for 5 years. In that time he guided the team to the 2014-15 Pro12 title and a European Champions Cup Quarter Final for the first time in 2016–17.[8] Aside from this season, the team made the Pro12 play-offs in every year of his reign.

It's hard to put into words how much he's done for the club. He's taken us to another level. We went from having 1,000 people at Firhill if we're lucky to selling out Scotstoun every single week regardless of how we're playing. The brand of rugby we're playing means Gregor's getting tipped for all sorts of jobs and, for the last two or three years, every club's probably been after him at some point.

I think we’ve moved from being a bit-part club to every time we take the field people expecting a bloody hard game. I think we expect to go out and win every game we play now, so we’ve certainly moved on.

— Peter Horne, Glasgow Warriors Centre[8][9]

Team

Coaches

• Head Coach: Gregor Townsend
• Assistant Coach: Matt Taylor
• Assistant Coach: Kenny Murray
• Assistant Coach: Dan McFarland
• Assistant Coach: Mike Blair
• Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach: Stuart Yule
• Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: Thibault Giroud
• Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach: George Petrakos
• Lead Performance Analyst: Gavin Vaughan
• Asst. Performance Analyst: Greg Woolard

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: Lisa Casey
• Team Physiotherapist: Nicola McGuire
• Rehabilitation Physiotherapist: Gabrielle McCullough
• Team Doctor: Dr. David Pugh
• Commercial Operations Manager: Alastair Kellock
• Communications Manager: Jeremy Bone
• Communications Asst: Jack Reid
• Operations Manager: Stephanie Karvelis
• Marketing and Partnerships Manager: Darroch Ramsay
• Partnership Sales Manager: Laura Hynd
• Partnership Account Manager: Oliver Norman
• Partnership Account Manager: Jim Taylor
• Game On Project Development Officer: Lindsey Smith
• Community Rugby Coach: Stuart Lewis[10]

Squad

Hookers Fraser Brown Corey Flynn Pat MacArthur James Malcolm Props Alex Allan Zander Fagerson Jarrod Firth Ryan Grant Sila Puafisi D'Arcy Rae Gordon Reid Djustice Sears-Duru Locks Brian Alainu'uese Scott Cummings Jonny Gray Greg Peterson Tim Swinson Tjiuee Uanivi

Loose Forwards Adam Ashe Hugh Blake Simone Favaro Chris Fusaro Rob Harley Langilangi Haupeakui Ruaridh MacKenzie Matt Smith Josh Strauss Ryan Wilson Lewis Wynne Scrum halves Grayson Hart Nemia Kenatale Ali Price Henry Pyrgos Fly halves Rory Clegg Finn Russell Hagen Schulte Brandon Thomson

Centres Mark Bennett Alex Dunbar Nick Grigg Peter Horne Sam Johnson Fraser Lyle Richie Vernon Back Three Junior Bulumakau Rory Hughes Lee Jones Sean Lamont Tommy Seymour Stuart Hogg Peter Murchie Leonardo Sarto Ratu Tagive

BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players

Scottish Rugby Academy players who have been assigned to a Professional club are Stage 3 players.[11] These players are assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2016-17.

Academy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad.

Cameron Fenton - Prop / Hooker[12] Jamie Bhatti - Prop Callum Hunter-Hill - Lock[13] Sam Thomson - Lock Bruce Flockhart - Flanker[14] Matt Fagerson - No. 8

George Horne - Scrum half[15] Patrick Kelly - Centre Robert Beattie - Wing

Back up players

Other players used by Glasgow Warriors over the course of the season.

• Josh Henderson (Glasgow Hawks) - Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 2 player - Fly-half
• Shaun MacDonald (Stirling County) - Flanker
• Alex Taylor (Stirling County) - Number Eight
• Peter McCallum (Ayr) - Number Eight
• Rob McAlpine (Ayr) - Lock
• Adam Nicol (Stirling County) - Prop
• Kiran McDonald - (Glasgow Hawks) - Lock[16]

Player statistics

During the 2016–17 season, Glasgow have used 57 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

