Glasgow Rugby
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| Full name | Glasgow Warriors |
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| Founded |
amateur 1872 professional 1996 |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Ground(s) | Scotstoun Stadium (Capacity: 7,351 using additional temporary seating) |
| Chairman | Charles Shaw |
| Captain(s) |
Jonny Gray Henry Pyrgos |
| Most caps | Graeme Morrison (176) |
| Top scorer | Tommy Hayes (1165) |
| Most tries | D.T.H. van der Merwe (31) |
| League(s) | Guinness Pro12 |
| 2016–17 | 6th |
| Official website | |
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Glasgow Warriors are one of the two professional rugby union sides from Scotland. The team plays in the Pro12 league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014-15 season they won the Pro12 title and became the first Scottish team to win a major trophy in rugby union's professional era.
Glasgow Warriors are a continuation of the amateur Glasgow District side founded in 1872.
For the history of Glasgow as an amateur district side see:
Reshaped as a professional club in 1996, Glasgow Warriors were originally known as Glasgow Rugby before rebranding as Glasgow Caledonians in 1998 by a merger with the Caledonian Reds. They dropped the Caledonians to become Glasgow Rugby in 2001 again and finally rebranded as the Glasgow Warriors in 2005.
Scotland had four District Sides:- North and Midlands; South; Glasgow District and Edinburgh District. Glasgow and Edinburgh were formed in 1872 and played the world's first ever inter-district match on 23 November of that year. This was known as the 'Inter-City' derby; originally a twice a season event until 1876, then became annual thereafter.
The district sides capped the best amateur players from their area's club sides to play inter-district matches and matches against touring sides. The Scottish Inter-District Championship began in 1953-54 (and so encompassed the traditional Inter-City derby). Unlike the Scottish clubs (and Ireland's provincial sides), the Scottish district sides had no settled home and were not members of their Rugby Union. This meant when Scottish rugby embraced professionalism it was not clear if a model based on districts or clubs would be used.
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