2012–13 Glasgow Warriors season
The 2012-13 Glasgow Warriors season saw the team participate in competitions including the RaboDirect Pro12 and the European Rugby Champions Cup.
Ground(s) | Scotstoun Stadium (Capacity: 10,000[1] using additional temporary seating) | ||
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Coach(es) | |||
Captain(s) | |||
Most caps | |||
Top scorer | |||
Most tries | |||
League(s) | Pro12 | ||
3rd | |||
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Season Overview
Team
Coaches
Gregor Townsend Head Coach Gavin Vaughan Head Performance Analyst[2]
Squad
Hookers
Props
Locks
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Loose Forwards
Scrum halves
Fly halves |
Centres
Back Three
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Academy players
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Player statistics
During the 2012–13 season, Glasgow used 51 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 | |||||
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Apps (sub) |
Tries | Points kicked |
Apps (sub) |
Tries | Points kicked |
Apps (sub) |
Total Pts | |||
HK | Fraser Brown | (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (4) | 0 | |
HK | Finlay Gillies | 3(5) | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | 0 | 3(7) | 0 | |
HK | Dougie Hall | 8(9) | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 12(11) | 0 | |
HK | Pat MacArthur | 11(4) | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 13(6) | 0 | |
HK | Gerwyn Price | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | |
PR | German Araoz | (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (3) | 0 | |
PR | Michael Cusack | 8(2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11(2) | 0 | |
PR | Ofa Faingaʻanuku | 2(9) | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | 0 | 2(11) | 0 | |
PR | Ryan Grant | 11(4) | 2 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 15(5) | 10 | |
PR | George Hunter | (2) | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 0 | (3) | 0 | |
PR | Ed Kalman | 2(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(6) | 5 | |
PR | Moray Low | 9(6) | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 12(7) | 0 | |
PR | Garry Mountford | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | |
PR | Gordon Reid | 8(8) | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 10(10) | 5 | |
PR | Jon Welsh | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | |
LK | Nick Campbell | (2) | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | 0 | (4) | 0 | |
LK | Jonny Gray | (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | |
LK | Alastair Kellock | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
LK | Tom Ryder | 15(5) | 1 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 18(8) | 5 | |
LK | Tim Swinson | 15(4) | 4 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 19(6) | 20 | |
BR | Adam Ashe | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | |
BR | John Barclay | 16(2) | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 19(3) | 10 | |
BR | James Eddie | 4(14) | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 7(15) | 5 | |
BR | Chris Fusaro | 6(2) | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 7(3) | 5 | |
BR | Rob Harley | 11(3) | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 13(5) | 5 | |
BR | Angus Macdonald | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | |
BR | Josh Strauss | 14(3) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19(3) | 15 | |
BR | Ryan Wilson | 17(5) | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 21(6) | 0 | |
SH | Chris Cusiter | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 5 | |
SH | Sean Kennedy | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | 0 | 2(5) | 0 | |
SH | Nikola Matawalu | 11(6) | 8 | 0 | 2(4) | 2 | 0 | 13(10) | 50 | |
SH | Henry Pyrgos | 10(7) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14(7) | 5 | |
FH | Ruaridh Jackson | 11(4) | 2 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15(4) | 80 | |
FH | Finn Russell | (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 4 | |
FH | Duncan Weir | 7(6) | 1 | 71 | 1(1) | 0 | 6 | 8(7) | 82 | |
FH | Scott Wight | 3(6) | 0 | 35 | 1(2) | 0 | 10 | 4(8) | 45 | |
CE | Mark Bennett | 3(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 15 | |
CE | Alex Dunbar | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 19(1) | 10 | |
CE | Peter Horne | 14(5) | 2 | 32 | 5(1) | 1 | 13 | 19(6) | 60 | |
CE | Graeme Morrison | 6(3) | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 7(4) | 5 | |
CE | Byron McGuigan | 3(3) | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 5(4) | 10 | |
CE | Troy Nathan | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | |
WG | Rory Lamont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
WG | Sean Lamont | 11(3) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13(3) | 10 | |
WG | Sean Maitland | 6(1) | 4 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 9(2) | 20 | |
WG | Taylor Paris | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 5 | |
WG | Tommy Seymour | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 35 | |
WG | D. T. H. van der Merwe | 17(1) | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20(1) | 50 | |
FB | Stuart Hogg | 8(4) | 3 | 10 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 12(5) | 25 | |
FB | Peter Murchie | 16(1) | 4 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 19(2) | 20 | |
FB | Fraser Thomson | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 5 | |
Staff movements
Coaches
Personnel In
Gregor Townsend from Scotland (Asst). Gavin Vaughan from Aironi Performance Analyst[3]
Personnel Out
Player movements
Academy promotions
Player transfers
In
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Out
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Competitions
Pre-season and friendlies
Match 1
3 August 2012 6pm |
Castres Olympique |
20 - 17 | |
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Preview Report Report |
Try: Taylor Paris Byron McGuigan Con: Ruaridh Jackson x 2 Pen: Ruaridh Jackson |
Lacaune |
Castres:
