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2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season

The 2015-16 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro12 and the European Champions Cup.

Glasgow Warriors 2015 / 2016
Ground(s)Scotstoun Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)
Coach(es)Scotland Gregor Townsend
Captain(s)Scotland Jonny Gray
Most capsScotland Zander Fagerson (25)
Top scorerScotland Duncan Weir (132)
Most triesAustralia Taqele Naiyaravoro (9)
League(s)Pro 12
3rd
1st kit
2nd kit
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Season Overview edit

The 2015-16 season began for Glasgow Warriors, for the first time, as defending champions.[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.

Team edit

Coaches edit

Squad edit

 

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

  

BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players edit

Scottish Rugby Academy players who have been assigned to a Professional club are Stage 3 players.[2] These players are assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2015-16.[3][4]

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

Player statistics edit

During the 2015–16 season, Glasgow have used 56 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 11 1 0 1(1) 0 0 12(1) 5
HK   Kevin Bryce 1(2) 1 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0
HK   Cameron Fenton (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
HK   Pat MacArthur 9(3) 0 0 3 0 0 12(3) 0
HK   James Malcolm 1(10) 1 0 1(1) 1 0 2(11) 10
HK   Shalva Mamukashvili 1(1) 0 0 1(3) 0 0 2(4) 0
HK   Fergus Scott (3) 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0
PR   Alex Allan 4(3) 1 0 2(2) 0 0 6(5) 5
PR   Mike Cusack 3(2) 1 0 0 0 0 3(2) 5
PR   Zander Fagerson 6(13) 2 0 1(5) 0 0 7(18) 10
PR   Ryan Grant 3(3) 1 0 2 0 0 5(3) 5
PR   Sila Puafisi 12(3) 2 0 5(1) 0 0 17(4) 10
PR   D'Arcy Rae 2(5) 0 0 0 0 0 2(5) 0
PR   Gordon Reid 13(4) 3 0 2(2) 0 0 15(6) 15
PR   Jerry Yanuyanutawa 3(12) 1 0 (2) 0 0 3(14) 5
LK   Scott Cummings 5(3) 1 0 (1) 0 0 5(4) 5
LK   Jonny Gray 8 2 0 6 0 0 14 10
LK   Kieran Low 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0
LK   Leone Nakarawa 14(3) 5 0 6 1 0 20(3) 30
LK   Greg Peterson 8(7) 2 0 1(1) 0 0 9(8) 10
LK   Tim Swinson 7(4) 1 0 (4) 1 0 7(8) 10
BR   Adam Ashe 10(3) 2 0 3 0 0 13(3) 10
BR   Hugh Blake (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0
BR   James Eddie 1(4) 0 0 1 0 0 2(4) 0
BR   Simone Favaro 9(5) 3 0 4(1) 0 0 13(6) 15
BR   Chris Fusaro 12(3) 1 0 2(1) 0 0 14(4) 5
BR   Rob Harley 17(1) 1 0 2(1) 0 0 19(2) 5
BR   Tyrone Holmes 1(5) 0 0 0 0 0 1(5) 0
BR   Josh Strauss 10(3) 0 0 3(1) 0 0 13(4) 15
BR   Ryan Wilson 10(4) 0 0 2(1) 0 0 12(5) 0
SH   Mike Blair 4(5) 0 0 3 0 0 7(5) 0
SH   Grayson Hart 9(11) 1 0 (4) 0 0 9(15) 5
SH   Ali Price 5(6) 2 0 3 0 0 8(6) 10
SH   Henry Pyrgos 5(1) 1 0 0 0 0 5(1) 5
FH   Rory Clegg 4(2) 0 60 0 0 0 4(2) 60
FH   Gregor Hunter 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
FH   Finn Russell 8(2) 2 61 5(1) 0 48 13(3) 119
FH   Duncan Weir 9(3) 3 99 2(3) 1 13 11(6) 132
FH   Scott Wight 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
CE   Mark Bennett 11(2) 3 0 3 0 0 14(2) 15
CE   Alex Dunbar 9 2 0 4 0 0 13 10
CE   Robbie Fergusson (2) 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0
CE   Nick Grigg (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
CE   Peter Horne 9(1) 3 0 2 1 0 11(1) 20
CE   Fraser Lyle 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
CE   Sam Johnson 3(4) 0 0 0 0 0 3(4) 0
CE   Richie Vernon 2 0 0 (1) 0 0 2(1) 0
WG   Junior Bulumakau 2(2) 1 0 0 0 0 2(2) 5
WG   Rory Hughes 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 5
WG   Lee Jones 11(3) 2 0 1(3) 0 0 12(6) 10
WG   Sean Lamont 8(1) 1 0 4(1) 0 0 12(2) 5
WG   Taqele Naiyaravoro 12(4) 6 0 4(2) 3 0 16(6) 45
WG   Tommy Seymour 8 2 0 4 0 0 12 10
FB   Glenn Bryce 7(4) 5 0 (1) 0 0 7(5) 25
FB   Stuart Hogg 9 2 3 5 1 3 14 21
FB   Peter Murchie 8(1) 0 0 0 0 0 8(1) 0

