Preview: Glasgow Warriors v Ulster

Ulster travel to the in-form Glasgow Warriors hoping to continue their winning momentum in Round 14 of the BKT United Rugby Championship.

Ulster seek to continue their winning momentum against an in form Glasgow Warriors who are a formidable side at home.

URC League position and points are on the line for both sides, with Ulster sitting in third place and Glasgow sitting four points behind in fifth looking to leapfrog the Ulstermen into the top three.

Ulster will be hoping to close the seven point gap to second placed DHL Stormers, whom they defeated 35-5 in the previous round.

Match Details

πŸ† Round 14, BKT United Rugby Championship

πŸ—“οΈ Friday 17th February

⏰ 7.35pm

🏟️ Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

Form guide

Ulster previous three fixtures:

Ulster 35-5 DHL Stormers (URC)

Ulster 22- 11 Sale Sharks (Champions Cup)

La Rochelle 7- 3 Ulster (Champions Cup)

Glasgow Warriors previous three fixtures:

Dragons 28- 42 Glasgow Warriors (URC)

Glasgow Warriors 19- 19 Bath (Champions Cup)

Perpignan 26- 40 Glasgow Warriors (Champions Cup)

Team News

Last Time Out

Last time the sides met Ulster edged out a 35-29 home victory against the Scots at Kingspan stadium. Ulster scored five tries in a hard fought game, that saw tries from Brad Roberts, Marty Moore, Nick Timoney and a first senior Ulster try for scrum half Nathan Doak.

Did you know?

Ulster Rugby

\- Mike Lowry beat eight defenders in Round 13 – more than any other player.

\- Duane Vermuelen won three turnovers against the DHL Stormers in Ulster’s last URC outing. He was won nine turnovers so far this season.

\- Ulster have scored the most tries which have taken six or more phases to engineer. This is also their most popular phase number (six or over) to score on. A league-high 33 of their 51 tries have begun with lineouts.

Glasgow Warriors

\- Sebastien Cancelliere has beaten the most defenders in the URC (30) and made the most clean breaks (18).

\- George Horne has made more metres from β€˜pick-and-gos’ than any other player (136).

\- Glasgow Warriors are the most efficient team in the opposition red zone, being awarded a penalty or scoring a try from 63% of their 22 entries.