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Recap: Glasgow Warriors vs Leinster LIVE | Guinness PRO14

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Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Guinness PRO14 match between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster at Scotstoun.

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Second row Jonny Gray is in line to make his first appearance of the 2019/20 season after he was named in the Glasgow team.

Coach Dave Rennie has made nine changes to the starting XV for the visit of the defending champions, with new signing Aki Seiuli in line for a potential debut from the replacements bench.

Oli Kebble is the sole surviving member of the front row from last weekend’s European trip to Exeter, as George Turner – a try-scorer at Sandy Park – and D’arcy Rae come in to start. Gray is partnered by fellow Scotland international Tim Swinson in the second row, with the latter also returning to the starting line-up.

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Rob Harley shifts from the second row to the flank, lining up alongside Chris Fusaro and Ryan Wilson in a back row containing 548 caps. Ali Price makes his first start of the season at scrum-half, with Pete Horne starting outside him at fly-half.

Huw Jones comes into the side to start at outside centre, partnering Sam Johnson in the midfield for the first time this season. Tommy Seymour moves to the wing to accommodate the returning Ruaridh Jackson at full-back in a side completed by flying Fijian Niko Matawalu.

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Former Highlanders prop Seiuli is included in a matchday 23 for the first time since arriving at Scotstoun, with the man from Christchurch joined by Grant Stewart and Adam Nicol as the front row replacements.

Rennie said: “It’s good to have Ali back starting this weekend – he obviously had an extremely disappointing injury at the World Cup and he has worked hard to get back to full fitness. He has had a couple of cameos off the bench and he is ready to go.

“Leinster have great depth and have been the form team in the competition. They are very well-coached, are playing with great confidence and have threats across the park. We’ll need to be at our best to get a result.

“A packed Scotstoun is a special place to play at. The crowd are vocal and engaged and remind us that we’re playing for something bigger than ourselves.”

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Leinster have chosen a back three of Hugo Keenan, Adam Byrne and Cian Kelleher for the trip to their Conference A rivals and a rematch against last season’s beaten finalists. Conor O’Brien is joined by Jimmy O’Brien in midfield with Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne at half-back. 

Peter Dooley, James Tracy and Michael Bent pack down at front row, with Ross Molony captaining from the second row where he is joined by Devin Toner. The starting XV is completed by Josh Murphy, Will Connors and Caelan Doris.

GLASGOW: 15 Ruaridh Jackson; 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Niko Matawalu; 10 Pete Horne, 9 Ali Price; 1 Oli Kebble, 2 George Turner, 3 D’arcy Rae, 4 Tim Swinson, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 Rob Harley, 7 Chris Fusaro, 8 Ryan Wilson (capt). Reps: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Adam Nicol, 19 Kiran McDonald, 20 Adam Ashe, 21 Nick Frisby, 22 Stafford McDowall, 23 Kyle Steyn.

LEINSTER: 15 Hugo Keenan; 14 Adam Byrne, 13 Jimmy O’Brien, 12 Conor O’Brien, 11 Cian Kelleher; 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park; 1 Peter Dooley, 2 James Tracy, 3 Michael Bent, 4 Ross Molony (capt), 5 Devin Toner, 6 Josh Murphy, 7 Will Connors, 8 Caelan Doris. Reps: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Jack Aungier, 19 Oisin Dowling, 20 Scott Penny, 21 Hugh O’Sullivan, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Fergus McFadden.

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Oh no, not him again? 2 hours ago
England internationals disagree on final play execution vs All Blacks

Okay, so we blew it big time on Saturday. So rather than repeating what most people have all ready said, what do I want to see from Borthwick going forward?


Let's keep Marcus Smith on the pitch if he's fit and playing well. I was really pleased with his goal kicking. It used to be his weakness. I feel sympathy for George Ford who hadn't kicked all match and then had a kick to win the game. You hear pundits and commentators commend kickers who have come off the bench and pulled that off. Its not easy. If Steve B continues to substitute players with no clear reason then he is going to get criticised.


On paper I thought England would beat NZ if they played to their potential and didn't show NZ too much respect. Okay, the off the ball tackles certainly stopped England scoring tries, but I would have liked to see more smashing over gainlines and less kicking for position. Yes, I also know it's the Springbok endorsed world cup double winning formula but the Kiwi defence isn't the Bok defence, is it. If you have the power to put Smith on the front foot then why muzzle him? I guess what I'm saying is back, yourself. Why give the momentum to a team like NZ? Why feed the beast? Don't give the ball to NZ. Well d'uh.


Our scrum is a long term weakness. If you are going to play Itoje then he needs an ogre next door and a decent front row. Where is our third world class lock? Where are are realible front row bench replacements? The England scrum has been flakey for a while now. It blows hot and cold. Our front five bench is not world class.


On the positive side I love our starting backrow right now. I'd like to see them stick together through to the next world cup.


Anyway, there is always another Saturday.

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CO 2 hours ago
Scott Robertson responds to criticism over All Blacks' handling errors

Robertson is more a manager of coaches than a coach so it comes down to intent of outcomes at a high level. I like his intent, I like the fact his Allblacks are really driving the outcomes however as he's pointed out the high error rates are not test level and their control of the game is driving both wins and losses. England didn't have to play a lot of rugby, they made far fewer mistakes and were extremely unlucky not to win.


In fact the English team were very early in their season and should've been comfortably beaten by an Allblacks team that had played multiple tests together.


Razor has himself recognised that to be the best they'll have to sort out the crisis levels of mistakes that have really increased since the first two tests against England.


Early tackles were a classic example of hyper enthusiasm to not give an inch, that passion that Razor has achieved is going to be formidable once the unforced errors are eliminated.


That's his secret, he's already rebuilt the passion and that's the most important aspect, its inevitable that he'll now eradicate the unforced errors. When that happens a fellow tier one nation is going to get thrashed. I don't think it will be until 2025 though.


The Allblacks will lose both tests against Ireland and France if they play high error rates rugby like they did against England.


To get the unforced errors under control he's going to be needing to handover the number eight role to Sititi and reset expectations of what loose forwards do. Establish a clear distinction with a large, swarthy lineout jumper at six that is a feared runner and dominant tackler and a turnover specialist at seven that is abrasive in contact. He'll then need to build depth behind the three starters and ruthlessly select for that group to be peaking in 2027 in hit Australian conditions on firm, dry grounds.


It's going to help him that Savea is shifting to the worst super rugby franchise where he's going to struggle behind a beaten pack every week.


The under performing loose forward trio is the key driver of the high error rates and unacceptable turn overs due to awol link work. Sititi is looking like he's superman compared to his openside and eight.


At this late stage in the season they shouldn't be operating with just the one outstanding loose forward out of four selected for the English test. That's an abject failure but I think Robertson's sacrificing link quality on purpose to build passion amongst the junior Allblacks as they see the reverential treatment the old warhorses are receiving for their long term hard graft.


It's unfortunately losing test matches and making what should be comfortable wins into nail biters but it's early in the world cup cycle so perhaps it's a sacrifice worth making.


However if this was F1 then Sam Cane would be Riccardo and Ardie would be heading into Perez territory so the loose forwards desperately need revitalisation through a rebuild over the next season to complement the formidable tight five.

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