Staff movements edit

Coaches edit

Personnel in edit

Personnel out edit

Player movements edit

Academy promotions edit

Player transfers edit

Competitions edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Match 1 edit

14 August 2015
7 pm
  Clermont28 - 10Glasgow Warriors
Try: Paul Jedrasiak
Aurélien Rougerie
Camille Gérondeau
Judicaël Cancoriet
Con: Camille Lopez x 3
Patricio Fernandez		ReportTry: Junior Bulumakau
Con: Rory Clegg
Pen: Rory Clegg
Jacques-Lavédrine Sports Complex, Issoire
Referee: Salem Attalah (France)

Glasgow Warriors:15. Peter Murchie 14. Junior Bulumakau* 13. Glenn Bryce 12. Fraser Lyle 11. Lee Jones 10. Rory Clegg 9. Grayson Hart
1. Jerry Yanuyanutawa 2. Kevin Bryce 3. D'arcy Rae 4. James Eddie 5. Kieran Low 6. Tyrone Holmes 7. Chris Fusaro (c) 8. 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]
Clermont: 1. Thomas Domingo (c) 2. John Ulugia 3. Clément Ric 4. Paul Jedrasiak 5. Loïc Jacquet 6. Camille Gérondeau 7. Julien Bardy 8. Fritz Lee
9. Ludovic Radosavljevic 10. Camille Lopez 11. Hosea Gear 12. Benson Stanley 13. Aurélien Rougerie 14. Adrien Planté 15. 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]

Match 2 edit

28 August 2015
7 pm
  Canada19-12Glasgow Warriors
Try: Jamie Cudmore
Ciaran Hearn
D. T. H. van der Merwe
Con: Nathan Hirayama x 2		ReportTry: Glenn Bryce
Junior Bulumakau
Con: Scott Wight
Graves-Oakley Memorial Park, Halifax
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)

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. Replacements: 16 Hubert Buydens, 17 Ray Barkwill, 18 Doug Wooldridge, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Aaron Carpenter, 21 Jamie Mackenzie, 22 Liam Underwood, 23 Harry Jones, 24 Brett Beukeboom, 25 Phil Mackenzie.
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. [** BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 Player]

Match 3 edit

25 September 2015
7.35 pm
Glasgow Warriors71-0  Army Rugby Union
Try: Junior Bulumakau x 2
Scott Cummings x 2
Fraser Lyle
D'Arcy Rae
Hugh Blake
Ali Price
Chris Fusaro
George Horne
Con: Rory Clegg x 5
Gregor Hunter x 4
Pen: Rory Clegg x 1		Report
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 1813[63]

