So how did Glasgow Warriors win the URC?

[@Bingo-x4s]

Hit the notification quicker than the SRU abandoned John Jeffrey’s World Rugby chairman bid

[@iteamy]

😂

[@Formakiwi]

This takes today´s prize for highly esoteric analogies 😄

[@vaovao1665]

Kyle Steyn ended up being such an inspired choice as captain. He has such a 'fine, ill do it myself' mentality when things are on the back foot, you see him just get the ball whenever we can and charge it, regardless of whose in front of him, purely to show himself leading by example. Also Z Fagerson might be the most important player in a glasgow (maybe Scotland) jersey now, a tighthead who can consistently do 80 minute shifts week after week and not lose any of his energy, such a valuable asset, particularly when the stock is so low in Scotland

[@MrPoepope]

Zander is immense--a bit terrifying for his longevity just how much he has to play for club and country over every season.

[@vadersjester]

Matt Fagerson hitting lads like they owed him money all season was great to watch too.

[@stuartmackenzie2429]

Thanks so much from a 25 year Glasgow season ticket holder who's never been so happy as he was on 22 June (ok, maybe birth of daugter but it's close...). Lots of stuff I noticed at the time (extra kicking in the playoffs, the importance of Stafford McDowall) and lots of the stuff I'd never spot without Squidge-assistance (even spread of player usage, use of wraparounds to call plays). Quite right to say that availability and consistency of our non-Scots qualified guys (McKay, Jordan, Venter) was critical, though Matthews and McKay would probably have played less if Turner and Ollie Smith had been injured less of the time. Other 2 things I'd point to are much-improved goal-line defence in 23/24, and the fact that the same 15 started all 3 play-off games, doubt any other team has been able to do that. Being pedantic, Pieretto, not Piettro, but you are forgiven! Especially given nice burn on Edinburgh:)

[@randomlyfactual1943]

Comments like this one is what makes this sport so great. That win frigging MEANT something.

[@myriadhex]

⁠Many thanks:)

[@Derry_rhumba62]

As a life long warriors fan I managed to get to Pretoria for the final I’m Scottish but I was in Pretoria for work (don’t know why my company wanted me their) Anyway I got to the final that was the happiest day of my life.

[@randomlyfactual1943]

So this is me: I was born in Cape Town and obviously grew up supporting the WP in the Currie Cup and the Stormers when they formed in the late 90's. Then, we moved to the North where EVERYONE was a Blue Bulls supporter...and I really got it in a bad way. Stormers took a nosedive and the Bulls fans were sure to tell me how awful my team was. So I hated the Bulls - they were my personal England! This final marks the very first time I ever cheered FOR the Bulls to win. Maybe it is because of the new competition, maybe it is because of the attrition of twitter against the SA teams, or maybe I am a bit cooler with the rivalry now because the Stormers are a formidable force themselves - but I felt that this was a new leaf turned over. Bulls should have and could have won this game. Beat Leinster away? Home field advantage? At altitude? And a Scottish side was going to come here and beat them? Ha! Well. The Warriors olayed out of their skins. Squidge didn't touch on it, but the way they disrupted the Bulls' rhythm, how you always felt so uncomfortable even when they had possession, that gave rise to this eerie feeling that this was not the Bulls' day. Glasgow were brilliant in front of the hostile crowd, they seemed not to affected by the altitude and I thought they adapted very well to how the ref officiated. All in all, a steller performance by a magnificent team! Shutting down the Bulls at Fortress Loftus is no mean feat and I hope those men remember the sweet taste of victory at one of rugby's true Cathedrals for the rest of their lives.

[@Caledon1893]

Looking forward to the new season, at least 5 teams you'd think have a chance. Also Glasgow actually sending a full strength team to South Africa before the play offs seems like a smart call for getting them used to altitude. Good luck next season!

[@randomlyfactual1943]

@@Caledon1893 Oh yeah, I forgot about that, very good point. The altitude is a really weird thing to get used to here. If you jog, for example, it is a completely different experience down in Cape Town - very nice, very pleasant, feel like you can go have a lunch afterwards - and Pretoria - lungs burning, you feel like you're about to expire, feels like the wrath of God has been unleashed upon you. If even the great Richie McCaw says that playing at Ellis Park is like wading through porridge after sixty minutes, then you know how tough that is. So yeah, getting used to oxygen starvation is the only way to go and beat an SA franchise/ Bok team in anyone of the Highveld stadiums. So who wins this season? The Stormers, of course 😁

[@Caledon1893]

@@randomlyfactual1943 McCaw was rarely wrong in matters of rugby :) It will be a great season! Boks in trouble in Argentina right now though. Great watch.

