Glasgow Warriors host Edinburgh in the first leg of the 1872 Cup on Friday – a match that could have a big say in the outcome of the Scottish/Italian Shield.
The fixture, which was originally scheduled to be played at Christmas before being postponed due to Covid-19, will be the first meeting between the sides since back-to-back contests in the Rainbow Cup.
Here, we take a look back at the past five fixtures between the sides, who are level on points at the top of their pool ahead of their latest appointment at Scotstoun.
Glasgow co-captain Fraser Brown scored a try on his 100th appearance as Warriors ruined the Edinburgh fans’ long-awaited return to BT Murrayfield.
About 700 home supporters formed the first crowd inside a Scottish sports ground since lockdown in a test event authorised by government.
Edinburgh had already sealed top spot in PRO14 Conference B, but their much-changed side failed to excite their supporters or build any momentum ahead of the semi-finals.
The teams conceded 23 penalties between them in a very scrappy encounter, but Glasgow managed tries in each half from Brown and Ratu Tagive to hand Danny Wilson a first win as head coach in their final game of the season.
Magnus Bradbury’s try was enough to seal a narrow win for Edinburgh after a late surge of points at Murrayfield.
The scoreboard remained blank until the 65th minute as a mixture of freezing conditions and sloppy mistakes resulted in both teams wasting a string of openings to strike.
Edinburgh fly-half Jaco van der Walt eventually nudged his side in front with a penalty before Bradbury’s try with 10 minutes remaining left Glasgow with it all to do.
Warriors replacement Lewis Bean did cross over in the final moments, but Edinburgh held on to win the first leg of the 1872 Cup double-header and four valuable PRO14 points.
A passing train driver helped Glasgow get back on track as Wilson’s team climbed off the bottom of their PRO14 conference with a derby victory.
The capital outfit got off to a strong start when Jamie Farndale grabbed the opening try of the thriller.
But a blunder by Edinburgh scrum-half Nic Groom, who mistook the horn from a locomotive chugging behind Scotstoun’s North Stand for the half-time buzzer, saw Edinburgh hit the buffers.
That mistake gave Warriors youngster Ross Thompson the chance to kick a penalty and swing the momentum back in Glasgow’s favour.
They then opened up the second half with two quickfire tries as Matt Fagerson and George Turner crossed and, although Richard Cockerill’s side hit back through Chris Dean and Eroni Sau, it was the hosts who held on for a big victory which not only moved them off the foot of Conference A, but also levelled up the 1872 Cup series at one win apiece.
Glasgow edged a seven-try thriller to wrestle possession of the 1872 Cup back from Edinburgh.
Richard Cockerill’s team had held the inter-city silverware for the last three years but tries from Cole Forbes, Fotu Lokotui, Brown and Kyle Steyn handed Warriors a 29-19 win.
Edinburgh’s forward power saw Dave Cherry, Pierre Schoeman and Stuart McInally crash over, but their late charge fell flat at Scotstoun.
In a bad-tempered affair, both teams made use of the new captain’s challenge rule being trialled in the Rainbow Cup to successfully alert referee Adam Jones to red-card offences, with Edinburgh’s Mark Bennett and Warriors prop Oli Kebble sent off.
Glasgow bagged their second bonus-point victory over Edinburgh in successive weeks with a Rainbow Cup win at Murrayfield.
The scores were level after 40 minutes of end-to-end action following tries from Chris Dean and Mike Willemse for Edinburgh and Matt Fagerson and Turner for the visitors.
But Adam Hastings’ try on the cusp of half-time put Warriors in the driving seat and George Horne went over after some pressure from the visitors early in the second half.
Charlie Shiel’s 69th-minute try set up a thrilling finish, but Warriors held on to secure back-to-back derby wins and keep their Rainbow Cup hopes alive.