Glasgow Warriors:15. Glenn Bryce 14. Junior Bulumakau 13. Sam Johnson 12. Fraser Lyle 11. Lee Jones 10. Rory Clegg 9. Grayson Hart
1. Alex Allan 2. Fergus Scott 3. D'arcy Rae 4. Rob Harley (c) 5. Scott Cummings** 6. Tyrone Holmes 7. Hugh Blake 8. 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]
Army Rugby Union: 1. Dowding 2. Austin 3. Budgen 4. Jones 5. Ball 6. Koroiyadi 7. Lamont 8. Boladua
9. Chennell 10. Davies 11. Nlalaugo 12. Wessells 13. Nakamavuto 14. Watkins 15. Leatham
Replacements: Dwyer, Hamilton, McLaren, Bates, Llewellyn, Nayacavou, Vata, Prasad, O'Reilly[65]

Pro12 edit

At the start of the season, Glasgow Warriors were missing 21 players on Rugby World Cup duty in various international squads, more than any other club in world rugby.[66]

That wasn't all. The Australian international, Taqele Naiyaravoro, Glasgow's marquee signing of the season, was stuck in Australia awaiting a visa. He wouldn't arrive in Glasgow until October and he played his first match against Newport Gwent Dragons on 16 October 2015.[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. Alex Dunbar & Sam Johnson were injured for the opener against Scarlets[68] and that injury list grew with stand-in captain Peter Murchie being injured for 3–4 months.[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.

The season was to get even worse for the Warriors as, due to flooding, Scotstoun became unplayable over the winter. Glasgow's 1872 Cup home match against Edinburgh Rugby was played at Murrayfield, Edinburgh's home! In addition Glasgow had to move other home matches to Rugby Park in Kilmarnock.[71]

Losing both matches to Edinburgh left Glasgow at one point sitting 9th in the Pro12 league table. However, as the club managed to get Scotstoun playable again and their World Cup players gradually got back to domestic ways, Glasgow slowly climbed back up the 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.[72]

Away to Connacht in the final league match of the season, victory would have secured Glasgow a home semi final and first place. Instead Connacht ground out a tight match which meant Glasgow finished third; with Leinster securing top spot by a single point.

This meant that Glasgow had to travel back to Connacht for an away semi-final. Another bruising match followed with two Glasgow Warriors players Russell and Fagerson colliding when tackling Connacht's Bundee Aki in the first minutes, immediately putting Glasgow on the back foot. Russell ended in hospital[73] - and by the end of the game Simone Favaro, Johnny Gray, D'Arcy Rae and Josh Strauss all suffered injuries. Connacht ground out another win and found themselves in the Edinburgh final against Leinster to end Glasgow's championship defence.[74]

League table edit

2015–16 Pro12 watch · edit · discuss
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1   Leinster (RU) 22 16 0 6 458 290 +168 51 27 6 3 73
2   Connacht (CH) 22 15 0 7 507 406 +101 60 46 8 5 73
3   Glasgow Warriors (SF) 22 14 1 7 557 380 +177 68 37 8 6 72
4   Ulster (SF) 22 14 0 8 488 307 +181 61 29 8 5 69
5   Scarlets 22 14 0 8 477 458 +19 45 54 2 5 63
6   Munster 22 13 0 9 459 417 +42 56 36 6 5 63
7   Cardiff Blues 22 11 0 11 542 461 +81 62 53 5 7 56
8   Ospreys 22 11 1 10 490 455 +35 55 49 6 3 55
9   Edinburgh 22 11 0 11 405 366 +39 41 36 2 8 54
10   Newport Gwent Dragons 22 4 0 18 353 492 −139 33 57 0 10 26
11   Zebre 22 5 0 17 308 718 −410 35 99 3 1 24
12   Benetton Treviso 22 3 0 19 320 614 −294 35 79 0 8 20
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[75]
  1. number of matches won;
  2. the difference between points for and points against;
  3. the number of tries scored;
  4. the most points scored;
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against;
  6. the fewest red cards received;
  7. the fewest yellow cards received.
Green background (rows 1 to 4) were play-off places, and earned places in the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earned places in the European Rugby Champions Cup.
To facilitate the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there were no play-offs for the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup; the 20th place went to the winner of the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup if not already qualified. Because Challenge Cup winner Montpellier qualified via the Top 14, its place passed to the top team from that league not already qualified.
Plain background indicates teams that earned a place in the 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Results edit

