Warriors finished fourth in the table to secure home advantage, with the South African side fifth.Champions and then runners-up in their first two seasons in the URC, the Stormers present a formidable challenge.
Glasgow are looking to improve on last year’s showing when they were knocked out at this stage by eventual champions Munster at Scotstoun.BBC Sport Scotland spoke to Chris Paterson, Scotland’s record points-scorer, to analyse where the last-eight tie will be won and lost.
Glasgow were riding high at the top of the table with two rounds to go in the regular season until dropping to fourth after a damaging defeat away to the Lions.Even a bonus-point win over Zebre, albeit one in which they struggled at times against the league’s bottom side, was not enough to push them back up.
Since a shock home defeat by Ospreys in April, the Stormers have picked up steam with four straight victories.”It’s good for Glasgow that it’s now knockout rugby,” Paterson said.”The frustration for the players and the coaches will be the Zebre game, maybe a reaction to a wee bit of pressure as well as trying to find their game, but they got there in the end.
“A new focus at this time is really important. Look at the form of teams last year. Munster went on that run of three away wins in the knockouts, but they had three wins before that as well. It’s important to time your run.”
