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Glasgow move Edinburgh clash to Murrayfield

Glasgow Warriors' Leone Nakarawa (centre) runs from Edinburgh Rugby's Anton Bresler (right) and Cornell Du Preez
Image: Glasgow have a 12 point deficit to make up from last week's Murrayfield reverse

Glasgow have been forced to move Saturday's Guinness PRO12 clash with Edinburgh to Murrayfield because their Scotstoun pitch is unplayable.

Recent storms have badly affected the city and more bad weather is forecast before the weekend, meaning the club had to make contingency plans to get the second leg of the 1872 Scottish Cup game played.

Kick-off for the game (5.15pm) will remain the same and it will still be televised on Sky Sports, with tickets bought for the Scotstoun fixture also being honoured.

The first leg was also played at Murrayfield with the Warriors falling to a 23-11 defeat on Sunday.

Warriors managing director Nathan Bombrys said: "We're disappointed that the game cannot go ahead at Scotstoun as originally planned and all efforts were made to get the game on.

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Highlights of the PRO12 round 10 clash between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

"However, after unprecedented rainfall over the last couple of days we wanted to make an early decision to help our supporters make appropriate plans and ensure the game went ahead this weekend.

"We investigated a number of options, however Murrayfield was the only stadium which allowed us to play the game on the same day and time, with a large enough capacity.

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"It's not an ideal situation going back to Edinburgh, but we need to get the game played and we'll do everything we can to make this a Glasgow home game.

"We're working on a travel plan and we will communicate directly with all our supporters who have bought a ticket for this match.

"We would encourage supporters to make the trip to Edinburgh and get behind the team, for what is an extremely important fixture."

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