Position	Nation	Name	Pro12			Champions Cup			Total
			Apps (sub)	Tries	Points kicked	Apps (sub)	Tries	Points kicked	Apps (sub)	Total Pts
HK		Fraser Brown	10(1)	1	0	7	2	0	17(1)	15
HK		Corey Flynn	5(7)	3	0	(3)	0	0	5(10)	15
HK		Pat MacArthur	7(8)	2	0	(4)	1	0	7(12)	10
HK		James Malcolm	1(4)	1	0	0	0	0	1(4)	5
PR		Alex Allan	9(9)	1	0	(7)	0	0	9(16)	5
PR		Jamie Bhatti	1(5)	0	0	0	0	0	1(5)	0
PR		Zander Fagerson	5(5)	0	0	7	0	0	12(5)	0
PR		Ryan Grant	(3)	0	0	0	0	0	(3)	0
PR		Adam Nicol	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0
PR		Sila Puafisi	11(8)	1	0	(5)	0	0	11(13)	5
PR		D'Arcy Rae	6(8)	0	0	(2)	0	0	6(10)	0
PR		Gordon Reid	11(2)	1	0	7	0	0	18(2)	5
PR		Djustice Sears-Duru	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	0
LK		Brian Alainu'uese	11(2)	0	0	1(2)	0	0	12(4)	0
LK		Scott Cummings	5(3)	2	0	0	0	0	5(3)	10
LK		Jonny Gray	11	2	0	7	1	0	18	15
LK		Callum Hunter-Hill	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0
LK		Rob McAlpine	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	0
LK		Greg Peterson	2(1)	0	0	(1)	0	0	2(2)	0
LK		Tim Swinson	12(1)	2	0	6	0	0	18(1)	10
LK		Sam Thomson	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0
LK		Tjiuee Uanivi	1(4)	0	0	0	0	0	1(4)	0
BR		Adam Ashe	5(3)	2	0	1	0	0	6(3)	10
BR		Matt Fagerson	3(4)	1	0	(1)	0	0	3(5)	5
BR		Simone Favaro	8(1)	0	0	1(1)	0	0	9(2)	0
BR		Chris Fusaro	7(4)	0	0	(4)	0	0	7(8)	0
BR		Rob Harley	16(3)	1	0	7	0	0	23(3)	5
BR		Langilangi Haupeakui	(4)	0	0	0	0	0	(4)	0
BR		Matt Smith	2(1)	1	0	0	0	0	2(1)	5
BR		Josh Strauss	8	1	0	5(1)	1	0	13(1)	10
BR		Ryan Wilson	10	0	0	7	2	0	17	10
BR		Lewis Wynne	5(8)	0	0	(2)	0	0	5(10)	0
SH		Grayson Hart	2(6)	0	0	0	0	0	2(6)	0
SH		George Horne	(3)	0	0	0	0	0	(3)	0
SH		Nemia Kenatale	(3)	0	0	0	0	0	(3)	0
SH		Ali Price	8(6)	3	0	4(3)	2	0	12(9)	25
SH		Henry Pyrgos	12(2)	0	17	3(3)	1	0	14(7)	5
FH		Rory Clegg	4(6)	1	30	0	0	0	4(6)	35
FH		Finn Russell	8(1)	2	74	7	0	58	15(1)	142
FH		Hagen Schulte	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0
FH		Brandon Thomson	2(1)	1	7	0	0	0	2(1)	12
CE		Mark Bennett	9(1)	3	0	3(3)	3	0	12(4)	30
CE		Alex Dunbar	9(2)	2	0	6(1)	1	0	15(3)	15
CE		Nick Grigg	13(3)	4	0	(4)	0	0	13(7)	20
CE		Peter Horne	12(2)	1	42	1	0	0	13(2)	47
CE		Sam Johnson	9	1	0	4	0	0	13	5
CE		Patrick Kelly	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0
CE		Richie Vernon	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	0
WG		Junior Bulumakau	3(1)	2	0	0	0	0	3(1)	10
WG		Rory Hughes	9(4)	3	0	2	1	0	11(4)	20
WG		Lee Jones	12(3)	2	0	5	1	0	17(3)	15
WG		Sean Lamont	4(7)	4	0	1	2	0	5(7)	30
WG		Leonardo Sarto	5(2)	1	0	1	2	0	6(2)	15
WG		Tommy Seymour	12	8	0	5	1	0	17	45
WG		Ratu Tagive	(2)	1	0	0	0	0	(2)	5
FB		Stuart Hogg	10(1)	5	10	7	0	10	17(1)	45
FB		Peter Murchie	11(1)	4	0	(2)	0	0	11(3)	20

Staff movements

Promotions

• Mike Blair

Personnel In Thibault Giroud

Personnel Out

Player movements

Academy promotions

• Matt Smith from Scottish Rugby Academy[17]
• Lewis Wynne from Scottish Rugby Academy[17]

Player transfers

In Corey Flynn from Toulouse[18] Leonardo Sarto from Zebre[19] Nemia Kenatale from Farul Constanța[20] Tjiuee Uanivi from Sharks[21] Hagen Schulte from Marist Albion[22] Langilangi Haupeakui from Sacramento Express[23] Ruaridh MacKenzie from Bond University RFC[24] Brian Alainu'uese from Waikato Rugby Union[25] Ratu Tagive from Eastern Suburbs[26] Cameron Fenton from London Scottish (loan ends)[27] Brandon Thomson from Stormers (loan)[28] Patrick Kelly from London Scottish (loan ends)[29] Callum Hunter-Hill from London Scottish (loan ends)[30]

