I’ve heard a lot of chat from people tipping Glasgow as dark horses for the Champions Cup this season and I can’t see any reason why they shouldn’t be up there challenging.
To be honest, as the reigning URC champions, I’d say my old club are better than just dark horses. They deserve to be up there among the favourites based on that achievement alone when you consider they beat the best of Irish and South African rugby along the way.
Of course, Champions Cup rugby is another step up in class when you add the elite English and French teams into the mix but you suspect Glasgow won’t fear anyone, especially at home.
They’ll go into the tournament with plenty of confidence and deservedly so, but if people elsewhere want to underestimate them then that won’t do them any harm either.
I was down at Scotstoun earlier in the week and it always feels a bit more special in the build-up to a Champions Cup match, even just the…
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