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Peter Murchie; 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Byron McGuigan, 12 Troy Nathan, 11 Fraser Thomson; 10 Scott Wight, 9 Murray McConnell; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Finlay Gillies, 3 Ed Kalman, 4 Nick Campbell, 5 Tim Swinson, 6 Angus Macdonald, 7 Chris Fusaro (CAPTAIN), 8 Adam Ashe
Substitutes: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Moray Low, 18 George Hunter, 19 Andrew Redmayne, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Alex Dunbar, 24 George Graham, 25 Taylor Paris, 26 Mike Cusack
Match 2
18 August 2012 3pm |
Sale Sharks |
49 - 27 | |
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Try: Richie Vernon Tom Brady Tony Buckley Rob Miller David Seymour Corne Uys Dwayne Peel Con: Nick Macleod x 3 Rob Miller x 4 |
Preview Report Report Report |
Try: Peter Murchie Tommy Seymour Peter Horne Con: Ruaridh Jackson Scott Wight x 2 Pen: Ruaridh Jackson x 2 |
Sale Sharks: 15 Rob Miller; 14 Charlie Amesbury, 13 Will Addison, 12 Johnny Leota, 11 Tom Brady; 10 Nick MacLeod, 9 Cillian Willis; 1 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 2 Joe Ward, 3 Tony Buckley, 4 Fraser McKenzie, 5 James Gaskell, 6 Mark Easter, 7 David Seymour (CAPTAIN), 8 Richie Vernon
Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 Vadim Cobilas, Aston Croall, 18 Ross Harrison, 19 Richie Gray, Tom Holmes, 20 James Doyle, 21 Dwayne Peel, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Jordan Davies, Corne Uys, Charlie Ingall
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Peter Murchie; 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Byron McGuigan, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Taylor Paris; 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Henry Pyrgos; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Pat MacArthur, 3 Mike Cusack, 4 Tim Swinson, 5 Nick Campbell, 6 Angus Macdonald, 7 Chris Fusaro (CAPTAIN), 8 Ryan Wilson
Replacements (all used): 16 Finlay Gillies, 17 Moray Low, 18 Ed Kalman, 19 James Eddie, 20 Adam Ashe, 21 Troy Nathan, 22 Scott Wight, 23 Peter Horne, 24 Sean Kennedy, 25 Fraser Thomson, 26 George Hunter
Match 3
23 August 2012 7.30pm |
Glasgow Warriors |
6 - 15 | |
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Pen: Duncan Weir x 2 |
Preview Report Report Report |
Try: Chris Whitehead James Hanks Con: Gareth Steenson Pen: Gareth Steenson |
Millbrae Attendance: 1500 Referee: Andrew McMenemy (SRU) |
Glasgow Warriors: Gordon Reid, Finlay Gillies, Moray Low, Tom Ryder, Nick Campbell, Adam Ashe, John Barclay, Ryan Wilson, Henry Pyrgos, Duncan Weir, DTH van der Merwe, Peter Horne, Byron McGuigan, Tommy Seymour, Fraser Thomson
Replacements: (used:) Michael Cusack, George Hunter, James Eddie, Angus Macdonald, Chris Fusaro, Graeme Morrison, Peter Murchie, Scott Wight, Sean Kennedy, (not used:) Ryan Grant
Exeter Chiefs: P Dollman; J Tatupu, I Whitten (L Arscott 57), J Shoemark, M Jess; I Mieres (G Steenson 62), K Barrett (W Chudley h/t); B Sturgess (C Rimmer 65), C Whitehead (S Alcott 74), H Tui; T Hayes (capt, D Welch 71), A Muldowney (J Hanks 62); T Johnson (J Phillips 62), J Scaysbrook, R Baxter (B White 74).
European Champions Cup
Pool 4
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 55 | +71 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 109 | −15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 98 | −21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 105 | −35 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Results
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
7 December 2012 19:35 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors |
6–9 | |
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Pen: Wight (2/3) 12', 22' |
Report | Pen: Kockott (3/7) 20', 36', 57' |
Round 4
16 December 2012 13:45 |
Castres Olympique |
10–8 | |
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Try: Caballero 73' c Con: Kirkpatrick (1/1) Pen: Teulet (1/3) 5' |
Report | Try: Barclay 38' m Pen: Horne (1/2) 1' |
Round 5
Round 6
RaboDirect Pro12
League Table
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
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1 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 577 | 348 | +229 | 62 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 81 | |||||
2 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 585 | 386 | +199 | 63 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 78 | |||||
3 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 541 | 324 | +217 | 66 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 76 | |||||
4 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 436 | 406 | +30 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 66 | |||||
5 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 471 | 342 | +129 | 48 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 62 | |||||
6 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 442 | 389 | +53 | 46 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 54 | |||||
7 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 414 | 450 | –36 | 45 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 50 | |||||
8 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 358 | 422 | –64 | 32 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 38 | |||||
9 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 348 | 487 | –139 | 28 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 38 | |||||
10 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 399 | 504 | –105 | 35 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 36 | |||||
11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 358 | 589 | –231 | 31 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 28 | |||||
12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 291 | 573 | –282 | 29 | 60 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||||
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[6]
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Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places. Qualification for the Heineken Cup is based on each country's allocation, i.e. three highest–ranked Irish teams, three highest–ranked Welsh teams, both Italian teams and both Scottish teams. Leinster won the Amlin Challenge Cup, giving Ireland an extra Heineken Cup place that passed to Connacht.