Out Duncan Weir to Edinburgh Rugby Glenn Bryce to Edinburgh Rugby Kevin Bryce to Edinburgh Rugby[31] Leone Nakarawa to Racing 92[32] Jerry Yanuyanutawa released[33] Tyrone Holmes released Will Bordill to Ayr[34] Shalva Mamukashvili released Fergus Scott to Currie[34] Gregor Hunter to Gala[34] Javan Sebastian released Taqele Naiyaravoro to NSW Waratahs[35] Kieran Low released[36] Hugh Blake to Bay of Plenty (loan)[37] Cameron Fenton to London Scottish (loan)[38] Patrick Kelly to London Scottish (loan)[39] Callum Hunter-Hill to London Scottish (loan)[40] Ryan Grant to Worcester Warriors[41] Jarrod Firth to Grenoble[41] Brandon Thomson to Stormers (loan ends) Langilangi Haupeakui released[41] Rory Clegg to Ealing Trailfinders[42]

Competitions

Match 1

20 August 2016 4pm

Harlequins	22 - 17	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Ross Chisholm James Chisholm Mat Luamanu Jonas Mikalcius Con: Nick Evans[43]	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Simone Favaro Leonardo Sarto Pat MacArthur Con: Rory Clegg

Twickenham Stoop Referee: Tim Wigglesworth

Harlequins: 15. Aaron Morris 14. Ross Chisholm 13. Joe Marchant 12. Jamie Roberts 11. Tim Visser 10. Nick Evans 9. Danny Care (C)
1. Joe Marler 2. Rob Buchanan 3. Kyle Sinckler 4. Sam Twomey 5. James Horwill 6. Chris Robshaw 7. Luke Wallace 8. Jack Clifford
Replacements from Dave Ward, Cameron Holenstein, Will Collier, George Merrick, Charlie Matthews, Mat Luamanu, Charlie Mulchrone,
Ruaridh Jackson, Jonas Mikalcius, Winston Stanley, James Chisholm[44]
Glasgow Warriors: 15. Fraser Lyle 14. Leonardo Sarto 13. Nick Grigg 12. Sam Johnson 11. Rory Hughes 10. Rory Clegg 9. Grayson Hart
1. Ryan Grant 2. James Malcolm 3. D'Arcy Rae 4. Tim Swinson 5. Scott Cummings 6. Rob Harley (C) 7. Simone Favarro 8. Lewis Wynne
Replacements (all used): Alex Dunbar, Ali Price, Callum Hunter-Hill, Djustice Sears-Duru, Hagen Schulte, Junior Bulumakau, Pat MacArthur, Richie Vernon, Tjiuee Uanivi and Zander Fagerson.[45]

Match 2

26 August 2016 7.45pm

Gloucester Rugby[46]	33 - 19	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Matt Scott Greig Laidlaw Tom Marshall Callum Braley Elliott Creed Con: Greig Laidlaw x 2 James Hook x 2	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Alex Dunbar Peter Horne Sean Lamont Con: Henry Pyrgos Rory Clegg

Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 8231 Referee: T. Foley

Gloucester: 15. Tom Marshall, 14. Charlie Sharples, 13. Matt Scott, 12. Billy Twelvetrees, 11. Henry Purdy, 10. Billy Burns, 9. Greig Laidlaw (C)
1.Yann Thomas, 2. Richard Hibbard, 3. John Afoa, 4. Joe Latta, 5. Mariano Galarza, 6. Ross Moriarty, 7. Matt Kvesic, 8. Ben Morgan
Replacements from Darren Dawidiuk, Paddy McAllister, Paul Doran-Jones; Tom Denton; Lewis Ludlow, Callum Braley, James Hook; Mark Atkinson, Alex Craig, Dan Thomas, Andy Symons, Gareth Evans, Elliott Creed, Lloyd Evans, David Halaifonua, Charlie Beckett
Glasgow Warriors: 15. Rory Hughes. 14. Leonardo Sarto, 13. Alex Dunbar, 12. Sam Johnson, 11. Sean Lamont, 10. Peter Horne
9. Henry Pyrgos (C), 1. Gordon Reid, 2. Corey Flynn, 3. Zander Fagerson, 4. Greg Peterson, 5. Scott Cummings, 6. Rob Harley,
7. Fraser Brown, 8. Ryan Wilson
Replacements: (used:) Ryan Grant, Pat MacArthur, Sila Puafisi, Tim Swinson, Tjiuee Uanivi, Simone Favaro, Lewis Wynne, Ali Price, Rory Clegg, Richie Vernon, Fraser Lyle, (unused:) D'Arcy Rae, Grayson Hart

