Summary

  • Bulls to face Leinster or Stormers in URC final after beating Glasgow Warriors in Murrayfield semi-final

  • Bulls moved into narrow winning lead with converted Klopper score

  • Papier and Grobbelaar with earlier tries for visitors

  • Penalty try awarded to Warriors after two Steyn scores in first half

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  1. Welcome home... sort ofpublished at 14:18 BST 6 June

    The last two matches between these sides were both played at Scotstoun, with Glasgow running out victorious on both occasions.

    However, it won't be quite as simple as that today because we're not at Scotstoun. We're at Murrayfield.

    And while many of this Glasgow team are used to playing in the national stadium, it's not quite home, is it?

    Why all this moving about? Well, Scotstoun is unavailable while it is being prepared to help host Glasgow's Commonwealth Games later this summer.

    MurrayfieldImage source, SNS
  2. 📻 Tune in now!published at 14:15 BST 6 June

    Glasgow Warriors v Bulls (14:30)

    Remember, we are live on the radio this afternoon as well!

    Andy Burke is at the helm before he jets to the States for the world soccer tournament. Stuart McFarlane is your commentator, with Colin Gregor and Johnnie Beattie alongside him.

  3. You don't get the Horne?published at 14:12 BST 6 June

    Glasgow Warriors v Bulls (14:30)

    In fact, there's a late change to that Glasgow team - and it's not good news for Warriors fans.

    George Horne has failed a late fitness test. It means Jamie Dobie returns - yay! - but the loss of Horne is a bitter, bitter blow.

    So much of Glasgow's game flows through him.

    Jack Oliver comes on to the bench.

  4. Mess with the Bulls...published at 14:08 BST 6 June

    Glasgow Warriors v Bulls (14:30)

    It's not a bad Bulls team, is it?

    Springbok veteran Willie le Roux at the back, speedsters Kurt-Lee Arendse and Canan Moodie in the back-line, with Handre Pollard conducting it all from fly-half.

    Then, there's that massive forward pack. Second-row behemoth Ruan Nortje made his 150th appearance for the Bulls last week.

    Behind him, there is the imperious number eight Cameron Hanekom. At 24 years-old, how he only has one Springbok cap is beyond me.

    And then you look at the bench. Some more monsters to come on. Yeesh.

    Cameron HanekomImage source, SNS
    Image caption,

    Cameron Hanekom is an absolute unit at the back of the Bulls' pack

  5. Hiddleston in and Horne fit to start for Glasgowpublished at 14:05 BST 6 June

    Glasgow Warriors v Bulls (14:30)

    Glasgow make just the one change from the side that slipped by Connacht in the quarter-finals, with Gregor Hiddleston replacing Johnny Matthews at hooker.

    There were fears over George Horne, who looked to have sustained a serious-looking hand injury. Thankfully for Glasgow - and Scotland - fans, he is fit enough to start.

    There is another boost on the bench where Jamie Dobie, who hasn't played since Scotland's win over England in the Six Nations, returns.

    However, there is no Gregor Brown, Alex Craig, or Huw Jones through injury.

    Gregor HiddlestonImage source, SNS
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    Hiddleston is back to hook and throw darts

  6. LINE-UPS from Murrayfieldpublished at 14:03 BST 6 June

    Glasgow Warriors v Bulls (14:30)

    Glasgow Warriors: McKay, Steyn (c), McDowall, S Tuipulotu, Rowe; Lancaster, Horne; Schickerling, Hiddleston, Z Fagerson, Cummings, Samuel, M Fagerson, Darge, Dempsey.

    Replacements: Stephen, Sutherland, Talakai, Oguntibeju, Ferrie, Vailanu, Dobie, Hastings.

    Bulls: Le Roux, Arendse, Moodie, Vorster, Jacobs; Pollard, Papier; Steenekamp, Grobbelaar, Klopper, Bermaak, Nortje, Coetzee (c), E Louw, Hanekom.

    Replacements: Van Stadem, Wessels, W Louw, Wiese, Rudolph, Burger, Gans, Carr.

  7. Good afternoon!published at 13:59 BST 6 June

    Glasgow Warriors v Bulls (14:30)

    Hello again and welcome to our coverage of the first URC semi-final between old foes, Glasgow Warriors against Vodacom Bulls.

    These two have quite the history in the play-offs, having met in the final two years ago at the lofty heights of Loftus Versfeld.

    Against all odds, Glasgow came out on top that day to lift just their second league title.

    Now, they face the Bulls in their own backyard - sort of. Can they find another win to make it to the final?

    Murrayfield corner flagImage source, SNS