[@randomlyfactual1943]

@@Caledon1893 How about that game, mate 😆

[@MrPoepope]

Stay away from Twitter rugby--it's toxic nonsense and not at all representative of what real rugby supporters think.

[@BiscuitGeoff]

I love that The Scottish Video began with three witches deliberating on a blasted heath.

[@MonroeSwartz]

Franco Smith...underrated

[@AlphaNevada123]

Thank you squidge for this video. We appreciate it greatly up north 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@drichmond6560]

Thanks to the Squidge team !! As you’ll see from your comment’s, Warriors fans are delighted with this ! My best rugby day now has the best video to remember it by. Love it!

[@neilsearchparty2649]

Blown away by how good this breakdown of the season was. As a season ticket holder I didnt even tak into accout some of the points you made here. Keep up the good work sir!!!!

[@j1gsaw]

Excellent. I've been hoping you'd cover this.

[@Avm68CC]

Superb video Squidge Team!!! That final was as good as it gets (as was the Munster game before it). I now have a second Downloaded KZbin video. Never get tired of watching us win silverware!!

[@dcmwallace]

Incisive, brilliant, what a momento for Warriors fans!

[@jdilla8267]

Where's my Glasgow video squidge? Where's my Glasgow video, oooh😊

[@randomlyfactual1943]

Were you the guy, the whole time?😂 I bet Squidge was dreaming about this comment

[@iteamy]

​@randomlyfactual1943 I too was that guy. So happy about it I might just shut up about the fabled Spain Portugal analysis that was promised in the lead up to RWC23 😂😂

[@filipelemos1562]

I know nothing about Glasgow but still got goosebumps 👌 great job

[@sakabula2357]

As a Bulls supporter can we please not talk about this..lol.Well done Warriors...agianst all odds..you truly lived up to your name...still hurts though

[@k0bra3eak40]

I can blame Goosen's terrible territory kicking and Willie's terrible tackling for removing himself from the game pretty consistently for that loss

[@Caledon1893]

Thanks for the upload, greatest moment in Scottish club rugby!

[@aitkenrender3527]

Oh so good. This video makes me warm and fuzzy inside

[@alisdairpert1074]

Finally!!!! Thanks for this video.. make it a 30minuter next year after we do the double 😅

[@davidbell6117]

Just genius lad, thank you for that.

[@liammorriss]

So happy to see Glasgow win the URC. I can only dream to see Scotland win the 6 nations some time, lol!

[@AdamGordon1]

Loved that. Please cover all Glasgow games this season.

[@ruairiodonohoe2533]

Yer man got his Glasgow Video!!!

[@cameronround4277]

He gave us the Glasgow video!!!!

[@MrKrazyKap]

I remember paying close attention whenever dobie and Horne were on the field, and seeing how they'd swap roles and how it developed up to the final. Always thought that was so interesting. Lots of cool things going on with that team, nice to see a video

[@goblin3val]

I thought about this video and you made it! Thanks for reading my mind

[@iainmcaulay3244]

Wonderful analysis. Thank you...

[@ritchiebirnie6124]

Thank you for this

[@staxter6]

What do you mean 'just their second evah'?? Gees a break. ;-) All that from a Stadium like a market stall, great analysis as usual, my pause button as usual was overworked..Lived in JHB for 25 years now in Glasgow, the Bulls defeat was the icing on a very big clootie dumpling. The 'Weegies', nice one. Bokke will not lose tomorrow or I'll eat a Scotch pie, yuch!

[@Zomo1553]

2nd most successful club over the last 10 years in URC/pro 12

[@lukerheeder6448]

THE BOUNCE PASS ALWAYS WORKS, BABY !!!!

[@scottsmith8075]

Bulls threw everything against them, even the refereeing decisions didn’t go their way. But they kept their heads and brought it home. Incredible result looking forward to this season already!

[@jmcn34]

Been waiting for this you have NO idea

[@southpaw9195]

Much appreciated

[@alasdairmurray2899]

Great insight! Really well done! 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@ritchiebirnie6124]

I nearly cried watching this😊

[@Kpmg12]

Low blow man, just got over that final loss… (still great content)

[@malcolmjcullen]

Nice one, Squidgie.