Match 3

30 August 2016 7.35pm

Glasgow Warriors	63 - 0	Canada A
Try: Nemia Kenatale Nick Grigg James Malcolm George Horne x 2 Matt Fagerson Cameron Fenton Josh Henderson Patrick Kelly Con: Hagen Schulte x 5 George Horne x 4	Preview Preview Report Report

Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling[47] Attendance: 1719 Referee: B Whitehouse (Wales)

Glasgow Warriors: Peter Murchie (C), Junior Bulumakau (Robert Beattie, 41), Nick Grigg (Patrick Kelly*, 44), Fraser Lyle (Patrick Kelly*, 41-43), Lee Jones (rep:Rory Hughes, 41); Hagen Schulte (Josh Henderson*, 61), Nemia Kenatale (George Horne*, 7); Alex Allan (Rep: Jamie Bhatti, 49), James Malcolm (Cameron Fenton*, 41), D'Arcy Rae (Jarrod Firth, 49), Sam Thomson, Greg Peterson (Kiran McDonald, 49), Callum Hunter-Hill* (Shaun MacDonald, 41), Matt Fagerson*, Peter McCallum (Alex Taylor, 41). [* Member of the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy]
Canada A: J Wilson-Ross (James Bay D Joyce, Dublin University, 68); K Lloyd (Mississauga Blues), M Samson (Calgary Saints, D Fraser, Ladysmith, 55), P Parfrey (Swilers), D Moor (Balmy Beach, S Hayward, Sydney, 68); R Povey (Bedford, G du Toit, UVIC Vikes, 30), G McRorie (Calgary Hornets, A McMullan, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 70); D Sears-Duru (Glasgow Warriors, A Luca, Burnaby Lake, 61), E Howard (Brantford Harlequins, A Mascott, UBC Thunderbirds, 38-41), R Kotlewski (Calgary Saints, C McClary, Port Alberni, 57), C Keys (UVic Vikes), K Baillie (Ohio, A Wadden, Oakville Crusaders, 63), A Cejvanovic (Burnaby Lake), N Dala (Castaway Wanderers, M Heaton, Darlington Mowden Park, 49), T Larsen. [48]

Pro12

The Pro12 began this year with an away match for Glasgow Warriors at the defending champions Connacht, the club that had wrested the title from them the previous season. The Warriors players were eager for the match and secured a try bonus victory at Galway Sportgrounds; Peter Horne later said: "I think that really told when we finally played them in the first game of the season and hammered them. It was frustration about why we hadn't been able to do it at the end of last year."[49]

The next match against Leinster saw Tommy Seymour run in four tries in another 5 pt victory for the Warriors.[50] This set up an intriguing match away with another team that made a great start to the season, Cardiff Blues. The Blues saw out a tight match and the Warriors only managed a losing bonus point.[51]

A returning Finn Russell, back from the freak injury he sustained at the end of season match against Connacht, started against Ulster.[52] Again, the Warriors had to content themselves with a losing bonus point.[53]

An away win against Newport Gwent Dragons and two bonus point wins against Italian sides Treviso and Zebre put the Warriors in a good place before the Autumn Internationals. The Warriors then lost fifteen of their players to Scotland duty. In addition to losing an entire XV worth of players to the Scotland team, another three Warriors were also asked to train with the squad; Ali Price, Nick Grigg and Rory Hughes.[54] Another four international players Simone Favaro, Nemia Kenatale, Djustice Sears-Duru and Langilangi Haupeakui were quickly called up for their respective nations[55] before Sila Puafisi was then called up to play for Tonga.[56]

This, in addition to a rapidly growing injury list that meant Leonardo Sarto, Richie Vernon, Ryan Grant, Adam Ashe, Greg Peterson, Scott Cummings, Tjiuee Uanivi and Chris Fusaro were all sidelined, really tested the Warriors strength in depth.[57]

It was not then perhaps too surprising that in the Autumn International window the Warriors lost both matches against the Scarlets[58] and the Ospreys.[59] The run of defeats continued with a one-point loss to Munster at the start of December.[60]

Over the winter period, with the international players all returning, the Warriors once again began winning matches. A healthy lead in the first leg of the 1872 Cup against Edinburgh[61] then led to wins against Treviso[62] and Cardiff Blues.[63]

Then came the Six Nations window. Again the Warriors players provided the vast majority of the Scotland national team. Once again the Warriors strength and depth became an issue: three losses to Scarlets, Ulster and Ospreys in succession left Glasgow Warriors now trailing in the league behind those same teams battling for a play-off place.

Again the international players returned and results improved. Wins against Newport Gwent Dragons, Connacht and Zebre[64] provided a belated challenge for a top 4 place, but losses to Munster[65] and ultimately Leinster put paid to Glasgow's hopes of once again being involved in challenging for the title.