Round 1 edit
5 September 2015
17:15
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors  10–16  Scarlets
Try: Cusack 45' m
G. Bryce 79' m		ReportTry: A. Shingler 4' m
Parkes 19' m
Pen: D. Jones (2/3) 28', 54'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,562
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)
Round 2 edit
11 September 2015
19:35
Glasgow Warriors  33–32  Connacht (2 BP)
Try: G. Bryce 30' c
Cummings 35' c
Harley 41' c
Con: Clegg (3/3)
Pen: Clegg (4/4) 10', 22', 27', 68'		ReportTry: Jo. Cooney 46' c
penalty try 56' c
Poolman 59' m
Fox-Matamua 75' c
Con: Carty (3/4)
Pen: Carty (2/2) 7', 39'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,267
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)
Round 3 edit
2 October 2015
18:00
Munster  23–21  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: O'Callaghan 28' c
Botha 66' c
Con: Keatley (2/2)
Pen: Keatley (3/4) 19', 40', 77'		ReportPen: Clegg (6/7) 12', 32', 38', 51', 55', 60'
Drop: Clegg (1/1) 74'
Thomond Park
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Round 4 edit
16 October 2015
19:35
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors  29–15  Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Fusaro 35' c
Fagerson 54' c
Bulumakau 69' m
Favaro 79' c
Con: Clegg (3/4)
Pen: Clegg (1/2) 12'		ReportTry: Landman 23' c
Hewitt 72' m
Con: Tovey (1/2)
Pen: Tovey (1/2) 40'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,641
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)
Round 5 edit
23 October 2015
19:45
Leinster  23–18  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: L. McGrath 42' c
penalty try 64' c
Con: McFadden (2/2)
Pen: McFadden (3/4) 16', 21', 80'		ReportTry: Fagerson 13' c
Naiyaravoro 48' m
Con: Weir (1/2)
Pen: Weir (2/3) 26', 34'
RDS Arena
Attendance: 11,089
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)
Round 6 edit
1 November 2015
14:30
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors  31–19  Ospreys
Try: Lamont 29' m
Peterson 50' c
Allan 63' m
Naiyaravoro 80' m
Con: Weir (1/4)
Pen: Weir (3/4) 2', 43', 55'		ReportTry: Baker 73' c
Con: Biggar (1/1)
Pen: Biggar (4/5) 6', 13', 37', 46'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,650
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
Round 7 edit
7 November 2015
15:00
(1 BP) Cardiff Blues  30–35  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: G. Evans 30' m
penalty try 78' c
Con: Patchell (1/2)
Pen: Patchell (6/6) 7', 12', 19', 37', 58', 63'		ReportTry: Nakarawa 25' m
Naiyaravoro 38' c
Grant 68' c
Gray 73' c
Con: Russell (3/4)
Pen: Russell (3/3) 5', 41', 75'
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 5,704
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
Round 8 edit
27 November 2015
19:35
Glasgow Warriors  13–6  Benetton Treviso (1 BP)
Try: Ashe 72' c
Con: Weir (1/1)
Pen: Russell (1/1) 3'
Weir (1/1) 78'		ReportPen: Hayward (2/4) 9', 32'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,634
Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)
Round 9 edit
5 December 2015
15:00
Glasgow Warriors  P–P  Leinster
Postponed due to a
waterlogged pitch.[76]
Scotstoun Stadium
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
Round 10 - 1872 Cup 1st leg edit
27 December 2015
15:05
Edinburgh  23–11  Glasgow Warriors
Try: Scott 12' c
Hardie 69' c
Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2)
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/4) 30', 50', 59'		ReportTry: Bennett 6' m
Pen: Russell (2/2) 47', 56'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 23,642
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
Round 11 - 1872 Cup 2nd leg edit
2 January 2016
17:15
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors  11–14  Edinburgh
Try: Bennett 31' m
Pen: Weir (2/2) 5', 54'		ReportTry: Burleigh 74' m
Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/4) 16', 25', 67'
Murrayfield Stadium[77]
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)

Edinburgh Rugby won the 1872 Cup with an aggregate score of 37 - 22.

