NO COMPARISON

The dynamics at play in this Saturday night’s eagerly anticipated 1872 Cup clash at BT Murrayfield are fascinating. Glasgow Warriors have been the dominant force in Scottish professional rugby for several years now, and with ten wins from ten outings in the Guinness Pro14 so far this season, they are entitled to consider themselves top dogs.

Edinburgh, meanwhile, have not managed to finish in the top half of the league since 2009 and currently sit fourth in conference B with a respectable but not particularly impressive record of six wins and four defeats from their ten matches.

On that evidence alone, the Warriors should be favourites to come out on top at the national stadium in three days’ time.

But momentum counts for an awful lot in sport, and the past fortnight of European competition has seen the Warriors slump to two demoralising defeats, while Edinburgh have picked up a couple of gratifying victories.

Of course, there was a huge gap between the quality of the opposition faced – Warriors played back-to-back matches against the best team in France (Montpellier) while Edinburgh were up against the bottom team in the Aviva Premiership (London Irish) and a rabble of Russian minnows (Krasny Yar) – but does that

“We’re not going to contrast us losing with them winning because for me it’s apples and pears”

KENNY MURRAY