The Leinster defeat on 28 April 2017 meant that Glasgow Warriors finally lost its proud record of being the only team that had qualified for a top 4 place in every year of the Pro12's existence since it started in season 2011–12. The match at the RDS in Dublin proved bizarre; the match was topsy-turvy with Leinster initially leading before the Warriors took control. Leinster edged ahead with a penalty and then almost immediately the stadium lights went out. It looked like the Dublin side would win the match by the abandonment rule but the referee waited around 20 minutes before the lights came back on and Leinster managed to see out the remainder of the match.[66]

One more Pro12 match remained to play. The 2nd leg of the 1872 Cup against Edinburgh Rugby at Scotstoun Stadium. Glasgow was eager to return the cup back to the west after Edinburgh had wrested the cup from Glasgow two seasons before. Edinburgh Rugby won the match - the first time that they had tasted victory on Glasgow soil in the 1872 Cup fixture - but they couldn't overturn the margin that the Warriors had built up in the away match at Murrayfield Stadium.[67]

Glasgow Warriors won the 1872 Cup for a seventh time; a bittersweet win that ended Gregor Townsend's last match in charge of the Glasgow side.[68]

League Table

2016–17 Pro12
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Pts
1	Munster (RU)	22	19	0	3	602	316	+286	77	34	9	1	86
2	Leinster (SF)	22	18	0	4	674	390	+284	91	47	12	1	85
3	Scarlets (CH)	22	17	0	5	537	359	+178	66	40	9	0	77
4	Ospreys (SF)	22	14	0	8	556	360	+196	74	42	10	3	69
5	Ulster	22	14	1	7	521	371	+150	68	47	6	4	68
6	Glasgow Warriors	22	11	0	11	540	464	+76	72	53	9	5	58
7	Cardiff Blues	22	11	1	10	508	498	+10	59	60	3	4	53
8	Connacht	22	9	0	13	413	498	−85	47	61	5	3	44
9	Edinburgh	22	6	0	16	400	491	−91	46	59	1	6	31
10	Benetton Treviso	22	5	0	17	316	664	−348	35	92	1	2	23
11	Newport Gwent Dragons	22	4	0	18	368	569	−201	38	71	1	6	23
12	Zebre	22	3	0	19	318	773	−455	38	105	1	6	19
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[69] number of matches won; the difference between points for and points against; the number of tries scored; the most points scored; the difference between tries for and tries against; the fewest red cards received; the fewest yellow cards received.
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places and earn a place in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earn a place in the European Rugby Champions Cup. Yellow background advances to a play-off for a chance to compete in the Champions Cup.[70] (Q) indicates team has qualified for the play-offs and has qualified for the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup.

Round 1

3 September 2016 17:15

Connacht	5 - 41	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Adeolokun 32' m	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Seymour (2) 10' m, 36' m Hogg 45' c Swinson 52' c Puafisi 58' c Lamont 70' c Con: Pyrgos (3/5) Rory Clegg (1/1) Pen: Pyrgos (1/1) 24'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 6,063 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

Round 2

10 September 2016 15:00

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	33–25	Leinster
Try: Seymour (4) 15' m, 53' c, 55' c, 73' c Swinson 31' c Con: Pyrgos (4/5) 31', 53', 55', 73'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: R. Kearney 25' c van der Flier 37' c Kirchner 41' m Con: Carbery (2/3) 25', 37' Pen: Carbery (2/2) 44', 63'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

Round 3

16 September 2016 19:00

Cardiff Blues	23–19	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Cuthbert 23' c Lee-Lo 40' c Con: Anscombe (2/2) Pen: Anscombe (2/2) 2', 13' Shingler (1/1) 77'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Hogg 26' c Horne 32' c Price 48' m Con: Clegg (2/3)

BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 8,024 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Round 4

23 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	17–22	Ulster
Try: Reid 19' c Seymour 57' c Con: Russell (2/2) 19', 57' Pen: Russell (1/1) 48'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Cave 16' m Penalty try 39' c Jackson 62' c Con: Jackson (2/3) 39', 62' Pen: Jackson (1/1) 6'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

Round 5

30 September 2016 19:35

Newport Gwent Dragons	17–26	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Hobbs 42' c Dixon 47' c Con: Macleod (2/2) Pen: Macleod (1/2) 33'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Flynn 28' c Allan 50' c Con: Russell (2/2) Pen: Russell (4/4) 9', 25', 35', 78'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,809 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Round 6

8 October 2016 17:05

(1 BP) Zebre	28–33	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Fabiani 29' m Venditti 55' c van Schalkwyk 74' c Con: Canna (2/3) 55', 74' Pen: Canna (3/3) 2', 18', 80'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: S. Lamont (2) 7' m, 46' c Brown 39' c Sarto 52' m Con: Clegg (2/4) 39', 46' Pen: Clegg (3/3) 25', 27', 79'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,001 Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)

