2009–10 Glasgow Warriors season

Glasgow Warriors 2009 / 2010
Ground(s)	Firhill Stadium (Capacity: 10,887)
Coach(es)	Sean Lineen
Captain(s)	Alastair Kellock
Most caps	Bernardo Stortoni (25)
Top scorer	Dan Parks (277)
Most tries	Thom Evans; Bernardo Stortoni (5)
League(s)	Celtic League
	3rd
Team kit	2nd kit
← 2008–09	2010–11 →

The 2009-10 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Magners Celtic League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup.

Season Overview

Team

Coaches

Squad

Hookers
Dougie Hall
Pat MacArthur
Fergus Thomson

Props
Ed Kalman
Moray Low
Hamish Mitchell
Kevin Tkachuk
Justin Va'a
Jon Welsh

Locks
Tim Barker
Richie Gray
Alastair Kellock
Dan Turner

Loose Forwards
John Barclay
Johnnie Beattie
Kelly Brown
James Eddie
Scott Forrest
Calum Forrester
Richie Vernon

Scrum halves
Chris Cusiter
Colin Gregor
Mark McMillan

Fly halves
Mike Adamson
Ruaridh Jackson
Dan Parks

Centres
Max Evans
Peter Horne
Chris Kinloch
Graeme Morrison
Peter Murchie

Back Three
Rob Dewey
Thom Evans
Dave McCall
Hefin O'Hare
Colin Shaw
Bernardo Stortoni
D. T. H. van der Merwe

Academy players

Chris Fusaro - Flanker[1]
Alex Dunbar - Centre[2]

Back-up players

Paul Burke (Ayr) - Flanker[3]

Player statistics

During the 2009–10 season, Glasgow have used 36 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

Position	Nation	Name	Celtic League			Champions Cup			Total
Position	Nation	Name	Apps (sub)	Tries	Points kicked	Apps (sub)	Tries	Points kicked	Apps (sub)	Total Pts
HK		Dougie Hall	14(4)	0	0	5	0	0	19(4)	0
HK		Pat MacArthur	(5)	0	0	(3)	0	0	(8)	0
HK		Fergus Thomson	5(6)	1	0	1(3)	1	0	6(9)	10
PR		Ed Kalman	4(4)	0	0	1(5)	0	0	5(9)	0
PR		Moray Low	16(1)	0	0	5	0	0	21(1)	0
PR		Kevin Tkachuk	4(14)	0	0	(6)	1	0	4(20)	5
PR		Justin Va'a	1	0	0	(1)	0	0	1(1)	0
PR		Jon Welsh	13	0	0	6	0	0	19	0
LK		Tim Barker	13(1)	0	0	2(1)	0	0	15(2)	0
LK		Richie Gray	8(1)	0	0	4	0	0	12(1)	0
LK		Alastair Kellock	13(1)	0	0	4	0	0	17(1)	5
LK		Dan Turner	4(14)	0	0	2(4)	0	0	6(18)	0
BR		John Barclay	14	1	0	5	0	0	19	5
BR		Johnnie Beattie	13(2)	2	0	4(1)	1	0	17(3)	15
BR		Kelly Brown	14(1)	0	0	4(2)	0	0	18(3)	0
BR		James Eddie	4(2)	1	0	(2)	0	0	4(4)	5
BR		Calum Forrester	4(3)	1	0	1(1)	0	0	5(4)	5
BR		Richie Vernon	7(7)	1	0	4	0	0	11(7)	5
SH		Chris Cusiter	10(2)	0	0	4	1	0	14(2)	5
SH		Colin Gregor	1(12)	1	6	2(3)	0	3	3(15)	14
SH		Mark McMillan	8(7)	0	2	(5)	0	0	8(12)	2
FH		Ruaridh Jackson	3(4)	1	11	1(1)	0	11	4(5)	27
FH		Dan Parks	16	0	216	5(1)	0	61	21(1)	277
CE		Rob Dewey	7(1)	3	0	3	1	0	10(1)	20
CE		Alex Dunbar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
CE		Max Evans	10	2	0	4	1	0	14	15
CE		Peter Horne	3(3)	0	0	(2)	0	0	3(5)	0
CE		Chris Kinloch	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	(2)	0
CE		Graeme Morrison	16	1	0	4	0	0	20	5
WG		Thom Evans	9	4	0	5	1	0	14	25
WG		Hefin O'Hare	5(12)	2	0	(3)	0	0	5(15)	10
WG		Dave McCall	2(1)	1	0	3	0	0	5(1)	5
WG		Colin Shaw	7(4)	2	0	1(1)	0	0	8(5)	10
WG		D. T. H. van der Merwe	10(1)	4	0	3(1)	0	0	13(2)	20
FB		Peter Murchie	6(2)	0	0	1(1)	0	0	7(3)	0
FB		Bernardo Stortoni	19	4	0	6	1	0	25	25

