What channel is Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby? TV and live stream details for 1872 Cup

Whoever comes out on top on aggregate at the end of the two matches will lift the 1872 Cup.

It’s not just civic pride at stake; there are also United Rugby Championship points up for grabs. Glasgow are currently fifth in the URC table on 20 points, seven points ahead of 10th-placed Edinburgh who have a game in hand.

Here are all the details ahead of the match:

Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby match details

The 1872 Cup first leg between Glasgow and Edinburgh takes place on Saturday, December 20 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Kick-off is at 3pm.

Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby TV channel

The match is being broadcast live on Premier Sports 2, the subscription channel which is available in the UK from £11.99 per month on Sky, Virgin, STV Player and Amazon Prime.

Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby live stream

Premier Sports will be streaming the match live via dedicated apps.

Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby team news

Glasgow have made just one personnel change to the team that beat Toulouse so impressively in the Investec Champions Cup last weekend. Full-back Josh McKay has been ruled out with a hamstring injury and head coach Franco Smith has brought scrum-half George Horne into his starting side in a reshuffled back line. Horne’s inclusion sees Jamie Dobie move from nine to wing, with Ollie Smith switching from wing to full-back, in place of McKay.

By contrast, Edinburgh have made wholesale changes after resting a number of frontline players for their Champions Cup clash with Castres last Sunday.

They welcome back six Scotland internationals who were rested against Castres, including prolific Scotland wingers Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe. There are also returns for Pierre Schoeman, Grant Gilchrist, Dylan Richardson, and club captain Magnus Bradbury. In addition, Wes Goosen and Ewan Ashman both start after featuring from the bench last weekend.

Dropping out of the squad are Jack Brown, Ross McCann, Lewis Wells and Tom Dodd, the first two because of head injuries. Boan Venter, Harri Morris, Callum Hunter-Hill and Freddy Douglas, who all started in the defeat in France, are named on the bench.

Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby last season

Glasgow Warriors beat Edinburgh 33-14 in the 1872 Cup first leg at Hampden last season but the capital side took a measure of revenge a week later by winning the second leg 10-7 at Murrayfield.

The narrow victory wasn’t enough to stop Glasgow lifting the 1872 Cup thanks to a 40-21 aggregate triumph. It was the third season in a row that they had come out on top in the inter-city contest.