Round 7

28 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	31-14	Benetton Treviso
Try: Gray 9' c Bennett 13' Hughes 28' c, 47' Dunbar 39' c Con: Russell (3/5) 9', 29', 40'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Penalty try 24' c Giazzon 64' c Con: McKinley (1/1) 24' Allan (1/1) 65'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

Round 8

5 November 2016 19:35

Scarlets	27–3	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Boyde 15' c, 52' c Evans 41' c Con: Patchell (3/3) 16', 42', 54' Pen: Patchell (2/2) 49', 56'	Preview Report Report Report	Pen: Horne (1/3) 32'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,059 Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)

Round 9

25 November 2016 19:35

Glasgow Warriors	5-22	Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Bulumakau 78' m	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Habberfield 36' m O'Flaherty 49' m Baker 52' m Beck 67' c Con: Matavesi (1/4) 68'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,166[71] Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Round 10

2 December 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	15–16	Munster
Try: Price 60' c Nick Grigg 69' m Con: Clegg (1/2) 61' Pen: Horne (1/2) 15'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Conway Con: Keatley (1/1) 12' Pen: Keatley (2/3) 8', 36' Drop: Keatley (1/1) 76'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351[72] Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 11 - 1872 Cup 1st Leg

26 December 2016 16:05

Edinburgh	12–25	Glasgow Warriors
Pen: Weir (4/4) 7', 22', 52', 59'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Bulumakau 1' m Strauss 33' c Dunbar 66' c Con: Russell (2/3) 34', 67' Pen: Russell (1/2) 40' Drop: Russell (1/1) 56'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 21,036 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

Round 12

31 December 2016 14:00

(1 BP) Benetton Treviso	28-35	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Sperandio 1' m Budd (2) 32' c, 73' c Con: Allan (1/2) 32' McKinley (1/1) 74' Pen: Allan (2/4) 40', 48' McKinley (1/2) 61'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Hogg 16' c Seymour 18' c Ashe 29' c Gigg 51' c Clegg 76' c Con: Hogg (5/5) 17', 19', 30', 52', 77'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Referee: Elio Rizzo (FIR)

Round 13

7 January 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	29–15	Cardiff Blues
Try: MacArthur 12' c Murchie (2) 48' c, 55' c Malcolm 64' m Con: Russell (3/4) 13', 49', 56' Pen: Russell (1/1) 34'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Scully 38' c R. Williams 77' m Con: Shingler (1/2) 40' Pen: Shingler (1/1) 42'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Round 14

10 February 2017 19:35

Glasgow Warriors	14 - 26	Scarlets
Try: MacArthur 15' m Pen: Clegg (3/3) 2', 26', 48'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Williams 21' c Davies 38' c Con: Williams 23' Jones 40' Pen: Jones 6', 29', 54' Thomas 75'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,166 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Round 15

18 February 2017 15:00

(1 BP) Ulster	37-17	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Pienaar 52' m Bowe 21' m Reidy 30' c Stockdale 48' c, 77' c Con: Pienaar (3/5) 32', 48', 78' Pen: Pienaar (2/2) 10', 44'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Thomson 39' m Cummings (2) 68' m, 73' c Con: Thomson (1/3) 73'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 16,545 Referee: Daniel Jones

Round 16

26 February 2017 17:05

(1 BP) Ospreys	26-15	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Giles 9' c Matavesi 21' c Ardron 55' c Fonotia 55' m Con: Price (3/4) 10', 22', 55'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Flynn 24' c Murchie 55' m Con: Thomson (1/2) 55' Pen: Thomson 46'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 7,140 Referee: Frank Murphy

Round 17

4 March 2017 15:00

(1BP) Glasgow Warriors	47 - 17	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Grigg 28' c, 36' c Hughes 42' c Tagive 49' m Jones 57' c Bennett 66' c Horne 74' c Con: Horne (6/7) 29', 37', 43', 51', 58', 75'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Landman 22' c Morgan 80+2' c Con: O'Brien (1/1/) 23' Jones 80+2' Pen: O'Brien 14'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,096 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Round 18

25 March 2017 17:15

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	35–24	Connacht
Try: Flynn 11' c Russell 49' c Price 54' c Lamont 77' m Con: Russell (3/3) 12', 50', 54' Pen: Russell (2/2) 7', 36' P. Horne (1/1) 74'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Adeolokun 4' m Muldoon 29' c Con: Ronaldson (1/2) 30' Pen: Ronaldson (3/4) 19', 48', 66' J. Cooney (1/1) 76'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

Round 19

8 April 2017 19:35

Munster	10–7	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Cronin 4' c Con: Bleyendaal (1/1) 5' Pen: R. Scannell (1/1) 60'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Hogg 68' c Con: Russell (1/1) 69'

