NO TRY!

Johnny Matthews thinks he has Glasgow’s second try, coming through from a maul, but we go for a TMO check and the score is crossed off.

Matt Fagerson had broken away from the maul early and then obstructed Bundee Aki from making a tackle.

TRY – Glasgow (Matthews)

Yellow card: Illo

Sione Tuipulotu makes a break, Glasgow move the ball wide but the final pass flies out of touch.

Play is called back as the home side had penalty advantage, and Sam Illo is sent to the bin for offside.

10mins: Glasgow 7 Connacht 7

Glasgow hit back through Patrick Schickerling, who gets over after a series of close carries. George Horne adds the extras from a tight angle and we’re level at 7-7.

TRY – GLASGOW (Schickerling)

4mins: Glasgow 0 Connacht 7

Ioane playing off quick ball as Connacht work their way back up the pitch from a goal-line drop out, and then Cian Prendergast gets over from close range.

Sam Gilbert converts to cap a brilliant start for Connacht.

TRY – Connacht (Prendergast)

CHANCE!

Early chance for Connacht with a 5m lineout, the ball is worked centrally and they go close under the posts, but Glasgow survive after some brilliant defensive work, with Dylan Tierney-Martin adjudged to have been held up. Josh Ioane looking bright in the opening minutes.

Kick-off in Glasgow.

Sean Jansen is the big loss for Connacht tonight, while Jack Carty is unavailable due to personal reasons.

Glasgow have lost only twice in the URC at Scotstoun since the start of the 2023/24 season, to Ospreys in March 2025 and to the Bulls in April 2025.

Connacht have never won at the stadium, with their last win in Glasgow coming back in 2010.

Here’s how the two teams line-up:

Glasgow Warriors: Josh McKay, Kyle Steyn (CAPT), Stafford McDowall, Sione Tuipulotu, Kyle Rowe, Dan Lancaster, George Horne; Patrick Schickerling, Johnny Matthews, Zander Fagerson, Scott Cummings, Alex Samuel, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey

Replacements: Gregor Hiddleston, Rory Sutherland, Sam Talakai, Jare Oguntibeju, Euan Ferrie, Sione Vailanu, Jack Oliver, Ollie Smith

Connacht Rugby: Sam Gilbert, Shane Jennings, John Devine, Bundee Aki, Shayne Bolton, Josh Ioane, Ben Murphy, Billy Bohan, Dylan Tierney-Martin, Sam Illo, Darragh Murray, Josh Murphy, Cian Prendergast (CAPT), Shamus Hurley-Langton, Paul Boyle

Replacements: Dave Heffernan, Peter Dooley, Finlay Bealham, Joe Joyce, Sean O’Brien, Matthew Devine, Hugh Gavin, Sean Naughton

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first of the weekend’s URC quarter-finals, with Stuart Lancaster’s in-form Connacht away to Glasgow Warriors.

Kick-off is at 7.45pm and we’ll bring you all the action as it happens.