Updated 17 May 2013. Source: RaboDirect PRO12 |
Results
Round 1
Round 2
7 September 2012 19:35 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors |
13–18 | |
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Try: Cusiter 76' c Con: Weir (1/1) Pen: Jackson (2/4) 6', 39' |
Report | Try: Shingler 23' m Fenby 35' m North 57' m Pen: Priestland (1/5) 44' |
Round 3
14 September 2012 19:05 |
Ospreys |
10–28 | |
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Try: Evans 51' c Con: Biggar (1/1) Pen: Biggar (1/1) 61' |
Report | Try: van der Merwe (2) 3' m, 54' c Fusaro 28' c Con: Weir (2/3) Pen: Weir (2/3) 13', 46' Jackson (1/1) 75' |
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
6 October 2012 18:30 |
Cardiff Blues |
3–18 | |
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Pen: Halfpenny (1/2) 39' |
Report | Pen: Horne (6/7) 17', 25', 28', 34', 46', 58' |
Round 7
27 October 2012 19:05 |
Benetton Treviso |
13–24 | |
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Try: Vosawai 22' c Con: Burton (1/1) Pen: Burton (1/3) 29' Botes (1/1) 63' |
Report | Try: Seymour (2) 65' c, 69' m Con: Wight (1/2) Pen: Jackson (3/4) 12', 16', 43' Wight (1/1) 57' |
Round 8
2 November 2012 19:30 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors |
37–6 | |
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Try: Murchie 14' c Reid 28' c Ryder 43' m Seymour (2) 62' m, 68' c Con: Wight (3/5) Pen: Wight (2/2) 5', 34' |
Report | Pen: Prydie (2/3) 31', 37' |
Round 9
Round 10
1 December 2012 19:45 |
(1 BP) Munster |
31–3 | |
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Try: Stander (2) 8' c, 38' c O'Donnell 23' c penalty try 74' c Con: O'Gara (4/4) Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 37' |
Report | Pen: Weir (1/1) 3' |
Round 11: 1872 Cup (1st Leg)
Round 12: 1872 Cup (2nd Leg)
29 December 2012 16:05 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh |
17–21 | |
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Try: Grant 59' c T. Visser 76' c Con: Laidlaw (2/2) Pen: Laidlaw (1/2) 9' |
Report | Try: Maitland 7' m Jackson 29' m Pyrgos 55' m Pen: Horne (2/2) 37', 40' |
Glasgow Warriors won the 1872 Cup with an aggregate score of 44 - 31.
Round 13
4 January 2013 19:30 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors |
41–7 | |
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Try: van der Merwe 25' c Hogg (2) 28' c, 77' c Seymour 39' c Matawalu 74' c Con: Jackson (3/3) Weir (2/2) Pen: Jackson (2/2) 4', 20' |
Report | Try: Minto 52' c Con: Burton (1/1) |
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
29 March 2013 20:05 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors |
51–24 | |
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Try: Maitland 1' c Matawalu 28' c Jackson 57' c Bennett 70' c Hogg 74' c Barclay 80' c Con: Jackson (4/4) Weir (2/2) Pen: Jackson (3/3) 34', 38', 65' |
Report | Try: Laulala 10' c Kilcoyne 26' c Howlett 77' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) Keatley (1/1) Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 49' |
Round 20
12 April 2013 19:05 |
Scarlets |
29–6 | |
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Try: Owens 18' c L. Williams 46' c Con: O. Williams (2/2) Pen: O. Williams (4/5) 4', 14', 51', 60' Drop: O. Williams (1/1) 24' |
Report | Pen: Jackson (2/2) 21', 27' |
Round 21
Round 22
3 May 2013 19:45 |
Connacht |
3–20 | |
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Pen: Parks (1/2) 39' |
Report | Try: van der Merwe 16' c Maitland 70' c Con: Jackson (1/1) Hogg (1/1) Pen: Hogg (1/1) 66' Drop: Jackson (1/1) 12' |
Playoffs
End of Season awards
Award | Winner |
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Young Player of the Season | |
Coaches Award | |
Test Player of the Season | |
Most Improved Player of the Season | |
Try of the Season | |
Special Award | |
Player of the Season |
References
- "Townsend hoping for large Scotstoun crowd". glasgowwarriors.org.
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gavin-vaughan-42191944
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gavin-vaughan-42191944
- http://www.pro12rugby.com/2012/10/30/mcalpine-settled-at-edinburgh/
- http://www.scottishrugby.org/scotland-7s/player/colin-shaw
- Competition Rule 3.5 "Summary of Key Rules". Pro12. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/12/08/22/warriors-prepare-take