Staff movements

Coaches

Personnel In

Stuart Yule - Head Strength and Conditioning Coach[4]

Personnel Out

Player movements

Academy promotions

Player transfers

In

Out

Steve Swindall to Rotherham Titans
Eric Milligan to Glasgow Hawks

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Match 1

4 August 2009
8pm

Stade Rochelais	11 - 20	Glasgow Warriors
Try: ? Pen: Romain Lacoste	Preview Report Report	Try: Hefin O'Hare Chris Fusaro Colin Shaw Pen: Dan Parks x 2

Issoire
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Monsieur Hadj-Bachir (Auvergne)

Stade Rochelais:
Replacements:
Glasgow Warriors: Bernardo Stortoni; Chris Kinloch, Dave McCall, Rob Dewey, Hefin O"Hare; Dan Parks CAPTAIN, Colin Gregor; Kevin Tkachuk, Pat MacArthur, Hamish Mitchell, Tim Barker, Dan Turner, Calum Forrester, Paul Burke (Ayr), Richie Vernon
Replacements: Jon Welsh, Justin Va"a, Richie Gray, Chris Fusaro (Heriot's), Mark McMillan, Ruaridh Jackson, Peter Horne, Peter Murchie, Colin Shaw

Match 2

7 August 2009
8pm

Clermont	12 - 0	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Vincent Debaty Aurélien Rougerie Con: Brock James	Preview Report Report

Issoire

Clermont: Anthony Floch ; Aur_lien Rougerie CAPTAIN, Wesley Fofana, Gonzalo Canale, Napolioni Nalaga, Brock James, Morgan Parra, Davit Zirakashvili, Beno_t Cabello, Vincent Debaty, Jamie Cudmore, Thibaut Privat, Jason White, Alexandre Audebert, Elvis Vermeulen
Replacements: Willie Wepener, Martin Scelzo, Thomas Domingo, Lionel Faure, Julien Pierre, Christophe Samson, Julien Bardy, Kevin Senio, Ludovic Radosavljevic, Brent Russel, J_r_mie Malzieu
Glasgow Warriors: Bernardo Stortoni; Rob Dewey, Peter Murchie, Peter Horne, Colin Shaw; Ruaridh Jackson, Mark McMillan; Justin Va"a, Dougie Hall, Hamish Mitchell, Richie Gray, Dan Turner, Calum Forrester, Chris Fusaro (Heriot's)*, Johnnie Beattie
Replacements (all used): Pat MacArthur, Kevin Tkachuk, Jon Welsh, Tim Barker, Richie Vernon, Paul Burke (Ayr), Colin Gregor, Dan Parks, Dave McCall, Hefin O"Hare, Chris Kinloch

Match 3

21 August 2009
7.30pm

Doncaster Knights	3 - 40	Glasgow Warriors
Pen: Ali Warnock	Preview Report Report	Try: Peter Horne Mark McMillan Dave McCall Thom Evans Graeme Morrison Ruaridh Jackson Con: Dan Parks x 2 Ruaridh Jackson x 3

Castle Park
Attendance: 2,654[7]

Doncaster Knights:
Replacements:
Glasgow Warriors: Bernardo Stortoni; Rob Dewey, Peter Murchie, Peter Horne, Colin Shaw; Dan Parks, Mark McMillan; Justin Va"a, Pat MacArthur, Hamish Mitchell, Tim Barker, Dan Turner, Calum Forrester, John Barclay, Johnnie Beattie
Replacements: Ed Kalman, Kevin Tkachuk, Jon Welsh, Dougie Hall, Alastair Kellock, Kelly Brown, Richie Vernon, Chris Cusiter, Colin Gregor, Ruaridh Jackson, Dave McCall, Graeme Morrison, Thom Evans, Hefin O"Hare, Chris Kinloch

Match 4

28 August 2009
7.30pm

Glasgow Warriors	16 - 15	Wasps
Try: Rob Dewey Con: Ruaridh Jackson Pen: Ruaridh Jackson Dan Parks x 2	Preview Report Report	Try: Tom Varndell x 2 Con: Dave Walder

