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Sione Tuipulotu named captain as Glasgow welcome Bulls to Scotstoun
By PA
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith hailed the passion of Sione Tuipulotu after naming the centre as his skipper for Saturday’s visit of the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship.
With Kyle Steyn still out with a hamstring problem, Scotland international Tuipulotu will lead out the team for the first time since arriving at Scotstoun in the summer of 2021.
Smith told glasgowwarriors.org: “Sione has been a stand-out player for us in the opening rounds and plays a key part in our leadership team in training and on game days.
“He’s passionate about this club and is fully deserving of the honour of leading the team out on Saturday night.”
Smith has made three changes from last weekend’s defeat by the Ospreys in Swansea.
Number eight Matt Fagerson, scrum-half George Horne and full-back Josh McKay all return from injury to start, the latter making his first appearance of the season.
Jack Dempsey (rib) and Rufus McLean (hamstring) miss out through injury, while Ali Price drops to the bench.
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It’s a good, timely wake up call for NZ Rugby (seem to be a few of them lately!) - sort out the bureaucratic nonsense at board level. We can’t expect to stay the number one option without keeping fans/players engaged. We’ve obviously been bleeding players to league for years but can’t let the floodgates open (although I think this headline is hyperbolic as it’s a result of a recent Warriors pathways system where they are tracking things more closely) Understand the need to focus boys on rugby if they’re at a proud rugby school too, don’t think it’s harsh at all re Barakat in Hamilton. Reward the committed players with squad positions. An elite 1st XV system in NZ has done more for league than they even realise, think it’s good to protect our game further.
Go to commentsDon’t pay a blind bit of notice to Lukie… he likes the sound of his own voice and is always looking for something controversial to say. He has been banging on about Leinster's defensive system all season like he knows something Jacques Nienebar doesn’t. Which is the reason why he didn’t apply for the job obviously
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