Irish Independent Park Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 20

14 April 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	45–10	Zebre
Try: Grigg 10' c Murchie 18' c Harley 26' c Fagerson 29' c Johnson 59' c Smith (2) 62' m, 74' m Con: P. Horne (5/5) 11', 19', 27', 30', 60'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Van Zyl 66' m Baker 78' m

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351[73] Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

Round 21

28 April 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	31–30	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Ryan 5' c O'Loughlin 9' m Dooley 35' m Kirchner 59' m Con: R. Byrne (1/4) 6' Pen: R. Byrne (2/2) 31', 41'+1 Carbery (1/1) 75'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Ashe 46' c Jones 65' c Russell 70' c Con: Horne (1/1) 47' Russell (2/2) 66', 71' Pen: Horne (3/3) 3', 26', 57'

RDS Arena Attendance: 12,975 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

Round 22 - 1872 Cup 2nd Leg

6 May 2017 17:15

Glasgow Warriors	18–29	Edinburgh
Try: Gray 40' m Hogg 65' c Con: Russell (1/2) 65' Pen: Russell (2/2) 2', 18'	Preview Report report Report	Try: Hoyland 56' c Bryce 80' c Con: Weir (2/2) 58', 80'+1 Pen: Weir (5/5) 7', 14', 33', 43', 53'

Scotstoun Stadium Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Glasgow Warriors won the 1872 Cup with an aggregate score of 43 - 41.

Europe

Glasgow Warriors were placed in Pool 1 of the European Champions Cup. They were drawn against last year's finalists Racing 92 and past winners Munster and Leicester Tigers.[74]

As it was announced that this would be Gregor Townsend's last season with the Warriors, one huge focus for the season would be for Glasgow to get out of the pool stages and qualify for a Quarter Final.[75]

Glasgow's previous best in the Heineken Cup was a Quarter Final play-off in 1997 where they lost to Leicester Tigers. This season's Tigers were first up in the Pool stage.[76]

The match at Scotstoun resulted in a 42 - 13 win for the Warriors with the Glasgow side running in five tries.[77][78]

The untimely death of Munster coach Anthony Foley meant that Munster's match with Racing 92 was postponed. This meant that Munster's next match would be against Glasgow Warriors at an emotionally charged Thomond Park.[79] Foley's sad passing away seemed to galvanise the Munster side together and they ran out 38 - 17 victors in a difficult match for all involved.[80]

A tough double header against last year's finalists was next up for the Warriors. Racing 92 boasted New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter and former Glasgow Warrior favourite Leone Nakarawa in their ranks. Yet the Glasgow side crushed the French side in Paris with Townsend describing the victory as the second best of his Warriors coaching career after the 2014-15 Pro12 final against Munster.[81]

The home tie proved the Paris result no fluke as another 'special night' at Scotstoun showed the Warriors dominate the Racing side. In particular Finn Russell's outplaying of Dan Carter in back to back matches thrust the Scotland fly-half into Lions contention.[82]

Townsend was quoted: "Finn deserved to be in the Lions conversation before the games against Racing but he’s playing with lots of confidence and parts of his game have got really strong over the last couple of years. Finn’s been up against Dan Carter and a lot of other big players in big environments, too. He’s started at Scotland at stand-off for the last two-and-a-half years so even though British & Irish rugby is full of quality players, I expect him to be in the mix."[82]

A still emboldened Munster came to Scotstoun and ground out a very tight win. Only 3 points separated the sides on the night.

The last Pool 1 game for Glasgow was at Welford Rd in Leicester. The Warriors went down to Leicester with purpose and simply mauled the Tigers, handing out the Tigers worst result in European history.[83]

The Tigers failed to score and Glasgow ran in 6 tries in a famous 43 - 0 victory. By the end of the match Glasgow Warriors pushed for the 50 pts in the Tiger's 22. Leicester's Freddie Burns was tackled and the ball about to be turned over, Burns had to embarrassingly reach out for the touchline to end the match to avoid further Warriors score. Glasgow Warriors became the first Scottish team to beat Leicester at home since the Fettesian-Lorettonian Club managed it 112 years before[84] when they won by a try to nil in 28 December 1905[85] with Jobson scoring the 3 points.[86]

Glasgow Warriors thus qualified for a European Champions Cup Quarter Final for the first time in their history. The question now was... could they go even further?

The Warriors drew Saracens away from home. As the reigning European champions, Sarries were heavy favourites. Still 6000 of the Warrior Nation went to London and provided the Aviva Premiership team with their highest ever home attendance at Allianz Park.[87]

The first half proved tighter than expected as a few attempted tries by Saracens were ruled out for infringements - but the London club still led. A blow for the Warriors came when captain Jonny Gray was taken off injured early on. Returning from injury in his first game back Greg Peterson tried to manfully cover his absence.

