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Adam Hastings starts for Glasgow in backline re-jig for Leinster

Adam Hastings of Glasgow Warriors leaves the pitch after receiving a yellow card and conceding a penalty try to Leinster during the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final match between Leinster and Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings is set to start for reigning champions Glasgow Warriors against Leinster in the United Rugby Championship semi-final on Saturday.

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The 28-year-old, who started on the bench against the Stormers in the quarter-final, has shifted last week’s No.10 Tom Jordan to inside centre, and Sione Tuipulotu, in turn, to outside centre. Stafford McDowall will now take one of the two back places on the bench after starting last week.

The only other change Franco Smith has made to the starting XV is in the front-row, where tighthead prop Murphy Walker has failed to recover from a strain against the Stormers, and is replaced by fit-again Fin Richardson for the trip to the Aviva Stadium.

The final change to the squad will see Rory Sutherland start as the replacement loosehead prop instead of Nathan McBeth.

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Scotland and British and Irish Lions centre Huw Jones remains out with his Achilles issue.

“Leinster are the standard setters in this competition,” Smith said to glasgowwarriors.org.

“They finished top of the standings for a reason, and have consistently out-performed teams across the course of this season while showing their strength in depth.

“It is a challenge that we know we will need to be at our best to meet, and the players are focused on the task at hand.

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“Training this week has been sharp and competitive, with every player working hard for each other to put this squad in the best possible position for tomorrow afternoon.”

Glasgow Warriors XV
1 Jamie Bhatti (124)
2 Gregor Hiddleston (26)
3 Fin Richardson (7)
4 Alex Samuel (39)
5 Scott Cummings (141)
6 Euan Ferrie (38)
7 Rory Darge (66)
8 Henco Venter (35)
9 George Horne (138)
10 Adam Hastings (69)
11 Kyle Rowe (36)
12 Tom Jordan (70)
13 Sione Tuipulotu (67)
14 Kyle Steyn (C) (91)
15 Josh McKay (63)

Replacements
16 Johnny Matthews (96)
17 Rory Sutherland (11)
18 Sam Talakai (20)
19 Max Williamson (30)
20 Jack Mann (14)
21 Macenzzie Duncan (3)
22 Stafford McDowall (93)
23 Jamie Dobie (87)

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takata 28 minutes ago
Who is telling the truth about France's tour of New Zealand?

It’s interesting to look at the newly published LNR calendar for the 2025-2026 season as the dates are roughly the same as last season. Here is the link:

https://mcusercontent.com/f153a15f3ca22acaf29fe563d/files/da77f89c-4e4a-3048-16e8-a36c03ea4e25/Calendrier25_26.pdf


1. Like every season since 2005, the Top 14 format is exactly the same with 26 rounds for rankings + 3 play-off rounds; the two finalists would have to play 28 or 29 games depending if they could reach directly the semi-final or not. In 2025, 28 games were played by both UBB and ST as they were ranked 1st and 2nd after 26 games - teams finishing 3rd - 6th would play a “barrage” game for a place into the semi-final, while 1st and 2nd would rest.


2. The calendar dates (Yellow) from start to finish are nearly the same as 2024-2025: 5 September to 27 June. It’s fit to allow the players at the end of the season their mandatory 6 consecutive weeks of holliday before comming back to their club for training camp in August, even for those playing the finals.


3. Top eight clubs are qualified for the European Champions Cup (Purple), with 4 rounds played in December and January and 4 finals rounds in April-May; Last season, Bordeaux played all 8 games and Toulouse 7. Other six clubs are playing the Challenge Cup at the same dates.


At the end of the 2025 season, the total played was 28 + 8 = 36 games of club rugby for UBB and one less for ST. Those two clubs, which are providing the bulk of the National team, are also clocking the maximum of games per season before any international game. As nobody can already play that many games, clubs are rotating their players. There is a minimum of one week break earned by players after playing six consecutive games.


4. Inside the full season calendar, there is only two international windows implemented (Black) : three weeks in November and five in February-March for the 6 Nations; this would add 8 international games. Nonetheless, one can see that two rounds of Top 14 will still take place inside those- it’s called “les doublons”; one during FR-AUS on 22 November and another during the second round of the 6 Nations on 14 February.


In fine, if Superman was a French international playing for Bordeaux/Toulouse in 2025-2026, he could play a high intensity game of rugby every single weekend from 5 September to 27 June, then travel immediately to the other side of planet to play three more weeks in July, then only rest for a few days before going back to the training camp.


That’s why it’s chimeric to believe that the very same players who are engaged into the top club competitions in Europe, wich are feeding them by the way, will also play 11 international games per season.

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