URC Round 18 Stats: Glasgow Warriors vs Connacht

A look at the match stats ahead of round 18 of the United Rugby Championship. 

Glasgow Warriors

• The Warriors have the best rate of tackle completion in the league (90.3%). Matt Fagerson has made more tackles than any other player in the squad (105) and boasts a tackle success rate of 92%
• Glasgow Warriors have also won the most turnovers in the BKT URC, a total of 131 and an 80-minute average of 7.7. Fraser Brown tops this chart in the squad having won ten turnovers. Sebastien Cancelliere is second with nine
• Glasgow Warriors are the most efficient team in the league in the opposition 22, having been awarded a try or penalty during 62% of their visits to the red zone

Connacht

• Shamus Hurley-Langton and Conor Oliver made the most tackles in Round 17, 26 and 19 respectively. They missed just one tackle each and Hurley-Langton’s tally was the highest for a replacement so far this season. Oliver has now made more tackles in the BKT URC than any other player (192)
• Excluding metres from kick return Tom Farrell has made the most ground with ball in hand in the league (573 metres). Farrell has also beaten 36 defenders, second only to Rohan Janse van Rensburg (38)
• Niall Murray has made more lineout steals than any other player (15). This individual total is as many, or more than, four BKT URC teams – including the DHL Stormers

Did You Know?

Glasgow Warriors have won seven of their last eight matches against Connacht. They last lost in October 2020.

The Warriors are on a three-match winning streak in the BKT URC. They have lost just once in their last ten league matches.

Connacht are on a six-match winning streak.