The second half started brightly for the Warriors and a try by Lee Jones brought a period of Warriors dominance. However a missed kick to touch by Finn Russell to consolidate the Warriors pressure into a lead proved the turning point in the match and the Saracens then turned the screw and started running in tries. A consolation try at the end by Ryan Wilson was the Warriors only reply.

Townsend later was to blame himself for the defeat stating that he had over-analysed the Saracens side and thus prevented Glagow from playing their own game: "Nothing might have worked, because Saracens are so good, but I got it wrong"[7]

Despite the loss the huge Warrior Nation support made many friends and Glasgow Warriors were now firmly on the European rugby map. Saracens would go on to lift the European Champions title again beating Clermont in the final at Murrayfield Stadium.[88]

Pool

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Munster (2)	6	5	0	1	160	64	+96	18	4	3	1	24
Glasgow Warriors (6)	6	4	0	2	160	86	+74	18	10	2	1	19
Leicester Tigers	6	2	0	4	61	190	–129	3	23	0	0	8
Racing 92	6	1	0	5	89	130	–41	12	14	1	0	5

Round 1

14 October 2016 19:45

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	42–13	Leicester Tigers
Try: Sarto (2) 24' c, 76' c Brown 28' c Pyrgos 33' m Bennett 68' c Con: Russell (4/5) 24', 28', 68', 76' Pen: Hogg (1/1) 14' Russell (2/2) 55', 67'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Thompstone 20' c Con: O. Williams (1/1) 20' Pen: O. Williams (2/2) 8', 37'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

Round 2

22 October 2016 13:00

(1 BP) Munster	38–17	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Bleyendaal 4' c Taute 14' c Zebo 30' c Penalty try 47' c Scannell 75' c Con: Bleyendaal (4/4) 4', 14', 30', 47' Keatley (1/1) 75' Pen: Bleyendaal (1/1) 7'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: MacArthur 66' c Bennett 70' c Con: S. Hogg (2/2) 66', 70' Pen: Russell (1/2) 10'

Thomond Park Attendance: 25,600 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

Round 3

10 December 2016 16:15

Racing 92	14–23	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Imhoff 7' c Carter 72' c Con: Carter (2/2) 8', 72'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Dunbar 29' c Price 41' c Con: Russell (2/2) 30', 42' Pen: Russell (3/4) 10', 14', 65'

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 8872 Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

Round 4

16 December 2016 19:45

Glasgow Warriors	23–7	Racing 92
Try: Strauss 3' m Brown 13' c Price 46' m Con: Russell (1/3) 14' Pen: Russell (2/2) 29', 38'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Chauveau 78' c Con: Dambielle (1/1) 79'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7351[89] Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Round 5

14 January 2017 17:30

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	12–14	Munster
Pen: Russell (3/3) 13', 47', 59' Hogg (1/2) 32'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Saili 71' m Pen: Bleyendaal (3/4) 20', 34', 50'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

Round 6

21 January 2017 17:30

Leicester Tigers	0–43	Glasgow Warriors (1BP)
Pen: Burns (0/2)	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Seymour 5' c Penalty try 21' c Bennett 29' c Gray 35' c Wilson 47' c Swinson 60' m Con: Russell (5/6) 5', 22', 30', 36', 48' Pen: Russell (1/2) 12'

Welford Road Attendance: 19,345 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

Quarter-finals

2 April 2017 13:00

Saracens (3)	38–13	(6) Glasgow Warriors
Try: Ashton (2) 31' m, 78' c Bosch 59' c Barritt 73' c Con: Farrell (3/4) 59', 73', 78' Pen: Farrell (4/4) 9', 15', 27', 70'	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Jones 48' m Wilson 80' m Pen: Russell (1/1) 11'

Allianz Park Attendance: 15,000[90] Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

End of Season awards

Award	Winner
Young Player of the Season	Scott Cummings
Coaches Award	Rob Harley & Peter Horne
Test Player of the Season	Stuart Hogg
Most Improved Player of the Season	Brian Alainu'uese
Al Kellock Leadership Award	Peter Murchie
Community Club of the Season	East Kilbride
Try of the Season	Josh Strauss vs. Racing 92
Players' Player of the Season	Nick Grigg
Player of the Season	Ali Price

Sponsorship

• BT Sport - Title Sponsor
• Scottish Power - Official Kit and Community Sponsor

Official Kit Supplier

• Macron

Official Kit Sponsors

• Malcolm Group
• McCrea Financial Services
• Denholm Oilfield
• Ross Hall Hospital
• Story Contracting[91]

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[92]

Official Partners

• Barrs
• Glasgow Airport
• Cameron House
• People Make Glasgow
• Smile Plus
• Lucozade Sport
• Lenco Utilities
• HF Group[93]
• Scot JCB News Scotland
• G4S
• MSC Nutrition
• Healthspan Elite
• Primestaff
• The Crafty Pig
• Village Hotel Club
• Land Rover[94]

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