The 2022–23 season will see Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Season overview
After the disappointment of the side last season, the SRU stood down Danny Wilson as head coach of the time at the end of the 2021-22 season. It took time for a new head coach to be found, but Franco Smith, a South African previously in charge of the Italy national team, took over the reins of the club, just before Glasgow Warriors pre-season fixtures were due to be played.
The new coach Franco Smith announced a new captain for Glasgow Warriors, the Scotland international Kyle Steyn. Steyn became the eleventh captain of the club.
With little time to get Smith's ideas over, the Warriors struggled for the first few fixtures, particularly away from home. However the team adjusted to the new regime and started to flourish and the results followed, both in the URC and in the European Challenge Cup.
Assistant coach Peter Horne said of this season, compared to last: "Last year it was a case of ‘that should never have happened and we can’t let it happen again’, so it wasn’t that we needed to change our expectations – this is where we believe we should be. It is exciting when you look at the team and some of the guys we are leaving out – we’re in a good spot."
Glasgow went unbeaten at home in the regular season, but having gone down to 14 men in the quarter final, lost 14-5 to Munster.
The side reached its first ever European final in the Challenge Cup, but fell to the French side Toulon 43-19.
Team
Coaches
Head coach: Franco Smith
Assistant coach: Peter Murchie
Assistant coach: Peter Horne
Assistant coach: Nigel Carolan
Scrum Coach: Alasdair Dickinson
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Cillian Reardon
Senior Athletic Performance Coach: Damien O'Donoghue
Sport Scientist: Robin Reidy
Lead Performance Analyst: Greg Woolard
Asst. Performance Analyst: Eilidh Wright
Asst. Performance Analyst: Aidan FitzGerald
Staff
Managing Director: Alastair Kellock
Chairman: Charles Shaw
Advisory Group: Walter Malcolm, Douglas McCrea, Alan Lees, Paul Taylor, Frank Mitchell, Scott Mathieson Rugby Operations Manager: Kenny Brown Assistant Operations Manager: Martin Malone Kit & Equipment Manager: Dougie Mills Head groundsman: Colin McKinnon Team Doctor: Dr. Jonathan Hanson Clinical Manager and Lead Physiotherapist: Andrew Boag Senior Team Physiotherapist: Hene Branders Senior Team Physiotherapist: Michael Clark Junior Physiotherapist: Christina Finlay Communications and Marketing Manager: Cameron MacAllister Marketing manager: Claire Scott Event Manager: Duncan Seller Content Producer: Robyn Struthers Administrator: Jana Tobin Communications Manager: Craig Wright Communications Assistant: Molly Mitchell Commercial Manager: Jamie Robertson Lead Account Manager: Omar Muhyeddeen Partnership Account Manager: Catherine Bunch Sponsorship Co-Ordinator: Megan Kennedy Community Manager: Stuart Lewis Business Club Manager: Adam Ashe
Squad
Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players
These players are given a professional contract by the Scottish Rugby Academy. Although given placements they are not contracted by Glasgow Warriors. Players graduate from the Academy when a professional club contract is offered.
These players are assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2022–23.
Academy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad.
Jamie Drummond – Hooker
Tom Banatvala – Prop
Callum Norrie – Prop
Harris McLeod – Lock
Rhys Tait – Flanker
Archie Smeaton – No. 8
Ben Afshar – Scrum half
Finlay Burgess – Scrum half
Christian Townsend – Fly-half
Ben Salmon – Centre
Duncan Munn – Centre
Logan Jarvie – Wing
Ross McKnight – Wing
Andy Stirrat – full back
Back up players
Other players used by Glasgow Warriors over the course of the season. Harry Murray and Euan Cunningham were named in the original academy line up by Glasgow Warriors in their June 2022 depth chart, but left out of the SRU academy announcement in July 2022 and are instead named here.