The Sharks head off on tour in the United Rugby Championship and their next assignment sees them take on the high flying Warriors in Glasgow on Friday
Glasgow Warriors v Sharks, Friday 19th April, Glasgow, KO 20:35 (South African time)
Referee: Federico Vedovellli (Italy)
Assistant referees: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) and Rob McDowell (Scotland)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)
Weather Forecast - Glasgow
Warriors:
The Warriors are in second spot in the standings with a record of 10 wins and 3 defeats. They are 5 points behind log leaders Leinster and 4 clear of the third placed Bulls and firmly on course for a home play off.
Glasgow have been foot perfect in their home games which include wins over Leinster and the Stormers (20-9) early in the tournament and they will be due in SA later in the tournament.
Most recently the Warriors were in Champions Cup action on the 5th April and they lost a Round of 16 clash away to Harlequins 28-24.
In the outright betting odds of 12/1 with BoyleSports are on offer for the Warriors to win the tournament
Sharks:
The Sharks have moved up to thirteenth on the log with a record of 3 wins and10 defeats. Their tally of 18 points is 17 shy of a play off spot and they look well and truly out of the running but they have managed back to back wins in their 2 most recent URC outings.
In Round 13 they saw off Edinburgh 23-13 in Durban and a round earlier they claimed a 22-12 victory at home to Ulster. The Sharks only other win so far came at home to the Dragons, 69-14 back in Round 6.
The Sharks were in Challenge Cup action last weekend, again at home to Edinburgh and they came out on top 36-30 to set up a semi final meeting with Clermont.
Team News
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn (c), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Facundo Cordero, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Henco Venter, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Max Wiliamson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Sintu Manjezi, 20 Ally Miller, 21 Thomas Gordon, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Ross Thompson
Sharks: 15 Boeta Chamberlain, 14 Eduan Keyter, 13 Murray Koster, 12 Francois Venter (c), 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Nick Hatton, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Tino Mavesere, 5 Gerbrandt Grobler, 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Dan Jooste, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Khwezi Mona, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Emile van Heerden, 20 Vincent Tshituka, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Ethan Hooker
The Betting,
Average early show, to be updated
Warriors -18.5 points at 9/10
Sharks +18.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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