Round 12 edit
9 January 2016
14:30
Zebre  P–P  Glasgow Warriors
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Round 13 edit
31 January 2016
14:30
Ospreys  20–20  Glasgow Warriors
Try: Walker 23' c
D. Evans 68' c
Con: S. Davies (2/2)
Pen: S. Davies (2/4) 19', 43'		ReportTry: Hughes 26' c
Reid 53' c
Con: Weir (2/2)
Pen: Weir (2/4) 3', 7'
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,239
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
Round 14 edit
12 February 2016
19:30
Ulster  13–10  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Black 52' c
Con: Pad. Jackson (1/1)
Pen: Pienaar (1/2) 22'
Pad. Jackson (1/1) 66'		ReportTry: Jones 9' m
Naiyaravoro 80' m
Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 16,477
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
Round 15 edit
19 February 2016
19:35
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors  27–24  Munster (1 BP)
Try: Puafisi (2) 4' c, 7' c
Weir 43' m
G. Bryce 70' m
Con: Weir (2/4)
Pen: Weir (1/3) 62'		ReportTry: Kilcoyne (2) 11' c, 23' c
Sherry 63' c
Con: Keatley (3/3)
Pen: Keatley (1/1) 17'
Rugby Park[78]
Attendance: 7,212
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Round 16 edit
25 February 2016
19:05
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons  15–18  Glasgow Warriors
Pen: O'Brien (5/6) 3', 13', 16', 27', 48'ReportTry: Dunbar 42' c
Weir 72' m
Con: Weir (1/2)
Pen: Weir (2/3) 10', 25'
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,526
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)
Round 17 edit
6 March 2016
14:30
Glasgow Warriors  27–20  Cardiff Blues (1 BP)
Try: Reid 9' c
Swinson 40' c
Favaro 74' c
Con: Weir (3/3)
Pen: Weir (2/2) 6', 20'		ReportTry: Fish 72' m
E. Jenkins 79' c
Cook 80' m
Con: Patchell (1/3)
Pen: Patchell (1/1) 56'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,492
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
Round 9 rescheduled match edit
18 March 2016[79]
19:35
Glasgow Warriors  12–6  Leinster (1 BP)
Pen: Clegg (4/4) 14', 17', 50', 58'ReportPen: Nacewa (2/3) 3', 30'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 9, on 5 December 2015 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Round 18 edit
25 March 2016
19:35
Glasgow Warriors  27–17  Ulster
Try: Hogg 58' m
Seymour 61' c
Con: Russell (1/2)
Pen: Russell (4/6) 23', 28', 39', 72'
Hogg (1/1) 80'		ReportTry: Henderson 3' c
McCloskey 44' c
Con: Pad. Jackson (2/2)
Pen: Pad. Jackson (1/1) 34'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
Round 19 edit
2 April 2016
17:30
Benetton Treviso  16–38  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Esposito 35' c
Con: Hayward (1/1)
Pen: Hayward (3/3) 14', 18', 39'		ReportTry: Gray 11' c
Horne 28' c
Favaro 42' c
Hogg 59' m
Hart 67' m
Malcolm 73' c
Con: Russell (4/6)
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Round 12 rescheduled match edit
8 April 2016
19:30
Zebre  14–43  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: L. Sarto 3' c
Palazzani 20' c
Con: Canna (2/2)		ReportTry: Brown 16' c
Price 46' c
Dunbar 51' c
Horne (2) 57' c, 77' m
Naiyaravoro 72' m
Yanuyanutawa 75' m
Con: Weir (3/3)
Russell (1/4)
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

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.[80]

