Connacht’s BKT United Rugby Championship meeting with Glasgow Warriors has been pushed back until Sunday in anticipation of Storm Éowyn later this week. The province had been due to face the defending champions at Scotstoun in Glasgow on Friday night at 7.35pm, but the league has now confirmed it will now take place on Sunday 26 January, with a 3.30pm kick-off. The decision was made after a Status Red wind warning was extended to cover a total of 22 counties across Ireland on Friday with Met Éireann warning of a possible “danger to life”.
Similar weather warnings are in place across Scotland from 6am to 9pm this Friday.
“This decision has been made due to the severe weather warning in place and the dangerous wind conditions expected to occur across Scotland and Glasgow this Friday – the original date for the fixture,” a URC statement says.
“Safety of spectators, team and venue staff, players, match officials and broadcast personnel are the number one priority and it is clear that the expected weather conditions would severely compromise this.”
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