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,252
Referee: Graham Knox (Greenock Wanderers/SRU)

Glasgow Warriors: Bernardo Stortoni; Rob Dewey, Peter Murchie, Graeme Morrison, Thom Evans; Ruaridh Jackson, Mark McMillan; Jon Welsh, Dougie Hall, Moray Low, Tim Barker, Alastair Kellock CAPTAIN, Kelly Brown, John Barclay, Richie Vernon
Replacements (all used): Pat MacArthur, Ed Kalman, Hamish Mitchell, Kevin Tkachuk, Dan Turner, Calum Forrester, Johnnie Beattie, Chris Cusiter, Dan Parks, Peter Horne, Colin Shaw, Hefin O"Hare
Wasps: Mark Van Gisbergen; Tom Varndell, Dominic Waldouck, Ben Jacobs, David Lemi; Danny Cipriani, Joe Simpson; Tim Payne, Rob Webber, Gabriel Bocca, Marty Veale, Richard Birkett, John Hart, Serge Betsen CAPTAIN, Dan Ward-Smith
Replacements: Tom Lindsay, Ben Broster, Dan Leo, Harry Ellis, Warren Fury, Dave Walder, Lachlan Mitchell, Tom French, Will Matthews, Christian Wade, Arthur Ellis

European Champions Cup

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Biarritz (2)	6	5	1	19	8	11	188	97	91	3	0	23
Gloucester [6]	6	4	2	12	12	0	119	129	−10	1	0	17
Glasgow Warriors	6	2	4	9	14	−5	120	140	−20	0	1	9
Newport Gwent Dragons	6	1	5	12	18	−6	108	169	−61	0	2	6

Results

Round 1

10 October 2009
15:45

Glasgow Warriors	18 – 22	Biarritz
Pen: Parks (5/6) 5', 9', 16', 27', 42' Drop: Parks 58'	Report	Try: Lund 49' c< Con: Yachvili (1/1) Pen: Yachvili (3/4) 19', 30', 65' Drop: Traille 22' Bosch 40'

Firhill Arena, Glasgow
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Round 2

16 October 2009
19:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	22 – 14	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Jones 12' c Charteris 38' m M. Thomas 40' c Con: Arlidge (2/3) Drop: Arlidge (1/1) 37'	Report	Try: Beattie 24' c Tkachuk 55' c Con: Parks (2/2)

Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 6,119
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Round 3

11 December 2009
19:30

Glasgow Warriors	33 – 11	Gloucester
Try: M. Evans 33' m Stortoni 37' c Con: Parks (1/2) Pen: Parks (7/8) 3', 7', 14', 21', 26', 44', 75'	Report	Try: Sharples 23' m Pen: Robinson (2/2) 11', 16'

Firhill Arena, Glasgow
Attendance: 4,462
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

Round 4

20 December 2009
12:45

Gloucester	19 – 6	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Sharples 57' m Brown 70' m Pen: Robinson (3/3) 42', 51', 65'	Report	Pen: Parks (1/2) 13' Drop: Parks (1/1) 26'

Kingsholm, Gloucester
Attendance: 10,342
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)

Round 5

15 January 2010
19:30

Glasgow Warriors	29 – 25	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Dewey 1' c Beattie 3' m Thomson 63' m Con: Jackson (1/2) Pen: Jackson (3/3) 10', 30', 37 Gregor (1/1) 19'	Report	Try: Sidoli 5' m Harris 24' c Gomer-Davies 34' c Con: Connor (1/2) Tovey (1/1) Pen: Connor (1/1) 50' Arlidge (1/1) 61'

Firhill Arena, Glasgow
Attendance: 2,626
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)

Round 6

24 January 2010
13:45

Biarritz	41 - 20	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Coetzee 36' m Ngwenys 64' c Penalty try 68' c Bolakoro 79' c Con: Courrent (3/4) Pen: Courrent (5/7) 3', 28', 52', 56', 62'	Report	Try: T. Evans 10' c Cusiter 49' c Con: Parks (2/2) Pen: Parks (2/3) 22', 24'

Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

Magners Celtic League

League Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Pts
1	Leinster	18	13	0	5	359	295	+64	27	29	1	2	55
2	Ospreys	18	11	1	6	384	298	+86	37	26	3	3	52
3	Glasgow Warriors	18	11	2	5	390	321	+69	31	24	2	1	51
4	Munster	18	9	0	9	319	282	+37	33	20	3	6	45
5	Cardiff Blues	18	10	0	8	349	315	+34	33	28	2	2	44
6	Edinburgh	18	8	0	10	385	391	−6	40	40	4	5	41
7	Newport Gwent Dragons	18	8	1	9	333	378	−45	32	37	3	2	39
8	Ulster	18	7	1	10	357	370	−13	39	35	4	2	36
9	Scarlets	18	5	0	13	361	382	−21	35	35	1	8	29
10	Connacht	18	5	1	12	254	459	−205	20	53	0	4	26
Under the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries (or more) (Try bonus) 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer) (Losing bonus)
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places. Source: RaboDirect PRO12

Results

Round 1

4 September 2009
20:00

Glasgow Warriors	22 – 9	Munster
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,694
Referee: James Jones

Round 2

13 September 2009
17:05

Glasgow Warriors	19 – 11	Scarlets
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,582
Referee: John Lacey

Round 3

18 September 2009
19:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	30 – 19	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,219
Referee: Dudley Phillips

Round 4

25 September 2009
19:05

Glasgow Warriors	16 – 26	Ospreys
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,108
Referee: Simon McDowell

Round 5

3 October 2009
18:30

Cardiff Blues	5 – 21	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 9,185
Referee: George Clancy

Round 6

23 October 2009
19:30

Glasgow Warriors	34 – 20	Connacht
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,887
Referee: Tim Hayes

Round 7

30 October 2009
19:05

Ospreys	9 – 9	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 6,661
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon

Round 8

4 December 2009
20:00

Ulster	13 – 25	Glasgow Warriors
	Report Report

Ravenhill
Attendance: 8,761
Referee: James Jones

Round 9: 1872 Cup (1st Leg)

27 December 2009
15:05

Glasgow Warriors	25 – 12	Edinburgh
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 8,830
Referee: Neil Paterson (SRU)

Round 10: 1872 Cup (2nd Leg)

2 January 2010
15:05

Edinburgh	15 – 22	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Murrayfield
Attendance: 11,785
Referee: Peter Allan (SRU)

Glasgow Warriors won the 1872 Cup with an aggregate score of 47 - 27.

Round 11

18 March 2010
19:30

Leinster	20 – 14	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

RDS Arena
Attendance: 11,840
Referee: Nigel Owens

Round 12

19 February 2010
19:30

Glasgow Warriors	7 – 30	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Dudley Phillips

Round 13

5 March 2010
20:00

Connacht	19 – 19	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Sportsgrounds
Attendance: 1,412
Referee: James Jones

Round 14

26 March 2010
20:00

Munster	27 – 19	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Thomond Park
Attendance: 23,814
Referee: James Jones

Round 15

4 April 2010
15:05

Glasgow Warriors	27 – 19	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,621
Referee: Alan Lewis

Round 16

16 April 2010
19:05

Glasgow Warriors	25 – 18	Ulster
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,766
Referee: Tim Hayes

Round 17

23 April 2010
20:00

Glasgow Warriors	30 – 6	Leinster
	Report

Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,638
Referee: James Jones

Round 18

7 May 2010
19:05

Scarlets	32 – 37	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 5,630
Referee: James Jones

Play-offs

Semi-finals

14 May 2010
19:05

Ospreys	20 – 5	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Williams 9' c Hook 54' c Con: Biggar (2/2) Pen: Biggar (2) 51', 79'	Report	Try: Thomson 42' m

Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,079
Referee: George Clancy

End of Season awards

Award	Winner
Players' Player of the Season	Dan Parks
Try of the Season	Hefin O'Hare vs. Leinster
Breakthrough Player of the Season	Jon Welsh

Sponsorship

Official Kit Supplier

Canterbury - Official Kit Supplier[8]

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References

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[1] ttp://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/09/08/04/lineen-names-team-first-pre-season-outing

[2] ttp://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/09/12/03/warriors-look-make-bright-start-december-remember

[3] ttp://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/09/08/04/lineen-names-team-first-pre-season-outing

[4] ttp://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/09/12/03/warriors-look-make-bright-start-december-remember

[5] ttp://www.scottishrugby.org/news/09/07/29/scottish-rugby-announces-hotlist-top-young-talent

[6] ttp://www.scottishrugby.org/news/09/07/29/scottish-rugby-announces-hotlist-top-young-talent

[7] ttp://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/field-of-dreams-1-525149

[8] ttp://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/08/07/31/warriors-kit-deal-world-class-brand-bag

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