Round 20 edit
16 April 2016
15:15
Scarlets  10–46  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: L. Williams 30' c
Con: S. Shingler (1/1)
Pen: S. Shingler (1/1) 2'		ReportTry: Russell (2) 6' c, 25' m
Jones (2) 37' m, 73' m
Pyrgos 41' c
Bennett 58' c
Seymour 64' c
Con: Russell (4/7)
Pen: Russell (1/1) 18'
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 8,165
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
Round 21 edit
29 April 2016
19:35
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors  70–10  Zebre
Try: Nakarawa (3) 15' c, 42' c, 52' c
Ashe 23' c
G. Bryce (2) 30' c, 36' c
Naiyaravoro 33' c
Peterson 63' c
Price 65' c
Weir 73' c
Con: Weir (10/10)		ReportTry: Van Zyl 17' m
Boni 38' m
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Round 22 edit
7 May 2016
15:00
Connacht  14–7  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Aki 18' c
O'Halloran 59' c
Con: MacGinty (1/1)
O'Leary (1/1)		ReportTry: Reid 46' c
Con: Russell (1/1)
Galway Sportsgrounds
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

Play-offs edit

Semi-final edit
21 May 2016
18:30
Connacht  16–11  Glasgow Warriors
Try: Adeolokun 36' c
Con: MacGinty (1/1)
Pen: MacGinty (3/3) 24', 52', 64'		ReportTry: Nakarawa 48' m
Pen: Weir (2/2) 26', 56'
Galway Sportsgrounds
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

Europe edit

By virtue of winning the Pro12 in 2014-15, Glasgow Warriors were seeded as top seeds in the European Champions Cup pool stages. Drawn with Racing 92, Northampton Saints and Scarlets, it was a tough group.[81]

Townsend had predicted that four wins out of six would be needed to qualify.[81] Glasgow secured a home win against Racing and home and away wins against Scarlets.[82] Three wins might have been enough had the group been tighter but unfortunately Scarlets proved the whipping boy of the group and it was Glasgow's losses to Northampton Saints home and away which ended the Warriors hopes of progress.[83][84]

Pool 3 edit

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
  Racing 92 (3) 6 4 1 1 174 70 +104 23 6 4 0 22
  Northampton Saints (8) 6 4 1 1 94 93 +1 12 9 1 0 19
  Glasgow Warriors 6 3 0 3 114 96 +18 10 11 1 1 14
  Scarlets 6 0 0 6 59 182 –123 7 25 0 2 2

Results edit

Round 1 edit
14 November 2015
16:15
Racing 92  P–P  Glasgow Warriors
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)
Round 2 edit
21 November 2015
17:15
Glasgow Warriors  15–26  Northampton Saints
Try: P. Horne 33' c
Strauss 57' m
Con: Russell (1/2) 35'
Pen: Russell (1/3) 5'		ReportTry: G. Pisi 7' c
Tuala (2) 29' m, 51' m
Con: Myler (1/3) 7'
Pen: Myler (3/3) 15', 21', 40'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
Round 3 edit
12 December 2015
13:00
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors  43–6  Scarlets
Try: Weir 6' c
Malcolm 52' c
Naiyaravoro (3) 56' c, 69' c, 73' m
Swinson 80' c
Con: Weir (2/2) 7' 53'
Russell (3/4) 57' 70' 80+1'
Pen: Weir (1/1) 39'		ReportPen: Shingler (2/2) 11', 46'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,576
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
Round 4 edit
19 December 2015
19:45
(1 BP) Scarlets  6–9  Glasgow Warriors
Pen: Thomas (2/4) 54', 67'ReportPen: Russell (3/4) 4', 26', 45'
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 5,767
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
Round 1 rescheduled edit
9 January 2016
13:00
(1 BP) Racing 92  34–10  Glasgow Warriors
Try: Tameifuna 28' c
Szarzewski 43' c
Ben Arous 50' c
Carizza 80' c
Con: Carter (3/3) 29', 44', 51'
Goosen (1/1) 80'
Pen: Carter (2/2) 24', 38'		ReportTry: Nakarawa 59' c
Con: Russell (1/1) 59'
Pen: Russell (1/2) 14'
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 8,133
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
Round 5 edit
17 January 2016
17:30
Northampton Saints  19–15  Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Harrison 9' c
Day 51' m
Mallinder 78' c
Con: Hanrahan (1/2) 10'
Myler (1/1) 80'		ReportPen: Russell (4/6) 23', 32', 47', 56'
Hogg (1/2) 70'
Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 14,874
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
Round 6 edit
23 January 2016
17:30
Glasgow Warriors  22–5  Racing 92
Try: Hogg 55' c
Con: Russell (1/1) 56'
Pen: Russell (3/3) 7', 47', 61'
Weir (2/2) 69', 76'		ReportTry: Khinchagishvili 65' m
Con: Dulin (0/1)
Rugby Park[78]
Attendance: 9,063
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

