Warriors in big Hampden Park move

NEWS: The United Rugby Championship revealed that the Round Eight Glasgow Warriors versus Edinburgh game will now be played at Hampden Park.

The game was originally slated to be played on Saturday, December 21.

However, it moves to a new date and kick-off time to accommodate the shift in venue.

The two teams are now set to go head-to-head on Sunday, December 22 at one of Glasgow's – and Scotland's – biggest stages.

The URC was eager to support this bold move by Glasgow Warriors as they seek to broaden access to the game across the city and the west of Scotland.

Hampden Park will become the 55th venue to host a league fixture and now means that both of the 1872 Cup derby games between Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh will be hosted in national stadiums.

The return leg plays a week later at Murrayfield.

Hampden Park has also held four full international Rugby Union matches since the stadium's opening, the first of which saw Scotland beat South Africa 6-0 in 1906 in front of 30,000 spectators.

The stadium has since been a venue for the 1999 World Cup, and most recently saw Scotland take on Australia in a year-end Test in November 2004.