[@iteamy]

"Scotland's top crop of pasty bastards" underrated (but also Tuipilotu erasure) 😂

[@dougthedynamo]

Lovely tribute of a lovely campaign. I thought last season was a chance to make progress and be ready for this season when Sutherland and Hastings were arriving and to continue to develop our depth. Franco had other ideas…. I definitely think we are stronger this season, but also will be heavily targeted and our attack analysed once again. We need Hastings to adapt quickly to the system and add his own running threat for us and Sutherland to further enhance our scrumming depth, plus his ball carrying in the loose. Will be interested to see who the starting second rows are come the big games, is Max Williamson ready for the big games? Also worth remembering we have Sione Vailanu back and fit, he was missed for the second half of the campaign with his carrying! Anyway, hope we hit the ground running tomorrow, Ulster a tough place to go with a very vocal and passionate crowd behind them!

[@another_cipher099]

First, love this content to my core

[@Cameron_fish]

GLAAAASGOW GLAAAASGOW

[@gordon1545]

As a Glasgow fan I'd long felt like we were a team that had to use all their energy to make the play-offs, and couldn't afford to hold anything back for the decisive matches at the end - like choking against Toulon in Dublin last year. Franco proved that false. Only disappointment is that, having been to every final that Glasgow (and Edinburgh) have played, there was no chance of getting to South Africa to be there in person.

[@heatherkabi]

🎵 East stand wants a bonus point 🎵

[@paulmulryne8405]

Always surprising how many blokes called Malcolm play for Glasgow...

[@Zomo1553]

Told my sister they only picked guys called Malcom and she dead ass believed it

[@Fezz4400]

Great summary. Squidge team, if the Sharks with the Currie Cup today, any chance of a video?😅

[@mrneutral-ish9595]

If Glasgow have another good season, perhaps Franco will hire Townshend as kicking coach at the next WC for Scotland 😅

[@hammyjammies]

Watching elements of the breakdown where you mention Forwards getting involved in the back line, Tuipulotu, Dobie and Horne, am I mad in drawing parallels to the positionless system but better? Players being able to take on different roles as and when it is required, the likes of Matthews looping all the way around to get involved in the attack etc. Instead of having the entire team do this, it's a select few doing things they're capable of rather than everyone trying to do everything, which was Eddie's ultimate goal. It could explain why some of the more versatile players were breaking 1000 minutes, alongside the spine and generally crucial players.

[@CrichtonNo5]

Another cracking video as usual mate. Great tactical breakdown But please, please please. It's Doh-bbie, not Dob-bie. He's not a house elf 😂

[@admiralmacbar]

Finally!

[@abrahamtomahawk]

Listened a few times and still trying to figure out if Squidgey say 'Scotland's top crop of pacey bastards' or 'Scotland's top crop of pasty bastards'. 😂

[@markwillies7666]

I. Didn't realize that Glasgow is at a similar altitude to Pretoria hence the reason that They looked comfortable playing there.

[@chris5240]

Glasgow is at 27m...

[@jon05m]

This is not true

[@c0222]

@@chris5240 aye similar enough I guess

[@stuartmackenzie2429]

Think it helped that they'd played 2 tough games in South Africa a few weeks before.

[@michaelmurphy2432]

No surprise he didn’t do a video on Munsters win in 2023

[@mybadgaming6786]

Hi Squidge Rugby. Can you do a video on how the refs are picked for international games? Who decide who ref what game? thanks for the great content!!!!

[@jksinorbit]

Hear that ominous music ? Yes thats right the Sharks are coming....

[@contactdaffodilmachete7282]

Finally this one has happened! Thank you Squidge! Have this queued up and ready for my Saturday night, along with a dram. Scotland and Glasgow fan

[@09hunterboy8]

❤️

[@Cameron_fish]

YAY

[@PDKFitness]

I would pay you money of you did a video on Connacht 2016 Pro12 title

[@robmclintock3837]

Finally

[@Ebendejongh1]

Bro, rather late then never. Howcome you took so.long

[@OnTheRadar23]

Do Blues Super Rugby please Squidge 🫶

[@SharpSchutters]

No mention of Jake White's stubbornness? Proud Bulls fan who is still hurting.

[@Zomo1553]

You mean Jake White's bitterness?

[@SharpSchutters]

@@Zomo1553 stubborn, incessant mauling against the best maul in the competition and leaving Chris Smith on the bench while Goosen embarrassed himself…

[@Muir-g6t]

Yasss

[@CrimsonMF]

The All blacks could use Tom Jordan right now...

[@samlane7029]

Any chance of “So how did Munster win the URC 2023”? 😂

[@notthedroidyourelookingfor8425]

Nah, Irish team. Squidge hates Ireland 😉

[@eamonlyons8069]

Only covers teams he likes.

[@stiofain88]

Squidge hates Ireland. Probably because most of us aren't a colony anymore and he knows they will be forever.

[@NotSamot]

First like and comment baaaash

[@lebanonjames1807]

First

[@dn822]

The Bulls choked. End of story

[@Cameron_fish]

FIRST