Warrior of the month awards edit

Award Winner
September no award
October   Mike Blair
November   Leone Nakarawa
December   Taqele Naiyaravoro
January   Jonny Gray
February   Josh Strauss
March   Leone Nakarawa
April no award
May no award

End of Season awards edit

Award Winner
Young Player of the Season   Zander Fagerson
Coaches Award   James Eddie
Test Player of the Season   Stuart Hogg
Most Improved Player of the Season   Ali Price
Al Kellock Leadership Award   Mike Blair
Community Club of the Season Cumnock
Try of the Season   Duncan Weir vs.   Munster
Players' Player of the Season   Leone Nakarawa
Player of the Season   Simone Favaro

Competitive debuts this season edit

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:

Scottish Inter-District Championship Welsh–Scottish League WRU Challenge Cup Celtic League Celtic Cup 1872 Cup Pro12 Pro14 Rainbow Cup United Rugby Championship European Challenge Cup Heineken Cup / European Champions Cup

Crosshatching indicates a jointly hosted match.

Number Player nationality Name Position Date of debut Venue Stadium Opposition nationality Opposition side Tournament Match result Scoring debut
244   CummingsScott Cummings Lock 2015-09-05 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Scarlets Pro12 Loss Nil
245   HartGrayson Hart Scrum half 2015-09-05 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Scarlets Pro12 Loss Nil
246   ScottFergus Scott (Hooker) 2015-09-05 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Scarlets Pro12 Loss Nil
247   LowKieran Low (Lock) 2015-09-05 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Scarlets Pro12 Loss Nil
248   BlairMike Blair (Scrum half) 2015-09-05 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Scarlets Pro12 Loss Nil
249   CleggRory Clegg (Fly half) 2015-09-05 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Scarlets Pro12 Loss Nil
250   FergussonRobbie Fergusson (Centre) 2015-09-05 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Scarlets Pro12 Loss Nil
251   BulumakauJunior Bulumakau Wing 2015-09-11 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Connacht Pro12 Win Nil
252   BlakeHugh Blake (Centre) 2015-09-11 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Connacht Pro12 Win Nil
253   HunterGregor Hunter (Fly half) 2015-10-02 Away Thomond Park   Munster Pro12 Loss Nil
254   NaiyaravoroTaqele Naiyaravoro Wing 2015-10-16 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Dragons Pro12 Win Nil
255   PetersonGreg Peterson (Lock) 2015-10-16 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Dragons Pro12 Win Nil
256   FavaroSimone Favaro (Flanker) 2015-10-16 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Dragons Pro12 Win 5 pts
257   PuafisiSila Puafisi Prop 2015-11-01 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Ospreys Pro12 Win Nil
258   JohnsonSam Johnson (Centre) 2015-11-01 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Ospreys Pro12 Win Nil
259   MalcolmJames Malcolm (Hooker) 2015-11-07 Away Cardiff Arms Park   Cardiff Blues Pro12 Win Nil
260   MamukashviliShalva Mamukashvili (Prop) 2015-11-21 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Northampton Saints European Champions Cup Loss Nil
261   FentonCameron Fenton (Hooker) 2016-02-19 Home Rugby Park   Munster Pro12 Win Nil
262   GriggNick Grigg (Centre) 2016-03-18 Home Scotstoun Stadium   Leinster Pro12 Win Nil

Sponsorship edit

Official kit supplier edit

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